Tables
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 (Mar) |
25% |
23% |
49% |
2% |
2008 (Jan) |
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 (Mar) |
40% |
15% |
35% |
10% |
2008 (Jan) |
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% |
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 |
51% |
36% |
21% |
13% |
|
Worse Off |
26% |
45% |
57% |
54% |
|
The Same |
21% |
19% |
21% |
30% |
|
Not sure |
2% |
1% |
1% |
3% |
|
Question: Do you think that a year from now you (and your family) will be better off financially, or worse off? |
|||||
Better Off |
64% |
57% |
36% |
23% |
|
Worse Off |
21% |
28% |
38% |
43% |
|
The Same |
2% |
10% |
17% |
22% |
|
Not sure |
13% |
5% |
9% |
13% |
|
Table 1C (by race)
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 |
25% |
23% |
49% |
2% |
|
White |
22% |
25% |
51% |
2% |
|
Non- white |
33% |
20% |
45% |
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 |
40% |
15% |
35% |
10% |
|
White |
33% |
17% |
41% |
8% |
|
Non- white |
56% |
9% |
20% |
14% |
|
Table 2
Question: |
In the past year, did you…? |
In the next 12 months, do you expect to…? |
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Increase the unpaid balance on your credit card |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
unsure |
Current |
21% |
69% |
8% |
79% |
3% |
January 2008 |
27% |
70% |
13% |
84% |
3% |
Table 3
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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ALL |
March 08 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
Very Difficult |
9% |
7% |
5% |
7% |
6% |
9% |
8% |
Somewhat Difficult |
22% |
18% |
20% |
18% |
19% |
16% |
16% |
Not Very Difficult |
17% |
20% |
20% |
17% |
19% |
17% |
22% |
Not At All Difficult |
34% |
39% |
40% |
42% |
40% |
39% |
36% |
Don’t Use/Have |
15% |
14% |
12% |
13% |
14% |
18% |
18% |
Unsure |
2% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
-- |
Table 4A
Question: If you were suddenly to get an extra $1000, do you think you would |
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All |
18-29 |
30-44 |
45-59 |
60+ |
|
Save it |
32% |
38 |
32 |
29 |
30 |
Spend it |
17% |
14 |
14 |
16 |
22 |
Use it to pay bills |
44% |
42 |
50 |
51 |
36 |
Give it to Charity |
4% |
7 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
Other |
1% |
-- |
-- |
1 |
3 |
Unsure |
1% |
-- |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Table 4B
Question: If you were suddenly to get an extra $1000, do you think you would… READ? |
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(Jan) 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 5
Question: How worried are you that you might lose your job in the next 12 months…? |
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Very worried |
6% |
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Somewhat worried |
17% |
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Not very worried |
20% |
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Not at all worried |
57% |
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see also:
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