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Do you think that over the last year your/your family’s income has gone up more than the cost of living, has it fallen behind, or has it stayed about even with the cost of living? (IF GONE UP OR FALLEN BEHIND) Has it (gone up/fallen behind) a lot or (gone up/fallen behind) a little?
Family income compared with cost of living · Asked in 4 waves, 1984–1992 · 7,867 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dropped only in years where the codebook names a design split (alternate form, half sample, abbreviated or web instrument): 9 in 1986. Kept and flagged: 8 (dk), 9 (no_answer). Codebook notes: 1980 NOTE: The 1980 version of this variable was not comparable.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Gone up a lot | Gone up a little | Same | Fallen behind a little | Fallen behind a lot | Gone up, DK/NA how much |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| ANES 1992 Time Series Study Source variable: V923429,V923430. | 1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16 | mixed | 2,485 | 2,485 |
| ANES 1988 Time Series Study Source variable: V880210,V880211. | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 2,040 |
| ANES 1986 Time Series Study Source variable: V860362,V86036. | 1986-11-05 to 1987-02-07 | face to face | 2,176 | 1,085 |
| ANES 1984 Time Series Study Source variable: V840154,V84015. | 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 | mixed | 2,257 | 2,257 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Fallen behind, DK/NA how much |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 4% | 7% | 41% | 27% | 21% | 0% | 0% | 2485 | ±2 | |
| Democrats | 3% | 5% | 39% | 30% | 24% | – | – | 875 | ±3 | |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 3% | 6% | 38% | 28% | 24% | 0% | 0% | 973 | ±3 | |
| Republicans | 6% | 12% | 48% | 23% | 12% | – | – | 622 | ±4 |
ANES 1992 Time Series Study · US citizens 18+ living in households in the contiguous 48 states. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.