VAR 000491 H1x. Summary US econ btr/worse last year MD1: EQ 0, MD2: GE 8 COLUMNS: 1372 - 1372 Numeric H1x. STANDARD VERSION: Now thinking about the economy in the country as a whole, would you say that OVER THE PAST YEAR the nation's economy has gotten worse, stayed about the same, or gotten better? EXPERIMENTAL VERSION: Now thinking about the economy in the country as a whole, would you say that OVER THE PAST YEAR the nation's economy has gotten worse, stayed about the same, or gotten better? BOTH VERSIONS: Much better/worse or somewhat better/worse? COMBINED VERSION SUMMARY: ECONOMY IN LAST YEAR --------------------------------------------------------------------- Built from H1/H1.E and H1a,H1b. 1. Much better 2. Somewhat better 3. Stayed about the same 4. Somewhat worse 5. Much worse 8. DK in H1/H1.E or H1a/b 9. RF in H1/H1.E or H1a/b 0. NA 1 2 3 4 ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 251 448 785 70 5 8 9 ----- ----- ----- Count 232 20 1 ==============================