NYC Adults
In the coming year, do you expect your personal family finances to get better, get worse, or stay about the same?
Get better Get worse Stay about the same
Row % Row % Row %
NYC Adults 43% 13% 44%
NYC Registered Voters 40% 13% 47%
Party Registration Democrat 41% 11% 48%
Republican 34% 14% 51%
Non-enrolled 42% 16% 42%
NYC Borough Bronx 58% 9% 33%
Brooklyn 50% 10% 39%
Manhattan 38% 14% 49%
Queens and Staten Island 34% 17% 49%
Income Less than $50,000 53% 13% 34%
$50,000 or more 31% 13% 56%
Race White 26% 14% 60%
African American 54% 11% 34%
Latino 53% 13% 34%
Education Not college graduate 48% 14% 37%
College graduate 37% 12% 51%
Age Under 45 52% 10% 38%
45 or older 36% 15% 49%
Generation Millennials (18-30) 59% 10% 31%
Gen X (31-46) 45% 10% 45%
Baby Boomers (47-65) 40% 14% 46%
Silent-Greatest (Over 65) 20% 18% 63%
Gender Men 48% 9% 43%
Women 39% 16% 45%
Households with children under 18 Household with children 48% 15% 37%
No children in household 40% 12% 49%
Union Member in Household 37% 15% 48%
Own or Rent Home Own 32% 14% 53%
Rent 50% 13% 37%
Interview Type Landline 36% 14% 50%
Cell Phone 63% 10% 27%
NY1/YNN-Marist Poll NYC Adults: Interviews conducted January 24th through 31st, 2011, N=657 MOE +/- 4%. Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding.