Details

Related name

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 6660. [More in this series]
• ICPSR ; 6660

Restrictions note

Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

Summary note

This round of the Youth Attitude Tracking Survey, a series of surveys begun in 1975, investigated youth attitudes towards military enlistment and their perceptions of the military and recruitment marketing activities. In addition, the survey elicited opinions on government and public affairs issues: whether the United States ought to have much more military power than any other nation in the world, whether the United States should go to war to protect its own economic interests or the rights of other countries, whether the United States military should intervene in Bosnia or be involved in peace-keeping missions like the one in Somalia or potentially in Haiti, and whether women should be required to register for the draft or be allowed to volunteer for combat assignments. Respondents were asked if they had taken the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test (ASVAB), and those attending or planning to attend college were questioned about their interest in participating in the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) or military training after college. Other information collected by the survey includes age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, current school enrollment status, highest grade completed, type of school and diploma, grades usually received in high school, plans for college, interest in pursuing certain occupations, current employment status, and parents' education.

Notes

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on October 17, 2008).

Type of data

Extent of collection: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS setup file + SPSS setup file + Stata setup file.

Time and place of event

• Date(s) of collection: September 13, 1993-November 24, 1993.
• Time period: September 13, 1993-November 24, 1993.

Geographic coverage

Geographic coverage: United States.

System details

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Methodology note

• Mode of data collection: telephone interview.
• Sample: the YATS sample had two components. Approximately one-half of the respondents consisted of age-eligible individuals previously interviewed in the Fall 1991 or Fall 1992 YATS administrations (the panel sample) and the other half was comprised of respondents new to YATS who were selected using random digit dialing (the RDD sample). After the interviews were completed, the principal investigator decided to drop the panel sample cases because their responses were discovered to be a function of their prior interviews. The data file only includes the RDD cases.
• Universe: persons aged 16 to 24 living in the United States in households or noninstitutionalized group homes with telephones. Individuals in the military, with prior military service, or currently accepted for service in the military (active or reserve component) were excluded.

Rights and reproductions note

Restrictions: this data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited. To protect respondent privacy, variables Q725 (ZIP code), MEPSID (Military Entrance Processing Station Identification Number), STFIPS (State FIPS Code), CNTYFIPS (State and County FIPS Code), ADI_ID (Advertising Areas of Dominant Influence Identification Numbers), ADI_NAME (Advertising Areas of Dominant Influence Names), MUD_A (Army Recruiting Command Management Unit Designator), MUD_AF (Air Force Recruiting Command Management Unit Designator), MUD_MC (Marine Corps Recruiting Command Management Unit Designator), and MUD_N (Navy Recruiting Command Management Unit Designator) are restricted from general dissemination. To obtain these variables, researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Data Use Agreement in accordance with existing ICPSR servicing policies.

Contents

Part 1: data file.

Cite as

U.S. Dept. of Defense, Defense Manpower Data Center. YOUTH ATTITUDE TRACKING STUDY (YATS) [UNITED STATES], FALL 1993 [Computer file]. ICPSR06660-v1. Rockville, MD: Westat, Inc. [producer], 1995. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-04-23.

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