601 H1. Now, still talking about the country as a whole, would you

      601      H1. Now, still talking about the country as a whole, would you
                   say that over the past year the NATION'S ECONOMY has
                   gotten better, stayed about the same, or gotten worse?
      ____
     |3 in|         1. GOTTEN BETTER
     |602 |---------3. STAYED SAME
     |____|         5. GOTTEN WORSE

                    8. DK
                    9. NA