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What about the next 12 months? Do you expect the national economy to get better, get worse, or stay about the same?

Do you expect the national economy to get better, get worse, or stay the same over the next year?

Expected national economy over next year · Asked in 1 wave, 1994 · 1,474 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

In trend lines:Expected national economy over next 12 months (2 questions), AI-matched

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Party Ideology Age Sex Race (all years)Education Income Region Religion Community

Get betterStay the sameGet worse

Group	Get better	Stay the same	Get worse	n	MoE
All respondents	29%	54%	17%	1474	±3
White	28%	55%	18%	1216	±3
Black	40%	45%	15%	197	±8
Other races †

General Social Survey 1994 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). 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.

Answers as the source codes them

Get betterStay the sameGet worseDon't know (non-answer)No answer (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
General Social Survey 1994	1994-01-04 to 1994-06-29	face to face	2,992	1,474