THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Government Services and Spending  1982-2004


                           '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
  Cut Services/Spending 1    9    6    5    5    4    5    9    6    6    4   **    4 
                        2   10    9    6    8    6    8   11   10    8    5   **    6 
                        3   13   13   13   13   12   13   16   15   12    9   **   10 
                        4   23   26   25   23   24   26   24   25   26   25   **   23 
                        5   11   14   17   14   15   15   16   15   16   18   **   19 
                        6    6    8   12   10   11    8    6    7   13   11   **   12 
 More Services/Spending 7    7    7   12    7   11    7    5    5   11   10   **   12 
      DK, Haven't Thought   20   16    9   20   17   19   13   16    9   17   **   14
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                       N  1404 2229 2168 2031 1962 2483 1773 1711 1281  980      1212  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 4A.5
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     "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 yourself on this scale, or haven't you thought
     much about this?" (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)
       


     This question is variable VCF0839 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
     Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
     Weight variable VCF0009A was used to produce this table (see weight documentation).

     Table generated:  27NOV05