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Correlational findings

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

Public
Public highschool boys followed 8 years from grade 10, USA, 1966-74
Sample
Respondents
N = 1628
Non Response
2.8% at T1, 17.2% at T2, 21.0% at T3, 28.9% at T4, 28.5% at T5
Assessment
Multiple assesment methods
Interviews, tests and questionnaires

Correlate

Authors's Label
School mean socioeconomic level
Our Classification
Operationalization
High school's mean socioeconomic level computed from the combined S.E.L.'s of all the T1 respondents at that school.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HP-g-mq-v-5-a tau = - ns                      T1 school level
T1 happiness:        tau = -.06 (ns)
T2 happiness:        tau = -.07 (ns)
T3 happiness:        tau = -.05 (ns)
T4 happiness:        tau = -.02 (ns)

T1:1966, T2:1968, T3:1969, T4:1970