Better or Worse Off? Anchorage Households in 1988.

Autor/inn/en	Frazier, Rosyland; Leask, Linda
Institution	Alaska Univ., Anchorage. Inst. of Social and Economic Research.
Titel	Better or Worse Off? Anchorage Households in 1988.
Quelle	26 (1989) 1, (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Area Studies; Attitude Measures; Community Surveys; Economic Climate; Economic Research; Economic Status; Economics; Family Income; Housing; Public Opinion; Telephone Surveys; Alaska (Anchorage) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Landeskunde; Wirtschaftslage; Wirtschaftsforschung; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Familieneinkommen; Unterkunft; Öffentliche Meinung; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview
Abstract	This journal issue reports the results of a survey of Anchorage residents' own assessments of how they were doing economically in October 1988. A total of 407 randomly selected households were called and asked about finances, employment, plans to move, interest in buying homes, housing costs, and other economic indicators. Results were compared with those from similar surveys done in June and November 1987. The survey results are placed in the context of the 1980s economic boom and the recession produced by the worldwide oil boom and bust. Respondents reported less unemployment, more households with higher incomes, fewer households with deteriorating finances, and more households willing to spend money on vacations and other nonessentials. However, although the earnings of many Anchorage residents have increased, job benefits and hours worked have not, and many respondents reported improved finances because households with two wage earners increased from 35 to 51%. Lower housing prices reflected the effects of recession but improved the financial situation of many residents now paying reduced rents and mortgages. Owners of residential investment properties and commercial properties were more likely to report worsened financial conditions than other residents. This report contains 10 tables. (DHP)
Anmerkungen	Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC