Show Man In the tho Street Poll Shows Its It's Harder To Make Ends Meet Now I By Kenneth Fink Director Princeton Research Service Princeton New flew Jersey The effect of the high cost of ot living liv Uv- living ing over the past twelve twelvemonthS twelvemonths twelvemonths months on rank and file me famIlies families fam tam Illes can be seen from the re- re results results re re- suits of a Man on the Street survey Just completed One out of every very two people talked to In the survey s say Y they are ate having a n harder time making ends meet today th they y did a year ago Survey findings also show that about three in every eight say they are arc doing about as aswell aswell aswelt well welt as they did a n year ear ago in making ends meet And another one in nine say th they y are finding It easier casler to tomake tomake tomake make ends meet than they did dida didn a n year ago In other words the number who say they are having a harder time making ends meet than they did a year ago Is Just a bit greater than the combined number who say either that they are having haing an easier time making ends end meet or that they are are finding It no different from a year ago When Man on the Street r and his trained reporters put this question to adult citizens In all walks of life ute Compared with a year ago are you finding It harder or easier easl or about the same ame ameto to make both ends end meet most These were the results Harder 52 About the Same 37 Easier Easler 11 Highlight of today's survey findings Is that the older the person the more likely he Is Isto Isto isto to say that he Is having a harder harder har har- der time making ends m meet et Heres Here's the way people in the various age brackets answered answer answer- ed 21 29 44 30 45 45 years years years 8 up Harder 41 50 60 The same 38 39 34 Easter Easier 21 11 6 Still Stilt another 1 I interesting finding is that somewhat more manual workers than white white- collar workers say they are experiencing more difficulty In making ends meet today than they did aid a year ago The vote by occupations Manual White Workers Collar Harder 56 49 About same 34 39 Easier Easler 10 12 Of Ot Importance too Is that somewhat higher proportions of Independent voters the group that holds the balance of ot power In most statewide elections outside the solid South say they are having an easier time making ends meet meetor or that they are finding It no different from a year ago than do Democrats or Republicans Republican Heres Here's the way people In the various political groups answered ans I GOP Demo Ind lad tinnier Harder 51 57 47 41 About same sam 41 41 Easier Easler 8 11 13 Man on the Street t reports over the past few weeks have shown that rank and file rue families faro fam Idles are In good shape hape financially finan finan- clany and that they are optimIstic optimistic is tic about bu business and Job prospects for tor their state Today's Today findings round out the publics public's views on another phase of economic conditions the ability to make both ends meet This Is one of ot a series of studies on economic condl condi tons The Times-Independent Times presents pre the reports of Man on the Street exclusively In Southeastern Southeastern South South- eastern Utah |