Study Bachman et al. (1978): study US 1966 /1

Public

Public highschool boys followed 8 years from grade 10, USA, 1966-74

Sample

Respondents

N = 2213

Non Response

2.8% at T1, 17.2% at T2, 21.0% at T3, 28.9% at T4, 28.5% at T5

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Interviews, tests and questionnaires

Correlate

Authors's Label

Family's socioeconomic level

Our Classification

Operationalization

Index consisting of six equally weighted components: father's occupational status; father's educational level; mother's educational level; number of rooms per person in home; number of books in home; checklist of other possesions in the home. Scale: 1.00 to 8.00. Assessed at T1

Observed Relation with Happiness