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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
Prefer more military influence
Our Classification
Operationalization
A mean of two items concerning military influence and expenditure on the military. Scale: 1.00 = military has far too much influence, or U.S. spends far too much, to 5.00 = military has far too little influence, or U.S. spend far too little. Assessed at T3 and T5

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HP-g-mq-v-5-a tau = +             Prefer more military influence
Happiness         T3           T5
T1          tau = +.05 (ns)    +.03 (ns)
T2          tau = +.08 (05)    +.05 (ns)
T3          tau = +.08 (05)    +.02 (ns)
T4          tau = +.08 (05)    +.04 (ns)
T1:1966, T2: 1968, T3:1969, T4:1970, T5:1974