| Tables
Table
1
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Question:
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Better
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Same
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Worse
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Unsure
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Would
you say you and your family living there are better off or
worse off financially than you were a year ago?
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2004
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36%
|
32%
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30%
|
2%
|
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Last
Year
|
29%
|
31%
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39%
|
1%
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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?
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2004
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55%
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19%
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15%
|
11%
|
|
Last
Year
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48%
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20%
|
22%
|
11%
|
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Would
you say that at the present time business conditions in New
Jersey are better or worse than they were a year ago?
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2004
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33%
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14%
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43%
|
11%
|
|
Last
Year
|
15%
|
10%
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68%
|
7%
|
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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?
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2004
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56%
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10%
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21%
|
13%
|
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Last
Year
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43%
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11%
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34%
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12%
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You
are…better off or worse off financially than you were
a year ago?
…business
conditions are better or worse than they were a year ago?
Table
2
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Question:
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In
the past year (2003) did you…?
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In
the next 12 months, do you expect to…?
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In
the past year (2002) did you …?
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In
the next 12 months, do you expect to…?
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January
2004
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January
2003
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[ROTATE
LIST]
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Yes
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No
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Not
Sure
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Yes
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No
|
Not
Sure
|
Yes
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No
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Not
Sure
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Yes
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No
|
Not
Sure
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Buy
or lease a car
|
29
|
70
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0
|
21
|
76
|
3
|
32
|
68
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0
|
21
|
75
|
5
|
|
Purchase
stocks or other types of investments outside your pension
plan
|
28
|
71
|
1
|
34
|
61
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5
|
28
|
71
|
1
|
29
|
63
|
8
|
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Buy
a major home appliance
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35
|
65
|
1
|
28
|
67
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5
|
36
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65
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0
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24
|
68
|
9
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Make
a major home improvement or repair over $1000
|
39
|
60
|
1
|
40
|
56
|
4
|
33
|
67
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0
|
35
|
61
|
5
|
|
Purchase
an airline ticket for a pleasure trip
|
41
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59
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0
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54
|
40
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6
|
33
|
67
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0
|
44
|
52
|
4
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Go
away on vacation for a week or more
|
58
|
42
|
0
|
72
|
24
|
4
|
49
|
51
|
0
|
63
|
33
|
4
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Buy
a computer
|
26
|
74
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0
|
22
|
74
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4
|
27
|
73
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0
|
21
|
75
|
3
|
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Refinance
your house or take a home equity loan
|
25
|
74
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0
|
9
|
89
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3
|
19
|
81
|
1
|
13
|
85
|
2
|
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Buy
or build a house
|
10
|
90
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0
|
10
|
88
|
2
|
8
|
93
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0
|
12
|
86
|
2
|
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Visit
an Atlantic City casino
|
33
|
67
|
0
|
37
|
58
|
5
|
30
|
70
|
0
|
28
|
66
|
6
|
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Increase
the unpaid balance on your credit card
|
26
|
69
|
3
|
11
|
84
|
4
|
29
|
66
|
5
|
13
|
81
|
6
|
|
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Table 3 Table
4
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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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Question:
During the next 12 months, do you think that housing
prices in your area will go up or go down?
|
|
2004
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a
year ago…
|
|
2004
|
a
year ago..
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Very
difficult
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9%
|
8%
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Up
|
80%
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70%
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Somewhat
difficult
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16%
|
16%
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Neither/Same
(vol)
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11%
|
12%
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Not
very difficult
|
17%
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22%
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Down
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6%
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15%
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Not
at all difficult
|
39%
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36%
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Don’t
know/ ref (vol)
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4%
|
4%
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Don’t
use/have credit cards
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18%
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18%
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|
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Unsure
(vol.)
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2%
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--
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Table 5
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Question: If
you were suddenly to get an extra $1000, do you think you
would …or …or…? [ROTATE]
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No
Children
|
Children
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Men
|
Women
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Save
it
|
33%
|
38
|
28
|
41
|
27
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Spend
it
|
17%
|
17
|
19
|
18
|
16
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Use
it to pay off bills
|
43%
|
34
|
52
|
36
|
48
|
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Give
it to charity
|
5%
|
8
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
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Other
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1%
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Unsure
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2%
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
3
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Table
6: Composite Number (scale of 0 -100)
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Composite
Number (scale of 0 -100)
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Income
(k)
|
Gender
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Party
|
|
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All
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150+
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100-
150
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75-
100
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50-
75
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25-
50
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less
25
|
Male
|
Female
|
Dem
|
Ind
|
Rep
|
|
2004
Index of (prospective) Consumer
Intentions
|
47
|
60
|
53
|
48
|
49
|
41
|
34
|
49
|
45
|
44
|
47
|
53
|
|
2004
Index of (the
past year's) Consumer
Performance
|
41
|
58
|
50
|
46
|
42
|
31
|
23
|
44
|
39
|
37
|
42
|
49
|
|
2003
Index of (prospective) Consumer
Intentions
|
42
|
47
|
52
|
46
|
45
|
39
|
31
|
44
|
40
|
40
|
37
|
47
|
|
2003
Index of (the
past year's) Consumer
Performance
|
33
|
40
|
45
|
38
|
35
|
28
|
18
|
34
|
31
|
32
|
29
|
37
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Table
7: Composite Number (scale of 0 -100)
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Composite
Number (scale of 0 -100)
|
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Employment
|
Age
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All
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Full
Time
|
Part
Time
|
Retired
|
Not
Employed
|
18-34
|
35-54
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55-64
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65+
|
|
2004
Index of
(prospective)
Consumer
Intentions
|
47
|
50
|
47
|
41
|
43
|
52
|
49
|
45
|
40
|
|
2004
Index of
(the
past year's)
Consumer
Performance
|
41
|
46
|
40
|
36
|
30
|
42
|
43
|
42
|
35
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Table
8
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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
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Dem
|
Ind
|
Rep
|
2003
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All
|
Dem.
|
Ind.
|
Rep.
|
2003
|
Helped
a lot
|
3%
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
9%
|
4
|
4
|
18
|
8
|
Helped
somewhat
|
22%
|
31
|
18
|
13
|
16
|
22%
|
13
|
22
|
37
|
19
|
Neither
(vol)
|
11%
|
13
|
9
|
9
|
20
|
12%
|
9
|
12
|
14
|
16
|
|
Hurt
somewhat
|
24%
|
22
|
25
|
29
|
23
|
18%
|
25
|
20
|
10
|
23
|
|
Hurt
a lot
|
20%
|
12
|
25
|
30
|
18
|
23%
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39
|
20
|
7
|
18
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|
Unsure
|
21%
|
20
|
22
|
16
|
19
|
16%
|
12
|
21
|
14
|
16
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