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
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Interview: face-to-face
Interviews, tests and questionnaires
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Urbanicity of later dwelling
- Our Classification
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- 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
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