Study Sears & Barbee (1977): study US 1921
- Public:
- Gifted women (IQ >135), followed 50 years, California, USA, 1921-72
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 671
- Non Response:
- Attrition in 1972: 25%
- Assessment:
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Interview: face-to-face
Repeated interviews and questionaires
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Satisfaction with career pattern (lifestyle work pattern)
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Ss were first asked to characterize their worklife into one of four possible patterns;
- I have been primarily homeworker.
- I have pushed a career most of my adult life.
- I have pushed a career except during the period when I was raising a family.
- I have done considerable work needed for income but I would not all it a career.
Ss were next invited to indicate which pattern they would choose now.
Satisfaction is the correspondence between 'As it was' and 'As I now would choose'.