VAR CF0872 HOW WILL ECONOMY BE IN NEXT YEAR COLUMNS 551 - 551 NUMERIC MD EQ 8 OR GE 9 What about the next 12 months (1980,1982: or so)? Do you expect the (1986,1988,1992: national) economy to get better, get worse, or stay about the same? ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. In 1992, this question was used in both the pre and post; the pre data are incorporated here. 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 ==============================