Study Bachman et al. (1978): study US 1966
- Public
- Public highschool boys followed 8 years from grade 10, USA, 1966-74
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1628
- Non Response
- 2.8% at T1, 17.2% at T2, 21.0% at T3, 28.9% at T4, 28.5% at T5
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
Interviews, tests and questionnaires
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Attendance of black segregated school
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Assesed separately for northern and southern states.
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- T1 attendence of a Black segregated (less than 10% white) school
1 = yes
0 = no,
Observed Relation with Happiness
in Southern states:
T1 happiness: tau = +.02 (ns)
T2 happiness: tau = -.01 (ns)
T3 happiness: tau = -.01 (ns)
T4 happiness: tau = -.02 (ns)
in Northern states
T1 happiness: tau = +.01 (ns)
T2 happiness: tau = -.01 (ns)
T3 happiness: tau = -.01 (ns)
T4 happiness: tau = -.02 (ns)
T1:1966, T2:1968, T3:1969, T4:1970