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Change in financial situation
Variable: finalter
Module:
Core
Subject:
Income
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Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

B. During the last few years, has your financial situation been getting better, worse, or has it stayed the same?

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 Better
2 Worse
3 Stayed same
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
687 618 583 520 538 582 633 502 554 553 568 590 590 710 593 654 527 529 552 1075 1123 1263 1263 558 497 1165 618 506 546 876 1043 969
288 239 320 418 341 331 286 371 570 426 316 332 313 342 272 273 282 334 422 674 610 443 474 317 340 664 603 752 614 627 609 383
615 605 571 541 614 604 607 589 725 593 577 605 557 755 608 603 558 644 619 1221 1159 1103 1065 494 498 1150 792 775 807 1030 1203 987
8 1 4 6 3 7 5 2 5 15 4 4 4 5 4 2 3 4 9 10 6 14 9 2 2 7 5 5 5 3 6 5
15 41 6 5 3 6 1 4 6 12 8 3 6 7 4 5 2 6 4 12 6 9 6 1 3 6 5 6 2 2 6 4
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 57706
Missing cases 4760