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Correlational findings

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
Multiple assesment methods
Interviews, tests and questionnaires

Correlate

Authors's Label
Daily cigarette use
Our Classification
Operationalization
Direct question asking respondent how often he smoked cigarettes during the last year.
Scale:
1 = nearly every day;
0 = less than daily use.

Assessed at T3, T4 and T5

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HP-g-mq-v-5-a tau = -                    Daily cigarette use
               T3          T4          T5
Happiness
T1     tau = -.08 (05)   -.05        -.08 (05)
T2     tau = -.03        -.03        -.03     
T3     tau = -.01        -.00        -.04
T4     tau = -.02        -.00        -.04     
All _ not significant, unless indicated otherwise
T1:1966, T2:1968, T3:1969, T4:1970, T5:1974