ICPSR Metadata record for ABC News Papal Visit Poll, August 1987 ICPSR ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/). ABC News Papal Visit Poll, August 1987 ABC News Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR 2007-07-03 8892 doi://10.3886/ICPSR08892.v1
This survey was conducted prior to Pope John Paul II's visit to the United States in September 1987. Respondents were asked for their opinions on Pope John Paul and on a number of moral issues including abortion, homosexuality, alternative means of conception, birth control, and the involvement of religious leaders in politics. Opinions also were sought on certain policies of the Roman Catholic Church that prohibit priests from marrying and women from becoming priests. Respondents were queried regarding their religious upbringing and current practice, and those who identified themselves as Catholics were asked additional questions relating to the Pope and religious issues. Demographic characteristic of respondents are included.
 UniverseScheme08892 ABC News/Washington Post Poll Series For more information on the series, please go to http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/series/00001. ICPSR.XIV.C.1 abortion birth control Catholic Church homosexuality morality Pope John Paul II public opinion religion religious beliefs United States 1987-08 1987-08 survey data The population of the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, aged 18 and over. Households were selected by random digit dialing. telephone interviews 1987-08-17 1987-08-23 ICPSR
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