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Correlational findings

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
Urbanicity of later dwelling
Our Classification
Operationalization
Urbanicity of dwelling at T5
1 = rural communinity or sall town or
    city of fewer than 50,000;
2 = medium sized city (50,000-100,000)
    or suburb of medium sized city;
3 = fairly large city (100,000-500,000)
    or suburb of fairly large city;
4 = very large city (over 500,000) or
    suburb of a very large city

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HP-g-mq-v-5-a tau = - ns T1 happiness:        tau = -.03  (ns)
T2 happiness:        tau = -.02  (ns)
T3 happiness:        tau = -.02  (ns)
T4 happiness:        tau = -.02  (ns)
T1:1966, T2:1968, T3:1969, T4:1970, T5:1974