American National Election Studies, 2004

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INFLTPST Would you say that OVER THE PAST YEAR, inflation has gotten BETTER, stayed ABOUT THE SAME, or gotten WORSE?   0) NA   1) Better   3) Stayed same   5) Worse   8) Don't know   9) Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
NA	125	10.3%	10.3%	-2.01
Better	55	4.5%	14.9%	-1.45
Stayed same	469	38.7%	53.5%	-.35
Worse	524	43.2%	96.8%	.76
Don't know	38	3.1%	99.9%	2.42
Refused	1	.1%	100%	2.98

Variable Comparisons

Gender Age Religion Region

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
NA	9.5% 54	11.0% 71	10.3% 125
Better	5.1% 29	4.0% 26	4.5% 55
Stayed same	42.9% 243	35.0% 226	38.7% 469
Worse	40.8% 231	45.4% 293	43.2% 524
Don't know	1.4% 8	4.6% 30	3.1% 38
Refused	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 566	100.0% 646	1212

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30 years	31-45	46-60	61+	TOTAL
NA	13.4% 34	8.8% 28	7.6% 26	12.4% 37	10.3% 125
Better	4.3% 11	5.0% 16	5.0% 17	3.7% 11	4.5% 55
Stayed same	40.9% 104	35.5% 113	41.8% 143	36.6% 109	38.7% 469
Worse	35.4% 90	49.1% 156	43.9% 150	43.0% 128	43.2% 524
Don't know	5.9% 15	1.6% 5	1.8% 6	4.0% 12	3.1% 38
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 254	100.0% 318	100.0% 342	100.0% 298	1212

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	TOTAL
NA	10.6% 35	13.0% 28	6.7% 2	9.3% 21	10.7% 86
Better	5.8% 19	5.1% 11	0.0% 0	4.8% 11	5.1% 41
Stayed same	40.3% 133	43.7% 94	43.3% 13	31.7% 72	38.9% 312
Worse	40.0% 132	33.0% 71	50.0% 15	52.4% 119	42.0% 337
Don't know	3.3% 11	5.1% 11	0.0% 0	1.8% 4	3.2% 26
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 330	100.0% 215	100.0% 30	100.0% 227	802

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	North Central	South	West	TOTAL
NA	15.1% 33	8.9% 28	9.8% 41	8.7% 23	10.3% 125
Better	3.2% 7	4.1% 13	5.5% 23	4.6% 12	4.5% 55
Stayed same	37.2% 81	40.4% 127	39.6% 165	36.5% 96	38.7% 469
Worse	40.8% 89	44.3% 139	41.7% 174	46.4% 122	43.2% 524
Don't know	3.7% 8	2.2% 7	3.1% 13	3.8% 10	3.1% 38
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 218	100.0% 314	100.0% 417	100.0% 263	1212