Tables
Table 1A: (by race, income, age)
| 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 |
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All |
15% |
24% |
59% |
1% |
|
White |
13% |
23% |
63% |
1% |
|
Non- white |
19% |
30% |
50% |
1% |
|
income |
0-50K |
10% |
22% |
68% |
|
51-100K |
21% |
22% |
57% |
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101-150K |
11% |
35% |
53% |
1% |
|
150+ |
19% |
13% |
62% |
5% |
|
age |
18-29 |
35% |
16% |
46% |
3% |
30-44 |
19% |
26% |
54% |
1% |
|
45-59 |
13% |
19% |
68% |
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60+ |
8% |
31% |
60% |
1% |
|
Table 1B: Personal finances trend
Question: 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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Better |
Same |
Worse |
Unsure |
|
current |
15% |
24% |
59% |
1% |
2009 April |
17% |
23% |
60% |
0% |
2009 Jan |
13% |
28% |
58% |
1% |
2008 (Oct) |
13% |
27% |
58% |
2% |
2008 (Jun) |
20% |
23% |
54% |
3% |
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% |
Table 2A (by race, income, age)
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? |
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Better |
Same |
Worse |
Unsure |
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All |
45% |
14% |
32% |
10% |
|
White |
39% |
15% |
37% |
10% |
|
Non- white |
62% |
13% |
17% |
8% |
|
income |
0-50K |
45% |
13% |
30% |
13% |
51-100K |
46% |
13% |
34% |
7% |
|
101-150K |
43% |
17% |
34% |
6% |
|
150+ |
58% |
10% |
23% |
7% |
|
age |
18-29 |
66% |
9% |
25% |
|
30-44 |
49% |
15% |
31% |
5% |
|
45-59 |
46% |
13% |
33% |
9% |
|
60+ |
34% |
18% |
32% |
16% |
|
Table 2B: Personal finances trend
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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Better |
Same |
Worse |
Unsure |
|
All current |
45% |
14% |
32% |
10% |
2009 (Apr) |
44% |
14% |
28% |
14% |
2009 (Jan) |
46% |
16% |
25% |
13% |
2008 (Oct) |
37% |
16% |
29% |
18% |
2008 (Jul) |
34% |
14% |
36% |
16% |
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 3
Yes |
No |
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Have you, or anyone of your relatives or close friends lost a job in the past year? |
All current |
63% |
36% |
2009 (April) |
61% |
38% |
|
2009 (Jan.) |
54% |
46% |
|
2008 |
38% |
61% |
|
2007 |
35% |
64% |
|
2006 |
32% |
67% |
|
2005 |
39% |
61% |
Table 4
Question: In the past year… did you let the unpaid balance on your credit card increase? |
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all current |
income |
2009 |
|||||
0-50K |
51k-100k |
101k-150k |
150k+ |
April |
Jan. |
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Yes |
21% |
27% |
24% |
18% |
16% |
23% |
24% |
No |
73% |
60% |
72% |
80% |
83% |
68% |
74% |
Unsure |
1% |
-- |
-- |
1% |
-- |
1% |
1% |
no credit cards |
5% |
13% |
3% |
1% |
1% |
8% |
1% |
Table 5
Question: In the next 12 months, do you expect to let the unpaid balance on your credit card increase? |
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N=683 MoE=+/-4 |
All |
income |
2009 |
||||
0-50K |
51k-100k |
101k-150k |
150k+ |
April |
Jan. |
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Yes |
8% |
19% |
7% |
3% |
2% |
9% |
7% |
No |
86% |
70% |
90% |
94% |
93% |
87% |
89% |
Unsure |
3% |
6% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
3% |
2% |
no credit cards |
3% |
5% |
-- |
-- |
3% |
1% |
1% |
Table 6A:
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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N=683 MoE=+/-4 |
age |
income |
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|
All |
18-29 |
30-44 |
45-59 |
60+ |
0-50k |
51k-100k |
101k-150k |
150k+ |
|
|
very difficult |
11% |
18 |
12 |
10 |
10 |
26 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
|
somewhat difficult |
27% |
23 |
35 |
28 |
19 |
30 |
30 |
28 |
19 |
|
not very difficult |
18% |
18 |
21 |
16 |
15 |
15 |
22 |
