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Satisfaction with financial situation
Variable: satfin
Module:
Core
Subject:
Income
,
Satisfaction
Related Variables
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Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

A. We are interested in how people are getting along financially these days. So far as you and your family are concerned, would you say that you are pretty well satisfied with your present financial situation, more or less satisfied, or not satisfied at all?

Year Availability
Available in 32 of 32 years total. Hover over a year to see ballot information.
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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
Code Label
1 Satisfied
2 More or less
3 Not at all sat
8 Don't know
9 No answer
0 Not applicable
1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
522 461 461 458 458 520 518 417 454 456 415 453 445 502 451 469 406 417 430 832 803 849 834 410 419 896 573 478 537 698 816 737
720 683 674 627 686 664 646 652 814 657 668 671 626 855 663 678 591 687 712 1365 1287 1255 1261 568 562 1310 819 918 857 1141 1255 1047
366 357 343 394 348 337 365 393 579 479 381 401 395 454 360 385 370 402 454 779 806 720 708 391 354 774 624 642 573 693 785 554
1 1 2 4 4 3 2 4 5 5 3 5 3 2 3 4 3 5 7 5 4 5 9 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 5 7
4 2 4 7 3 6 1 2 8 2 6 4 1 6 4 1 2 6 3 11 4 3 5 1 2 8 2 5 5 3 6 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1393 1472 1518 0 0 0 0 0 0
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 57842
Missing cases 4624