VAR CF9049 SOCIAL SECURITY SPENDING -FEDERAL BUDGET
COLUMNS 775 - 775
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?
SOCIAL SECURITY
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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.
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: 999 1986: 329 1988: 348
1990: 380 1992: 3811 1994: 819
1996: 960560
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