Tables
Table 1A (all)
Question: |
Better |
Same |
Worse |
Unsure |
|
Would you say you and your family living there are better off or worse off financially than you were a year ago? |
2008 |
27% |
30% |
41% |
2% |
2007 |
30% |
34% |
35% |
1% |
|
2006 |
35% |
30% |
35% |
2% |
|
2005 |
37% |
31% |
31% |
2% |
|
2004 |
36% |
32% |
30% |
2% |
|
2003 |
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? |
2008 |
37% |
19% |
33% |
12% |
2007 |
42% |
22% |
27% |
10% |
|
2006 |
42% |
18% |
30% |
11% |
|
2005 |
52% |
17% |
19% |
12% |
|
2004 |
55% |
19% |
15% |
11% |
|
2003 |
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? |
2008 |
18% |
12% |
56% |
14% |
2007 |
24% |
19% |
41% |
16% |
|
2006 |
33% |
15% |
37% |
16% |
|
2005 |
36% |
15% |
37% |
12% |
|
2004 |
33% |
14% |
43% |
11% |
|
2003 |
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? |
2008 |
28% |
15% |
42% |
16% |
2007 |
37% |
17% |
30% |
16% |
|
2006 |
43% |
13% |
27% |
17% |
|
2005 |
52% |
11% |
21% |
16% |
|
2004 |
56% |
10% |
21% |
13% |
|
2003 |
43% |
11% |
34% |
12% |
|
Table 1B (by age)
Question: Would you say you (and your family) are better off or worse off financially than you were a year ago? |
Respondents aged: |
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18-29 |
30-44 |
45-59 |
60+ |
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Better Off |
42% |
30% |
25% |
19% |
|
Worse Off |
31% |
40% |
46% |
42% |
|
The Same |
23% |
29% |
27% |
37% |
|
Not sure |
4% |
-- |
2% |
2% |
|
Question: Do you think that a year from now you (and your family) will be better off financially, or worse off? |
18-29 |
30-44 |
45-59 |
60+ |
|
Better Off |
59% |
42% |
32% |
26% |
|
Worse Off |
19% |
33% |
37% |
35% |
|
The Same |
13% |
20% |
17% |
25% |
|
Not sure |
9% |
6% |
14% |
14% |
Table 1C (by party affiliation)
Question: Do you think that a year from now you (and your family) will be better off financially or worse off? |
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January 2008 |
January 2007 |
January 2006 |
January 2005 |
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Rep |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
Dem |
Ind |
|
Better Off |
35% |
39% |
29% |
44 |
42 |
39 |
42 |
44 |
38 |
59 |
48 |
46 |
Worse Off |
34% |
31% |
34% |
27 |
25 |
31 |
33 |
28 |
29 |
15 |
22 |
23 |
The Same |
18% |
18% |
27% |
20 |
23 |
22 |
16 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
17 |
14 |
Table 1D (by race and income)
Question: Would you say you (and your family) are better off or worse off financially than you were a year ago? |
Better |
Same |
Worse |
Unsure |
|
All |
27% |
30% |
41% |
2% |
|
White |
26 |
31 |
40 |
3 |
|
Non- white |
29 |
26 |
44 |
1 |
|
0-50K |
21 |
25 |
52 |
2 |
|
51-100K |
24 |
31 |
43 |
1 |
|
101-150K |
39 |
31 |
30 |
-- |
|
150+ |
47 |
22 |
29 |
2 |
|
Question: 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? |
Better |
Same |
Worse |
Unsure |
|
All |
37% |
19% |
33% |
12% |
|
White |
31% |
22% |
36% |
11% |
|
Non- white |
48% |
12% |
26% |
13% |
|
0-50K |
35% |
19% |
36% |
10% |
|
51-100K |
34% |
17% |
38% |
11% |
|
101-150K |
54% |
11% |
29% |
7% |
|
150+ |
42% |
20% |
30% |
8% |
Table 2
Question: |
Yes |
No |
|
Have you, or anyone of your relatives or close friends lost a job in the past year? |
2008 |
38% |
61% |
2007 |
35% |
64% |
|
2006 |
32% |
67% |
|
2005 |
39% |
61% |
Table 3A (2008)
Question: |
In the past year, did you…? |
In the next 12 months, do you expect to…? |
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Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
unsure |
|
Buy or lease a car |
25% |
75% |
18% |
77% |
5% |
Purchase stocks or other types of investments outside your pension plan |
28% |
71% |
33% |
62% |
5% |
Buy a major home appliance |
33% |
66% |
23% |
72% |
5% |
Make a major home improvement or repair over $1000 |
42% |
58% |
34% |
62% |
5% |
Purchase an airline ticket for a pleasure trip |
46% |
54% |
49% |
46% |
5% |
Go away on vacation for a week or more |
53% |
47% |
63% |
32% |
4% |
Buy a computer |
34% |
66% |
22% |
75% |
3% |
Refinance your house or take a home equity loan |
11% |
88% |
6% |
91% |
3% |
Buy or build a house |
6% |
94% |
5% |
92% |
3% |
Visit an Atlantic City casino |
28% |
72% |
26% |
68% |
5% |
