VAR CF0880 PERSONAL FINANCIAL SITUATION IN PAST YR COLUMNS 554 - 554 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 OR GE 9 We are interested in how people are getting along financially these days. Would you say that (1962,1966-1974: you [and your family]; 1976 and later : you [and your family living here]) are better off or worse off financially than you were a year ago. ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0010/VCF0010A/VCF0010B Weight variable VCF0010/VCF0010A/VCF0010B must be used if distributions including 1970 data are desired: see VCF0010. Note that use of VCF0010/VCF0010A/VCF0010B as a weight reduces the 1970 total N for this variable: form 2 whites who should appear as code 0 INAP cases are excluded from the 1970 total N. 1. Better Now 2. Same 3. Worse Now 9. DK; uncertain; depends 0. NA; INAP, no post IW (1968,1972); form II,III,IV (1972); question not used 1962: 14 1966: 44 1968: 275 1970: 48(type 1) 1972: 501 1974: 2313 1976: 3137 1978: 321 1980: 147 1982: 325 1984: 139 1986: 355 1988: 206 1990: 416 1992: 3425 1994: 902 1996: 960337 1998: 980414 ==============================