General Economic Considerations:
The General Economic Considerations Section provides a summary of respondent assessments of present economic conditions and expectations for future economic conditions.
 
 
Q:   Would you say that you, and any family members living with you, are better or worse of financially than you were a year ago, or about the same?
 
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Worse 132 22.1 22.1 22.1
About the same 303 50.5 50.6 72.7
Better 163 27.2 27.3 100.0
Total 598 99.7 100.0

Missing

 System 2 .3
Total 600 100.0
Q:   Do you think that a year from now your financial situation, and the financial situation of any family members living with you, will be better, worse or about the same?
 
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Worse 69 11.4 11.6 11.6
About the same 307 51.1 51.7 63.3
Better 218 36.3 36.7 100.0
Total 593 98.9 100.0

Missing

 System 7 1.1
Total 600 100.0
Q:   Would you say that business conditions in Clark County are excellent, good, fair, or poor?
 
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Poor 22 3.7 3.8 3.8
Fair 166 27.7 28.6 32.4
Good 295 49.1 50.7 83.1
Excellent 98 16.4 16.9 100.0
Total 581 96.9 100.0

Missing

 System 19 3.1
Total 600 100.0
Q:   A year from now, do you expect that business conditions in Clark County will be better than they are today, worse than they are today, or about the same as they are today?
 
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Worse 56 9.4 9.6 9.6
About the same 363 60.5 62.1 71.7
Better 165 27.6 28.3 100.0
Total 584 97.4 100.0

Missing

 System 16 2.6
Total 600 100.0
Q:   Generally speaking, do you think now is a good time or a bad time to buy a single-family home in Clark County?
 
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Bad time 244 40.7 42.3 42.3
Good time 332 55.4 57.7 100.0
Total 576 96.1 100.0

Missing

 System 23 3.9
Total 600 100.0
Q:   The federal Department of Energy (DOE) wants to build the nation's first high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain. If given the opportunity to vote on this matter, would you support or oppose locating a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain?
 
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Oppose 457 76.2 78.8 78.8
Support 123 20.5 21.2 100.0
Total 580 96.7 100.0
Missing System 20 3.3
Total 600 100.0
Q:   The Department of Energy (DOE) maintains that it can be trusted to manage the Yucca Mountain repository and the transportation of radioactive waste to the repository so that the publics' safety is ensured. Do you agree or disagree with this claim?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Strongly disagree 285 47.5 48.8 48.8
Disagree 158 26.3 27.0 75.8
Agree 90 15.1 15.5 91.3
Strongly agree 51 8.5 8.7 100.0
Total 583 97.3 100.0
Missing System 16 2.7
Total 600 100.0