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Iowa: Finances

Personal Financial Situation
Financial Investments

Personal Financial Situation

Evaluation of Personal Financial Situation

Poll	Date	In debt	About even	Ahead	No opinion	Sample	MoE
SurveyUSA¹	November 11-13, 2005	42%	35%	20%	3%	600	± 4.1

1 "Thinking about your money ... are you in debt, are you about even, or are you ahead?"

Evaluation of Personal Financial Situation

Poll	Date	Excellent	Good	Only Fair	Poor	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Fox News¹	September 21-22, 2004	18%	45%	26%	8%	3%	800 LV	± 3.5

1 "How would you rate your personal financial situation: excellent, good, only fair or poor?"

Financial Situation Compared to One Year Ago

Poll	Date	Better off	About the same	Worse off	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Humphrey Institute¹	September 27 – October 3, 2004	22%	50%	28%	1%	599 LV	± 4.0
Humphrey Institute¹	June 21 – July 12, 2004	25%	51%	24%	0%	614 RV	± 4.0

1 "We are interested in how people are getting along financially these days. Would you say that you and the people in your household are better off, worse off, or just about the same financially as you were a year ago?"

Financial Situation Compared to Four Years Ago

Poll	Date	Better off	About the same	Worse off	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Central Surveys³	October 14-19, 2004	26%	45%	29%	0%	502 LV	± 4.4
KCCI-TV / Research 2000¹	September 19-21, 2004	21%	53%	20%	6%	602 LV	± 4.0
Iowa Poll²	February 7-11, 2004	26%	48%	26%	0%	800	± 3.5

1 "Generally speaking, are you and you family better off than you were four years ago, or have thins remained about the same?"

2 The Iowa Poll is sponsored by The Des Moines Register.

3 "Compared to four years ago, would you say you are now better off financially, worse off, or about the same?"

Financial Investments

Ownership of More Than $5,000 Stocks, Bonds, or Mutual Funds

Poll	Date	Yes	No	No opinion	Sample	MoE
Rasmussen¹	May 13, 2008	63%	30%	6%	500 LV	± 4.5

1 "Do you own more than $5,000 of stocks, bonds, or mutual funds?"