Garrett's accompanying figures and data
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[edit] Garrett (2008) "The Kids are Alright." Greater Good Science Center's "Half Full" blog.
These figures and tables are meant to accompany Garrett's (2008) first posting on The Greater Good Science Center's blog, "Half Full." Of the figures, all but "Figure 3" are represented on the Half Full website. The tabled data are not included in the "Half Full" posting but they inform its content.
All findings are based on original analyses of Monitoring the Future data (12th-grade series).
Tables 1 & 2 (H.F. posting #1): Weighted distributions of happiness responses among American high school seniors, 1976-2006
Figure 1 (H.F. posting #1): Line graph of weighted "very happy" and "pretty or very happy" rates, 1976-2006
Figure 2 (H.F. posting #1): Line graph of weighted "very happy", "pretty happy," and "not too happy" rates, 1976-2006
Table 3 (H.F. posting #1): Unweighted distributions of happiness responses, as well as sample sizes and non-response rates, 1976-2006
Figure 3 (H.F. posting #1): Line graph and note regarding weighted and unweighted "very happy" rates compared to non-response rates, 1976-2006
[edit] Garrett (2008) "Well, Most Kids Are Alright" Greater Good Science Center's "Half Full" blog.
These figures and tables are meant to accompany Garrett's (2008) second posting on The Greater Good Science Center's blog, "Half Full." Of the figures, all but "Figure 0" are represented on the Half Full website. The tabled data are not included in the "Half Full" posting but they inform its content.
All findings are based on original analyses of Monitoring the Future data (12th-grade series).
Analyses by Gender
Tab. 1 & 2 (H.F. posting #2): Tabled distributions of happiness responses by gender, 1976-2006 (Weighted)
Fig. 0 (H.F. posting #2): Line Graph of the Proportion of Young Men & Women who Report Being "Pretty Happy" or Better, 1976-2006 (Weighted)
Fig. 1 (H.F. posting #2): Line Graph of the Proportion of Young Men & Women who Report Being "Very Happy," 1976-2006 (Weighted)
Analyses by Level of Maternal Education
Tab. 3 (H.F. posting #2): Tabled Distributions of Youth who Report Being "Very Happy" by Level of Maternal Education, 1976-2006 (Weighted)
Fig. 2 (H.F. posting #2): Line Graph of the Proportion of Youth who Report Being "Very Happy" by Level of Maternal Education, 1976-2006 (Weighted)
Tab. 4 (H.F. posting #2): Tabled Distributions of Youth who Report Being "Not Too Happy" by Level of Maternal Education, 1976-2006 (Weighted)
Fig. 3 (H.F. posting #2): Line Graph of the Proportion of Youth who Report Being "Not Too Happy" by Level of Maternal Education, 1976-2006 (Weighted)
Analyses by Race
Tab. 5 (H.F. posting #2): Tabled Distributions of Happiness Responses by Binary Racial Categories, 1976-2006 (Weighted). Includes note about the measurement of race/ethnicity in the MTF study.
Fig. 4 (H.F. posting #2): Line Graph of the Proportion of Youth who Report Being "Pretty Happy" or Better by Binary Racial Categories, 1976-2006 (Weighted)
Fig. 5 (H.F. posting #2): Line Graph of the Proportion of Youth who Report Being "Very Happy" by Binary Racial Categories, 1976-2006 (Weighted)
[edit] Garrett (2008) (Forthcoming Posting: TBA) Greater Good Science Center's "Half Full" blog.
Only graphs that were presented in the original posting are available at this time.
