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Respondent's Financial Situation Over the Last Year 1962-2004
PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED :      'Gotten Better'


  % OF GROUP: '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04
Males 38 ** 35 37 36 38 32 37 39 37 32 46 45 47 42 34 41 49 55 35 26 47
Females 32 ** 35 31 29 34 26 33 31 29 29 41 36 39 36 27 37 43 49 31 22 40
  '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04
Whites 36 ** 35 34 31 36 28 35 34 33 32 46 42 43 38 31 37 45 50 30 22 43
Blacks 19 ** 36 33 36 32 30 25 39 26 16 30 33 40 39 25 49 54 54 44 25 37
  '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04
Grade School 20 ** 22 20 24 27 20 25 20 26 18 19 20 20 22 14 31 27 43 19 18 25
High School 37 ** 38 33 33 34 29 33 32 28 26 40 36 41 36 27 37 41 47 30 20 40
Some College, no Degree 41 ** 42 43 34 48 29 42 42 36 34 51 43 49 47 34 40 51 55 36 27 48
College Degree/ Post-grad 50 ** 47 47 39 41 35 40 45 47 41 57 56 51 47 39 43 54 58 37 28 46
  '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04
Income 0-16 Percentile 11 ** 21 14 22 28 21 23 24 24 19 27 27 32 34 21 35 42 47 19 ** 36
Income 17-33 Percentile 22 ** 26 25 23 34 23 26 32 27 27 33 33 35 31 24 34 43 45 27 ** 35
Income 34-67 Percentile 40 ** 36 34 33 37 28 36 35 35 30 46 40 44 41 33 36 45 48 35 ** 45
Income 68-95 Percentile 52 ** 45 50 39 43 35 43 42 40 38 59 53 51 44 38 47 55 60 43 ** 54
Income 96-100 Percentile 45 ** 48 47 65 31 35 41 51 39 40 61 72 64 63 42 55 59 60 48 ** 50
  '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04
Professionals ** ** ** 45 42 40 31 39 42 40 39 52 47 48 45 37 43 54 56 36 ** 46
White Collar ** ** ** 34 30 37 28 41 38 33 34 45 42 42 41 32 40 47 49 33 ** 41
Blue Collar ** ** ** 34 35 34 30 32 34 28 27 40 37 41 35 28 37 42 49 32 ** 44
Unskilled ** ** ** 20 27 29 19 36 26 40 21 37 32 45 36 29 46 46 30 30 ** 44
Farmers ** ** ** 19 20 33 19 30 33 45 16 39 30 28 40 22 26 19 61 20 ** 43
Housewives ** ** ** 29 25 34 23 32 25 26 23 37 34 36 34 20 32 38 47 33 ** 38
  '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04
Union Households ** ** 38 35 30 37 32 37 36 34 33 45 47 43 40 31 42 48 53 39 24 43
Non-Union Households ** ** 34 33 33 36 26 34 34 32 29 43 39 42 38 30 38 45 51 32 24 44
  '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04
South 34 ** 29 31 33 37 27 33 33 35 29 41 39 41 41 33 42 54 54 32 26 48
Nonsouth 34 ** 37 34 31 35 28 35 35 31 30 44 41 43 38 29 37 41 51 33 23 41
  '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04
Born 1975 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 38 52 68 63 43 35 53
Born 1959-1974 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 41 43 47 60 54 61 54 43 48 60 64 40 32 55
Born 1943-1958 ** ** 66 60 47 53 39 48 49 41 39 56 50 52 42 35 43 46 51 33 18 41
Born 1927-1942 53 ** 45 45 39 39 30 35 29 30 24 40 34 33 31 20 25 28 36 23 10 22
Born 1911-1926 38 ** 35 33 27 27 23 25 24 24 19 21 18 16 19 11 18 20 32 12 6 18
Born 1895-1910 23 ** 23 13 19 21 11 17 16 19 22 16 13 19 15 17 8 24 19 32 0 **
Born before 1895 7 ** 10 5 24 21 29 21 15 25 0 0 0 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
  '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04
Democrats (incl leaners) 34 ** 36 33 32 33 30 31 35 32 26 32 36 35 37 26 43 52 56 39 23 33
Independents & Apoliticals 33 ** 38 39 24 31 28 37 37 33 27 42 37 42 36 25 32 36 40 32 23 43
Republicans (incl leaners) 35 ** 33 33 35 41 25 38 33 32 39 57 47 52 43 39 35 40 49 26 24 56
  '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04
Liberals ** ** ** ** ** 31 28 35 41 38 34 45 44 45 40 33 45 54 54 45 26 35
Moderates ** ** ** ** ** 40 26 36 34 32 29 39 39 41 41 25 38 48 53 35 24 44
Conservatives ** ** ** ** ** 40 32 40 36 33 38 56 43 48 41 37 37 43 50 31 25 54

    ___   (underline) indicates 50 or fewer total respondents within group
    **     indicates question not asked or no cases within group


Table 4E.3.1
Source: The American National Election Studies
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NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3

(Table generated: 09DEC05)