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

Preference for 'a job that doesn't bug me'

Our Classification

Operationalization

7-item index of closed questions indicating preference for: no one to boss me, don't have to work too hard, clean job, not a lot of responsability, lot of free time, high prestige, not learning a lot of new things.
Scale: 1.00 = low to 4.00 = high importance for a job that doesn't bug me. Assessed at T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5

Observed Relation with Happiness