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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
Percieved racial discrimination
Our Classification
Operationalization
A mean of three items asking the respondent how many blacks he thinks miss out on good jobs, housing, and schooling because of racial discrimination.
1.00 = none at all
:
4.00 = many

Assessed at T3, T4 and T5

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HP-g-mq-v-5-a tau = ns                 Percieved discrimination
Happiness       T3        T4        T5
T1        tau = +.01      +.03      +.02
T2        tau = -.01      +.03      +.02
T3        tau = -.00      +.01      +.04
T4        tau = -.01      +.01      +.02
All tau's not significant

T1:1966, T2:1968, T3:1969, T4:1970, T5:1974