Q.1 [SHOW CARD 1] Over the next five years do you think your living conditions will get better or worse? (READ 1 to 5)

1 Much better
2 Slightly better
3 About the same
4 Slightly worse, or
5 Much worse
8 Other (Please specify: ___________________)
9 DK
123459total%n
total19.4%32.1%23.0%17.1%6.5%2.0%100.0%1,032
genderMale20.8%32.4%20.4%17.5%6.6%2.3%100.0%485
Female18.1%31.8%25.2%16.6%6.4%1.8%100.0%547
age20-24yrs30.0%42.7%16.4%7.3%1.8%1.8%100.0%110
25-29yrs27.3%42.7%15.5%10.9%1.8%1.8%100.0%110
30-34yrs26.8%33.3%16.3%14.6%4.9%4.1%100.0%123
35-39yrs19.7%39.4%21.9%13.9%3.6%1.5%100.0%137
40-44yrs17.5%28.0%24.5%20.3%7.0%2.8%100.0%143
45-49yrs16.4%22.7%30.5%17.2%11.7%1.6%100.0%128
50-54yrs9.7%27.2%23.3%28.2%11.7%-100.0%103
55-59yrs7.3%28.0%34.1%24.4%4.9%1.2%100.0%82
60-64yrs10.7%26.8%26.8%21.4%10.7%3.6%100.0%56
65-69yrs22.5%17.5%27.5%17.5%12.5%2.5%100.0%40
raceChinese17.2%32.1%24.1%17.9%6.9%1.8%100.0%781
Malay23.8%32.0%20.5%13.9%4.1%5.7%100.0%122
Indian30.9%28.9%16.5%18.6%5.2%-100.0%97
Others21.9%40.6%25.0%3.1%9.4%-100.0%32