| Q1 | Compared with ten years ago do yo think the standard of living of Americans as a whole is... | ||
| 1.Much better 2.Slightly better 3.About the same 4.Slightly worse |
5.Much worse . 0.Don't Know |
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| 1992 ITALY 1,048 |
1987 FRANCE 1,013 |
1987 FRG 1,000 |
1993 NL 1,083 |
1987 UK 1,043 |
1988 USA 1,563 |
1988 JPN 2,265 |
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| 1.Much better | 28.9 | 2.6 | 19.2 | 13.9 | 21.4 | 17.0 | 25.1 |
| 2.Slightly better | 28.2 | 18.5 | 42.0 | 38.5 | 40.0 | 32.0 | 49.8 |
| 3.About the same | 13.8 | 17.1 | 26.0 | 21.3 | 13.0 | 18.0 | 16.7 |
| 4.Slightly worse | 16.1 | 37.4 | 9.6 | 17.5 | 15.0 | 21.8 | 4.5 |
| 5.Much worse | 11.8 | 23.0 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 0.8 |
| 8.Other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9.D.K. | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 3.1 |