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VAR CF0880 PERSONAL FINANCIAL SITUATION IN PAST YR

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.                                 
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        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                     
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001