VAR CF9049 SOCIAL SECURITY SPENDING -FEDERAL BUDGET

VAR CF9049    SOCIAL SECURITY SPENDING -FEDERAL BUDGET
              COLUMNS 938-938
              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    2000:  000681


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