VAR CF9048 SPACE/SCIENCE SPENDING -FEDERAL BUDGET COLUMNS 774 - 774 NUMERIC MD EQ 8 OR GE 9 If you had a say in making up the federal budget this year, for which (1986 and later: of the following) programs would you like to see spending increased and for which would you like to see spending decreased: Should federal spending on <item> be increased, decreased or kept about the same? 1986,1988: SPACE AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 1980,1992: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1990: THE SPACE PROGRAM) ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. Order of items 9046-9050 varied from year to year. In 1988, the federal budget allocation series was administered with a break mid- sequence. NOTE THE VARIATIONS IN WORDING 1. INCREASED 2. SAME 3. DECREASED 7. CUT OUT ENTIRELY (VOLUNTEERED) 8. DK 9. NA; INAP, no post IW (1984); abbrev. telephone IW (1984); question not used 1984: 1003 1986: 333 1988: 380 1990: 387 1992: 3812 ==============================