VAR CF9045 IS POSITION OF THE U.S. WEAKER/STRONGER COLUMNS 771 - 771 NUMERIC MD EQ 8 OR GE 9 1984 and later: During the past year, would you say that the United States' position in the world has grown weaker, stayed about the same, or has it grown stronger? 1958,1960,1964,1968: Would you say that in the past year or so our position in the world has become stronger, less strong, or has it stayed about the same? ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. 1. WEAKER (1958,1960,1964,1968: less strong) 3. SAME 5. STRONGER 8. DK 9. NA; INAP, question not used 1958: 58 1960: 83 1964: 137 1968: 114 1984: 246 1986: 523 1988: 252 1990: 494 1992: 3601 1994: 1015 1996: 960409 1998: 980484 ==============================