blksimp
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Question In the past few years, do you think conditions for black people have improved, gotten worse, or stayed about the same?
Values
[1]improved[2]gotten worse[3]about the same[NA(d)]don't know[NA(i)]iap[NA(j)]I don't have a job[NA(m)]dk, na, iap[NA(n)]no answer[NA(p)]not imputable[NA(r)]refused[NA(s)]skipped on web[NA(u)]uncodeable[NA(x)]not available in this release[NA(y)]not available in this year[NA(z)]see codebook
Overview
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | improved | gotten worse | about the same | don't know | no answer | not available in this year | Total |
| 1994 | 1522 | 776 | 177 | 474 | 35 | 8 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 944 | 1128 | 183 | 577 | 67 | 5 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 961 | 1167 | 94 | 516 | 88 | 6 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 940 | 1168 | 106 | 539 | 60 | 4 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1857 | 592 | 34 | 262 | 20 | - | - | 2765 |
| Total | 6224 | 4831 | 594 | 2368 | 270 | 23 | 0 | 14310 |