Youth, Work, and Military Service: Findings from Two Decades of Monitoring the Future National Samples of American Youth
Abstract
This report examines the work-related attitudes and experiences of high school seniors and young adults, using questionnaire data from the Monitoring the Future project covering nearly a quarter century. This summary provides brief highlights of the report. This report considers four interrelated research questions, which may be of general interest to those concerned with youth and vocational development, and which should be of particular interest to those concerned with military personnel and recruitment: 1. How can we characterize the work-related attitudes and values of high school seniors in recent years those who were students in the nineties? 2. Have these attitudes and values changed importantly during the past quarter-century (specifically, since 1976)? 3. Do high school seniors expecting to enter military service show marked differences from their classmates, on average, along any of these attitude and value dimensions? And have any such differences changed appreciably (since 1976)? 4. Do high school graduates who actually enter military service differ from their classmates who enter college, or from their classmates who enter civilian employment, along any of these attitude and value dimensions? If so, to what extent are such differences evident during the senior year of high school (indicating self-selection), and to what extent do they emerge after entry into the different post-high school environments (indicating socialization)?
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA386286
Entities
People
- Jerald G. Bachman
- Patrick M. O'malley
- Peter Freedman-doan
Organizations
- Defense Manpower Data Center