United States congressional survey, 1975

Description

This survey of attitudes on foreign affairs of members of the United States House of Representatives was conducted in January 1975. Respondents were Members of the House or their chief legislative assistants responsible for foreign affairs questions. Personal or telephone interviews were completed with 309 of the 435 House members. The study investigated three main areas: attitudes toward the United Nations, attitudes toward foreign aid, and attitudes toward detente with the Soviet Union. The survey instrument was designed by members of the UNA-USA staff, initial data preparation was done by the Social Science Computation Center of the Brookings Institution.