VCF9118 Federal Government: Defense Spending Scale

QUESTION:
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Some people believe that we should spend much less money for defense.
Others feel that defense spending should be greatly increased.
Where would you place what the Federal Government is doing at the
present time? (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)

VALID_CODES:
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1.   Greatly decrease defense spending
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.   Greatly increase defense spending

MISSING_CODES:
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8.   DK
9.   NA; short-form or Spanish language IW (1992)
0.   R self-rating was DK/"haven't thought much about it"
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
In all years, if R replied DK or "haven't thought much about it" in
rating self on this same 7-point scale, then R was not asked this
question.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1980:  800288 
1982:  820414  
1984:  840400 
1986:  860414 
1988:  880314 
1990:  900445
1992:  923712