Table 1
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Question: |
Better |
Same (vol) |
Worse |
Don’t Know /ref (vol) |
| We are interested in how people in New Jersey are getting along financially at the present time. Would you say that you (and your family living there)are better off or worse off financially than you were a year ago? |
29%
|
31%
|
39%
|
1%
|
| Now looking ahead--do you think that a year from now you (and your family living there) will be better off financially, or worse off? |
48%
|
20%
|
22%
|
11%
|
| Would you say that at the present time business conditions in New Jersey are better or worse than they were a year ago? |
15%
|
10%
|
68%
|
7%
|
| And how about a year from now--do you expect during the next 12 months business conditions in New Jersey will be better or worse than they are at present? |
43%
|
11%
|
34%
|
12%
|
Table 2
|
Question: |
In the past year (2002) did you …? |
In the next 12 months, do you expect to… ? |
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|
[ROTATE LIST] |
Yes |
No |
Unsure/ |
Yes |
No |
Unsure/ |
|
Buy or lease a car |
32% |
68% |
0% |
21% |
75% |
5% |
|
Purchase stocks or other types of investments outside your pension plan |
28% |
71% |
1% |
29% |
63% |
8% |
|
Buy a major home appliance |
36% |
65% |
0% |
24% |
68% |
9% |
|
Make a major home improvement or repair over $1000 |
33% |
67% |
0% |
35% |
61% |
5% |
|
Purchase an airline ticket for a pleasure trip |
33% |
67% |
0% |
44% |
52% |
4% |
|
Go away on vacation for a week or more |
49% |
51% |
0% |
63% |
33% |
4% |
|
Buy a computer |
27% |
73% |
0% |
21% |
75% |
3% |
|
Refinance your house or take a home equity loan |
19% |
81% |
1% |
13% |
85% |
2% |
|
Buy or build a house |
8% |
93% |
0% |
12% |
86% |
2% |
|
Visit an Atlantic City casino |
30% |
70% |
0% |
28% |
66% |
6% |
|
Increase the unpaid balance on your credit card |
29% |
66% |
5% |
13% |
81% |
6% |
Table 3 Table 4
|
Question: Now thinking about the outstanding balance on your credit cards-- how difficult is it to make payments on the balances? Would you say it is... |
Question: During the next 12 months, do you think that housing prices in your area will go up or go down? |
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| Very difficult |
8%
|
Up |
70%
|
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| Somewhat difficult |
16%
|
Neither/Same (vol) |
12%
|
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| Not very difficult |
22%
|
Down |
15%
|
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|
Not at all difficult |
36% |
Don’t know/ ref (vol) |
4% |
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|
Don’t use/Don’t have credit cards (vol) |
18% |
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Table 5: Composite Number (scale of 0 – 100)
|
Income in k |
Gender |
Party |
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| All | 150+ | 100- 150 |
75- 100 |
50- 75 |
25- 50 |
less than 25 | Male | Female | Dem | Ind | Rep | |
|
Index of (this year’s) Consumer Intentions |
42 |
47 |
52 |
46 |
45 |
39 |
31 |
44 |
40 |
40 |
37 |
47 |
|
Index of (the past year’s) Consumer Performance |
33 |
40 |
45 |
38 |
35 |
28 |
18 |
34 |
31 |
32 |
29 |
37 |
Table 6
|
Question: Do you think Governor Jim McGreevey's policies have helped or hurt the New Jersey economy? Would that be somewhat or a lot? |
Question: Do you think President George Bush's policies have helped or hurt the New Jersey economy? Would that be somewhat or a lot? |
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|
All
|
Dem
|
Ind
|
Rep.
|
All
|
Dem.
|
Ind.
|
Rep.
|
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| Helped a lot |
4%
|
6%
|
2%
|
4%
|
8%
|
4%
|
1%
|
16%
|
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| Helped somewhat |
16%
|
25%
|
7%
|
10%
|
19%
|
14%
|
15%
|
30%
|
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| Neither (vol) |
20%
|
20%
|
19%
|
19%
|
16%
|
10%
|
18%
|
21%
|
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| Hurt somewhat |
23%
|
21%
|
17%
|
30%
|
23%
|
30%
|
16%
|
16%
|
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| Hurt a lot |
18%
|
12%
|
20%
|
23%
|
18%
|
26%
|
20%
|
7%
|
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| Don’t Know/ref (don’t read) |
19%
|
16%
|
35%
|
15%
|
16%
|
16%
|
29%
|
11%
|
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see also:
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