WABC-TV/New York Daily News hijacking poll, June 1985
By: principal investigators, WABC-TV, New York Daily News
Series: ICPSR -- 8570; ICPSR (Series) -- 8570
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: eng
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: TWA Flight 847 Hijacking Incident, 1985; Public opinion; Politics and government; Foreign relations
Other titles: Daily news (New York, N.Y. : 1920)
Description: This survey of New York City residents centers on the June 14, 1985 hijacking of a TWA plane by Arab terrorists. Respondents were asked if they approved of Ronald Reagan's handling of the hostage situation, if the United States should be negotiating for the release of the hostages, and if the United States should request Israel to meet the terrorists' demands for the release of Shiite Moslems being held prisoner. Other questions posed include whether the United States should reduce its ties to Israel and whether military action should be undertaken against terrorism in the Middle East even if it risks a larger war. An assessment of the actions of the Israeli government also is provided. Demographic characteristics are included as well.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: June 1985. Data collected: June 1985.

Telephone interviews.

Codebook available.

Survey data.

New York city.

Card image data format. For reasons of confidentiality, respondents' phone numbers have been replaced with blanks.

Part number: 1 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 512 ; variable count: approx. 16 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1.

Households were selected by random digit dialing.

Universe: The population of New York City, aged 18 and over.