21 |
11 |
|
not at all difficult |
35% |
31 |
27 |
36 |
47 |
19 |
33 |
40 |
57 |
|
No longer have |
6% |
7 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
9 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
unsure |
3% |
2 |
-- |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
Table 6B: credit difficulty trend
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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N=683 MoE=+/-4 |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
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June |
April |
Jan. |
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very difficult |
11% |
14% |
8% |
7% |
5% |
7% |
6% |
9% |
8% |
some- |
27% |
22% |
23% |
18% |
20% |
18% |
19% |
16% |
16% |
not very difficult |
18% |
18% |
17% |
20% |
20% |
17% |
19% |
17% |
22% |
not at all difficult |
35% |
40% |
36% |
39% |
40% |
42% |
40% |
39% |
36% |
don’t use/have |
6% |
4% |
14% |
14% |
12% |
13% |
14% |
18% |
18% |
unsure |
1% |
2% |
1% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
-- |
Table 7
Do you feel confident or not confident that life for our children’s generation will be better then it has been for us? |
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age |
income |
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All |
18-29 |
30-44 |
45-59 |
60+ |
0-50k |
51k-100k |
101k-150k |
150k+ |
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Feel confident |
30% |
36 |
36 |
27 |
23 |
38 |
31 |
24 |
22 |
|
Not confident |
63% |
49 |
60 |
66 |
68 |
53 |
63 |
67 |
73 |
|
Don’t know |
8% |
15 |
4 |
7 |
9 |
9 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
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Table 8
How worried are you that you might lose your job in the next 12 months…? |
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N=443 MoE=+/-5 |
All |
age |
Apr |
Jan |
Oct. |
June |
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June |
18-29 |
30-44 |
45-59 |
60+ |
09 |
‘09 |
‘08 |
‘08 |
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Very worried |
13% |
21 |
13 |
12 |
7 |
14% |
10% |
12% |
7% |
|
Somewhat worried |
19% |
18 |
19 |
21 |
12 |
24% |
24% |
18% |
17% |
|
Not very worried |
26% |
26 |
28 |
24 |
26 |
25% |
23% |
18% |
21% |
|
Not at all worried |
41% |
36 |
40 |
43 |
52 |
36% |
43% |
52% |
53% |
|
Not sure |
1% |
-- |
-- |
1 |
3 |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
Table 9
Question: [If employed, ask…] If you were to lose your job tomorrow, how long could you live off your savings? |
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N=443 MoE=+/-5 |
June |
18-29 |
30-44 |
45-59 |
60+ |
April 09 |
Jan ‘09 |
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0 months/no savings |
8% |
17 |
9 |
5 |
6 |
5% |
10% |
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|
1 or 2 months |
15% |
20 |
13 |
16 |
12 |
22% |
21% |
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|
3 to 5 months |
24% |
11 |
38 |
22 |
8 |
22% |
16% |
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|
6 months or more |
48% |
52 |
38 |
53 |
65 |
47% |
46% |
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Don’t know |
5% |
-- |
2 |
3 |
8 |
3% |
7% |
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Table 10
US3. Do you think you (and your family living there) will be better or worse off with the health care reforms that President Obama is currently proposing |
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Only registered voters |
age |
party |
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N=604 MoE=+/-4 |
All |
18-29 |
30-44 |
45-59 |
60+ |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
|
Yes, better |
35% |
48 |
44 |
38 |
26 |
52 |
34 |
15 |
|
No, worse |
34% |
18 |
28 |
35 |
41 |
11 |
38 |
64 |
|
Don’t know |
31% |
34 |
27 |
27 |
33 |
37 |
28 |
21 |
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