Increase the unpaid balance on your credit card |
27% |
70% |
13% |
84% |
3% |
Table 3b (2005-2006)
Question: |
In the past year (2006) did you…? |
In the next 12 months, do you expect to…? |
In the past year (2005) did you …? |
In the next 12 months, do you expect to… ? |
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January 2007 |
January 2006 |
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Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Buy or lease a car |
29 |
70 |
19 |
76 |
28 |
72 |
16 |
81 |
Purchase stocks or other types of investments outside your pension plan |
35 |
64 |
38 |
57 |
33 |
65 |
34 |
59 |
Buy a major home appliance |
35 |
65 |
25 |
67 |
37 |
63 |
27 |
67 |
Make a major home improvement or repair over $1000 |
43 |
57 |
42 |
53 |
44 |
56 |
35 |
60 |
Purchase an airline ticket for a pleasure trip |
43 |
56 |
52 |
42 |
48 |
52 |
52 |
43 |
Go away on vacation for a week or more |
59 |
41 |
68 |
28 |
55 |
45 |
66 |
29 |
Buy a computer |
31 |
69 |
20 |
76 |
28 |
72 |
22 |
74 |
Refinance your house or take a home equity loan |
14 |
85 |
7 |
90 |
16 |
83 |
6 |
91 |
Buy or build a house |
7 |
93 |
10 |
88 |
8 |
92 |
7 |
90 |
Visit an Atlantic City casino |
31 |
69 |
32 |
63 |
34 |
66 |
33 |
62 |
Increase the unpaid balance on your credit card |
24 |
74 |
6 |
91 |
23 |
75 |
6 |
92 |
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... |
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2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
|
Very Difficult |
7% |
5% |
7% |
6% |
9% |
8% |
Somewhat Difficult |
18% |
20% |
18% |
19% |
16% |
16% |
Not Very Difficult |
20% |
20% |
17% |
19% |
17% |
22% |
Not At All Difficult |
39% |
40% |
42% |
40% |
39% |
36% |
Don’t Use/Have |
14% |
12% |
13% |
14% |
18% |
18% |
Unsure |
3% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
-- |
Table 5
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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2008 |
renters |
owners |
<50 |
50-100 |
100-150 |
150+ |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
|
Up |
38% |
58 |
33 |
53 |
43 |
31 |
19 |
46% |
55% |
81% |
80% |
Neither / Same |
9% |
27 |
52 |
33 |
47 |
55 |
67 |
12% |
12% |
4% |
11% |
Down |
47% |
10 |
9 |
7 |
6 |
9 |
11 |
38% |
28% |
10% |
6% |
Don’t Know |
6% |
5 |
6 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
4% |
5% |
5% |
4% |
Table 6
Question: If you were suddenly to get an extra $1000, do you think you would |
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2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
|
Save it |
34% |
39% |
38% |
36% |
33% |
Spend it |
11% |
15% |
17% |
16% |
17% |
Use it to pay bills |
42% |
41% |
34% |
42% |
43% |
Other |
5% |
3% |
4% |
3% |
1% |
Give it to Charity |
6% |
1% |
5% |
-- |
-- |
Unsure |
2% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
2% |
Table 7: Composite Number of All Consumer Activity (scale of 0 – 100)
Composite Number (scale of 0 – 100) |
Gender |
Party |
Age |
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All |
Male |
Female |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
18-29 |
30-44 |
45-59 |
60+ |
|
2008Index of prospective Consumer Intentions |
37 |
40 |
34 |
37 |
34 |
38 |
43 |
38 |
36 |
34 |
2008Index of past Consumer Performance |
34 |
38 |
31 |
32 |
33 |
39 |
39 |
37 |
34 |
32 |
2007 Index of prospective Consumer Intentions |
40 |
42 |
39 |
42 |
37 |
40 |
48 |
45 |
39 |
37 |
2007 Index of past Consumer Performance |
38 |
39 |
36 |
38 |
36 |
40 |
37 |
43 |
36 |
36 |
2006 Index of prospective Consumer Intentions |
41 |
43 |
40 |
42 |
39 |
43 |
48 |
45 |
40 |
35 |
2006 Index of past Consumer Performance |
40 |
43 |
39 |
40 |
40 |
43 |
43 |
44 |
42 |
34 |
2005 Index of prospective Consumer Intentions |
45 |
48 |
43 |
44 |
44 |
50 |
50 |
48 |
43 |
41 |
2005 Index of past Consumer Performance |
43 |
47 |
41 |
41 |
42 |
48 |
44 |
47 |
42 |
38 |
2004 Index of prospective Consumer Intentions |
42 |
44 |
40 |
44 |
47 |
53 |
52 |
49 |
45 |
40 |
2004 Index of past Consumer Performance |
41 |
44 |
39 |
37 |
42 |
49 |
42 |
43 |
42 |
35 |
2003 Index of prospective Consumer Intentions |
42 |
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2003 Index of past Consumer Performance |
33 |
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