ABC News North testimony poll #1, July 1987
By: principal investigator, ABC News
Series: ICPSR -- 8860; ICPSR (Series) -- 8860
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Public opinion; Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990
Description: This survey was conducted following Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North's testimony on July 7, 1987 before the congressional committee investigating the Iran-contra arms affair. Respondents were asked if they had seen or heard about North's testimony, if they had a favorable or unfavorable opinion of North, and if they felt that North was generally telling the truth. Other questions asked included whether respondents thought North and Poindexter acted on their own, if they were covering up for higher ranking officials including President Reagan, if respondents agreed with North's statements justifying United States secret operations, if they approved or disapproved of North's handling of the Iran-contra operation, and if North should be criminally prosecuted. Demographic characteristics of respondents are included.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: July 1987. Data collected: July 7, 1987.

Telephone interviews.

Survey data.

United States.

Card Image data format.

Codebook available.

Part number: 1 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 510 ; variable count: approx. 21 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1.

Households were selected by random digit dialing.

Universe: The population of the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, aged 18 and over.