IPOL: Iowa Policy and Opinion Lab

Data restored from a 1978 survey show a majority of Iowans at the time reporting opposition toward gay people in general. When asked about them working in various occupations, opposition was stronger for some occupations, such as teachers, than for others. These data come from Iowa Poll #229, a random sample survey of 600 Iowans from March 1978, which has been restored as part of a larger IPOL project to recover lost data from past Iowa Polls.

Data restored from a 1978 survey indicates that while Iowans' sympathies were with the Israelis, a majority favored establishing a Palestinian homeland in the Middle East in 1978, though this support dropped substantially when a follow up asked supporters if they still felt that way even it meant war. These data come from Iowa Poll #229, a random sample survey of 600 Iowans from March 1978, which has been restored as part of a larger IPOL project to recover lost data from past Iowa Polls.