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fisitx

Financial expectations for year ahead

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indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.04%
proxy	-7	231	1.6%
don't know	-1	772	5.35%
Better than now	1	2916	20.22%
Worse than now	2	2555	17.72%
About the same	3	7939	55.06%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.37	1009	1.0	3.0	0.82	13410

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	10	0.07%
proxy	-7	265	1.78%
don't know	-1	522	3.51%
Better than now	1	3528	23.72%
Worse than now	2	1156	7.77%
About the same	3	9392	63.15%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.42	797	1.0	3.0	0.86	14076

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
proxy	-7	300	1.95%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	523	3.4%
Better than now	1	3779	24.55%
Worse than now	2	1391	9.04%
About the same	3	9396	61.04%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.39	826	1.0	3.0	0.87	14566

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	394	2.52%
proxy	-7	310	1.99%
don't know	-1	529	3.39%
Better than now	1	3962	25.37%
Worse than now	2	1367	8.75%
About the same	3	9055	57.98%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.35	1233	1.0	3.0	0.88	14384

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
don't know	-1	506	3.2%
Better than now	1	3919	24.82%
Worse than now	2	1232	7.8%
About the same	3	9117	57.74%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.36	1523	1.0	3.0	0.88	14268

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
don't know	-1	488	3.01%
Better than now	1	3993	24.59%
Worse than now	2	1184	7.29%
About the same	3	9678	59.6%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.38	1383	1.0	3.0	0.88	14855

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
refusal	-2	3	0.02%
don't know	-1	589	3.55%
Better than now	1	4153	25.02%
Worse than now	2	1167	7.03%
About the same	3	9795	59.02%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.37	1482	1.0	3.0	0.89	15115

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	643	3.41%
Better than now	1	4861	25.76%
Worse than now	2	1374	7.28%
About the same	3	11186	59.29%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.36	1446	1.0	3.0	0.89	17421

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
don't know	-1	607	3.89%
Better than now	1	4494	28.8%
Worse than now	2	1228	7.87%
About the same	3	8751	56.09%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.29	1130	1.0	3.0	0.91	14473

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
don't know	-1	623	3.99%
Better than now	1	4348	27.83%
Worse than now	2	1372	8.78%
About the same	3	8842	56.6%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.31	1061	1.0	3.0	0.9	14562

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.12%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
don't know	-1	395	3.62%
Better than now	1	3171	29.08%
Worse than now	2	940	8.62%
About the same	3	6027	55.26%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.28	768	1.0	3.0	0.91	10138

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	14	0.13%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
don't know	-1	436	3.9%
Better than now	1	3103	27.72%
Worse than now	2	1067	9.53%
About the same	3	6208	55.46%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.3	815	1.0	3.0	0.9	10378

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
refusal	-2	3	0.03%
don't know	-1	355	3.76%
Better than now	1	2675	28.34%
Worse than now	2	1008	10.68%
About the same	3	5090	53.93%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.28	665	1.0	3.0	0.9	8773

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	7	0.08%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	370	4.0%
Better than now	1	2451	26.5%
Worse than now	2	1136	12.28%
About the same	3	4862	52.57%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.29	800	1.0	3.0	0.89	8449

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.08%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	453	4.78%
Better than now	1	2386	25.17%
Worse than now	2	1371	14.46%
About the same	3	4841	51.06%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.29	883	1.0	3.0	0.87	8598

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.05%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
don't know	-1	520	5.42%
Better than now	1	2303	23.99%
Worse than now	2	1677	17.47%
About the same	3	4519	47.07%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.26	1101	1.0	3.0	0.86	8499

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.02%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	585	5.94%
Better than now	1	2188	22.22%
Worse than now	2	1881	19.11%
About the same	3	4802	48.78%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.29	974	1.0	3.0	0.84	8871

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.19%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
refusal	-2	4	0.04%
don't know	-1	611	5.95%
Better than now	1	2681	26.12%
Worse than now	2	1459	14.21%
About the same	3	5138	50.06%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.26	986	1.0	3.0	0.88	9278

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