VAR CF0881 PERSONAL FINANCAIL SITUATION IN NEXT YR
COLUMNS 555 - 555
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0 OR GE 9
1956-1960,1964: Now looking ahead and thinking about the next few
years, do you expect your financial situation will stay about the way
it is now, get better, or get worse.
1962,1966 and later: Now looking ahead--do you think that a year from
now (1962,1966-1970: you people; 1972,1974: you [and your family];
1976 and later: you [and your family living here]) will be better off
financially or worse off, or just about the same as now?
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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.
In 1992, this question was asked in both the pre and post; the pre
data have been incorporated here.
1. Better off (1956-1960,1964: get better)
2. Same (1956-1960,1964: stay the way it is)
3. Worse off (1956-1960,1964: get worse)
9. DK; both; uncertain
0. NA; INAP, form B (1986); no post IW (1968,1972); form II,
III, IV (1972); no pre IW (1960); question used
1956: 80 1958: 51 1960: 77
1962: 17 1964: 131 1966: 47
1968: 278 1970: 50(type 1) 1972: 504
1974: 2314 1976: 3138 1978: 322
1980: 148 1982: 326 1984: 151
1986: 358 1988: 208 1990: 420
1992: 3427 1994: 904 1996: 960339
1998: 980416
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