December 2007



Improving economic conditions * Poverty Crosstabulation
% within Poverty


Poverty Total
Extremely poor Below the poverty level Above the poverty level
Improving economic conditions Negative 39.8% 34.3% 30.1% 33.1%
Neutral 11.3% 22.3% 17.3% 17.8%
Positive 48.9% 43.4% 52.6% 49.1%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 11.659(a) 4 .020
Likelihood Ratio 11.902 4 .018
Linear-by-Linear Association 3.565 1 .059
N of Valid Cases 774

a 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 23.71.