VCF0870 R Opinion: Better or Worse Economy in Past Year

QUESTION:
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How about (1996-LATER: Now thinking about) the economy (1990,1994-
later: in the country as a whole)?
ALL YEARS EXC. 2000 VERSION 2:  
Would you say that over the past year the nation's economy has gotten 
better, stayed (all yrs. exc 1984: about) the same or gotten worse?
2000 VERSION 2: 
Would you say that over the past year the nation's economy has gotten 
worse, stayed about the same, or gotten better?

VALID_CODES:
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1.  Better
3.  Stayed same
5.  Worse

MISSING_CODES:
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8.  DK
0.  NA
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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2000 NOTE: 
Respondents were randomly selected to be administered this question 
using either the standard format or and alternative version with the 
order of options read aloud reversed.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1980:  800149 
1982:  820327
1984:  840227 
1986:  860372
1988:  880243 
1990:  900422
1992:  923531 
1994:  940908 
1996:  960385 
1998:  980418
2000:  000488a,000488b 
2002:  023027
2004:  043097