VCF9078 President Placement: Government Spending/Services Scale

QUESTION:
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2004:
Please look at page [page] of the booklet.
Some people think the government should provide fewer
services even in areas such as health and education
in order to reduce spending. Suppose these people are at
one end of a scale, at point 1. Other people feel it is 
important for the government to provide many more services 
even if it means an increase in spending.  Suppose these 
people are at the other end, at point 7.  And, of course, 
some other people have opinions somewhere in between, at 
points 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6.
Where would you place [president] on this issue?
ALL YEARS:
Some people think the government should provide fewer services, even
in areas such as health and education, in order to reduce spending.
Other people feel that it is important for the government to provide
many more services even if it means an increase in spending.
Where would you place [president] on this scale?  (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN
TO R)

VALID_CODES:
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1.  Government should provide many fewer services: Reduce
    spending a lot
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.   Government should provide many more services:
     Increase spending a lot

MISSING_CODES:
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8.   DK
9.   NA; short-form or Spanish language IW (1992);
     telephone IW (2000)
0.   R self-rating is DK or "haven't thought much about
     it" on same 7pt scale (all years  before 1996)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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See note VCF9073.
2000 NOTE:
Telephone respondents were asked a branching series and are excluded 
here.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1982:  820444  
1984:  840376 
1986:  860449  
1988:  880309 
1990:  900453  
1992:  923702
1994:  940941  
1996:  960453  
1998:  980464  
2000:  000551
2004:  043138