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

Ambitious job attitude

Our Classification

Operationalization

Summary index of amount of job ambition, derived by subtracting the 'job that doesn't bug' score from the 'job that pays off' score and adding a constant (see above).
Scale: 1.00 = low to 7.00 = high. Assessed at T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5.

Observed Relation with Happiness