VAR CF0872 HOW WILL ECONOMY BE IN NEXT YEAR

VAR CF0872    HOW WILL ECONOMY BE IN NEXT YEAR
              COLUMNS 672-672
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 8 OR GE 9


        What about the next 12 months (1980,1982: or so)?

        ALL YEARS EXC. 2000: Do you expect the (1986,1988,1992: national)
        economy to get better, get worse, or stay about the same?
        2000 VERSION 1: Do you expect the economy, in the country as a whole,
        to get better, stay about the same, or get worse?
        2000 VERSION 2: Do you expect the economy, in the country as a whole,
        to get worse, stay about the same, or get better?
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        In 1992, this question was used in both the pre and post; the pre
        data are incorporated here.

        2000: Respondents were randomly selected to be administered this
        question using either the standard format or and alternative version
        with the order of options read aloud reversed.

               1.  Get better
               3.  Stay about the same
               5.  Get worse

               8.  DK; RF; depends (1990)
               9.  NA; INAP, question not used

        1980:  151           1982:  329              1984:  243
        1986:  381           1988:  247              1990:  424
        1992:  3537          1994:  910              1996:  960387
        1998:  980420        2000:  000496a,000496b


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