IPOL: Iowa Policy and Opinion Lab

Data restored from a 1981 Iowa Poll shows that Iowans overwhelmingly believed that people tell the truth when answering questions for public opinion polls. These data come from Iowa Poll #248, a random sample survey of 1011 Iowans from April of 1981, which has been restored as part of a larger project to recover lost data from past Iowa polls.

Results from Iowa Poll #248 revealed that most parents in Iowa said they would have the same number of children if they could do it over again. These data come from Iowa Poll #248, a random sample survey of 1011 Iowans from April of 1981, which has been restored as part of a larger project to recover lost data from past Iowa polls.

Results from Iowa Poll #248 revealed that Iowans were split on whether they would expect to be trusted to return to a restaurant and pay if they had forgotten their wallet. These data come from Iowa Poll #248, a random sample survey of 1011 Iowans from April of 1981, which has been restored as part of a larger project to recover lost data from past Iowa polls.

Data restored from a 1981 survey show that a majority of Iowans believed cars made in the United States were of the best quality and favored restricting the number of cars foreign manufacturers could sell in the United States. These data come from Iowa Poll #248, a random sample survey of 1011 Iowans from April of 1981, which has been restored as part of a larger project to recover lost data from past Iowa polls.