Respondents can report either better, same or worse conditions than previous months.

Respondents reported spending 14 minutes daily dealing with computer problems.

But just as consistently, respondents report satisfaction with their own children's schools.

This is true even where respondents reported ill health or dissatisfaction with work.

"People who never drank before are now having a glass of red wine every day," one respondent reported.

Some respondents reported that a number of applications were only possible on a microcomputer.

"Still, 17 respondents reported losses greater than $1 million."

Respondents in the Atlanta district "reported only modest wage or price pressures."

Respondents also reported their personal experiences during the Holocaust.

Researchers who talk to people about their feelings about life say respondents report a general loss of pleasure.