Youth Attitude Tracking Study. Volume 1. Spring 1979.
Abstract
In the 1979 YATS, 5,203 males were surveyed in the Spring and 5187 in the Fall. The study revealed the first significant drop in propensity to join each of the services in two years. Awareness of recruitment advertising increased significantly from Spring 1978 and the Joint Services campaign awareness also increased significantly from Fall 1978. In addition, the Spring 1979 wave included a question on military draft registration for all 18 year olds. The resulting data suggested no clear consensus among 16 to 21 year olds as to the necessity of draft registration. It was hypothesized that real and perceived improvements in the youth job market may be contributing to declining propensity to enlist in the services and actual market place behavior. Data collected supports this hypothesis. This is the Spring study.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA143218
Entities
People
- J. T. Heisler