The Florida Consumer Attitude Survey is conducted every month by the bureau. Respondents are all 18 or older and live in households telephoned through random digit dialing. The preliminary index for August was calculated from 886 responses. Numbers for prior months are based on about 1,000 responses. The margin of error for the index is almost three points.
Regional results are subject to sampling error of almost four points.
The index is patterned after the University of Michigan's confidence index for the United States. Both indexes use 1966 as the base year. Numbers below 100 indicate that consumers are less confident than they were in 1966, when the index was 100. Return To Top Of Archived Releases. Go To Current UF News.