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Methodology

In total 22,332 citizens in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States of America were interviewed face-to-face or by telephone between 19 June and 17 August, 2009 (the exception being Japan where the fieldwork was conducted online). Polling was conducted by the international polling firm GlobeScan and its research partners in each country. In 7 of the 20 countries, the sample was limited to major urban areas. The margin of error per country ranges from +/-2.2 to 4.8 percent, 19 times out of 20.


 

Question Wording

ICS1. 

We are interested in how people are getting along financially these days. Would you say that you (and your family living there) are better off or worse off financially than you were a year ago? CODE ONE

01 Better off
02 Worse off
VOLUNTEERED
03 Same
99 Don’t know/not applicable


ICS2. 

Now looking ahead, do you think that a year from now you (and your family living there) will be better off financially, or worse off, or just about the same as now? CODE ONE

01 Better off
02 Worse off
VOLUNTEERED
03 Same
99 Don’t know/not applicable


ICS3. 

Now turning to business conditions in the country as a whole—do you think that during the next twelve months we’ll have [READ AND ROTATE SCALE] good times financially, mostly good times, about equally good and bad times, mostly bad times or bad times? CODE ONE

01 Good times
02 Mostly good times
03 About equally good and bad times
04 Mostly bad times
05 Bad times
VOLUNTEERED
99 Don’t know/not applicable


ICS4. 

And looking ahead, which would you say is more likely—that in the country as a whole over the next five years we'll have [READ AND ROTATE SCALE] continuous good times financially, mostly good times, about equally good and bad times, mostly bad times or continuous bad times? CODE ONE

01 Continuous good times
02 Mostly good times
03 About equally good and bad times
04 Mostly bad times
05 Continuous bad times
VOLUNTEERED
99 Don’t know/not applicable


ICS5. 

About the big things people buy for their homes, such as furniture, a refrigerator, stove, television and things like that. Generally speaking, do you think now is a good or bad time for people to buy major household items? CODE ONE

01 Good
02 About equally good and bad
03 Bad
VOLUNTEERED
99 DK/NA



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