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1999 Orange County Annual Survey
University of California, Irvine

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1999 SURVEY QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES -- PAGE 1

1. Is the place where you currently live a:

53% single family detached home
19 attached home such as a condo or townhouse
22 apartment
3 mobile home
3 other

2. How long have you lived at your current residence?

32% 2 years or less
21 3 to 5 years
17 6 to 10 years
15 11 to 20 years
15 more than 20 years

3. Do you own or rent your present residence?

62% own (skip q.4)
38 rent (skip q.5)

4. What is your current monthly rental payment?

15% under $500
28 $501 to $750
32 $751 to $1,000
19 $1,001
6 more than $1,500

5. What is your current monthly mortgage payment, not including taxes and insurance?

21% nothing
9 $1 to $500
7 $501 to $750
15 $751 to $1,000
29 $1,001 to $1,500
10 $1,501 to $2,000
9 over $2,000

6. Would you say you (and your family) are financially better off or worse off than you were a year ago?

55% better off
12 worse off
33 same

7. Now looking ahead, do you think that a year from now you (and your family) will be better off, worse off, or just about the same as now?

51% better off
4 worse off
41 same
4 don't know

8. Turning to business conditions in the country as a whole, do you think that during the next 12 months we will have good times financially or bad times?

71% good times
16 bad times
13 don't know

9. Looking ahead, in the country as a whole will we have continued good times during the next 5 years, or will we have periods of widespread unemployment or depression?

58% good times
25 depression or unemployment
17 same

10. About the big things that people buy for their homes, such as furniture, a refrigerator, a stove, television and things like that-- generally speaking, do you think now is a good or a bad time for people to buy major household items?

72% good time
12 bad time
16 neither, don't know

11. In general, how would you rate the economy in Orange County today?

24% excellent
54 good
19 fair
2 poor
1 don't know

12. And, in general, do you think that buying a home in Orange County today is an excellent, good, only fair or a poor investment?

17% excellent
51 good
22 fair
8 poor
2 don't know

13. Thinking about the quality of life in Orange County, how do you think things are going?

37% very well
55 somewhat well
6 somewhat badly
2 very badly

14. Considering all the public policy issues in Orange County, what do you think is the most important problem today?

27% crime/gangs
18 schools/education
9 El Toro airport
9 traffic and transportation
7 growth/population/development
5 housing costs and availability
5 immigration/illegal immigration
3 drugs/drug abuse
3 environment/pollution
3 jobs/the economy
3 morality/values
2 healthcare
2 poverty/thepoor/homeless/welfare
2 local government
2 other answers

15. In the future, do you think Orange County will be:

39% a better place to live
24 a worse place to live
37 the same, no change

Survery Questions Continued:

pg. 1 (1-15)     pg. 2 (16-30)     pg. 3 (31-45)     pg. 4 (46-60)