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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