Spiraling Economy Has Consumers Cautious

* 57.3 percent of respondents have also cut back on their driving;

* 47.4 percent are attending fewer movies;

* 46.1 percent are forgoing department stores for discount retailers;

* 45.3 percent are cutting back on their vacation budgets;

* 67.9 percent say gas prices have affected their budgets the most, followed by groceries (47.2 percent), home heating and cooling costs (46.8 percent), and taxes (36.1 percent);