High School to College Transition Study, 1970-1971

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the college experience on subjects' expectations and behavior. A random sample of 1,739 students entering in 1970 at the University of Illinois were mailed initial questionnaires during the summer prior to their entrance to the university. A total of 771 men and 555 women completed and returned the questionnaire in this first wave of data collection. In the fall of 1970, shortly after school began, all the participants who had responded to the initial questionnaire were sent a follow-up questionnaire. A total of 578 men and 455 women participated in the second wave of the study. In the spring of 1971, at the end of the freshman year, those who had participated in the first wave were sent a third questionnaire soliciting largely the same information as the previous two waves. A total of 872 participants (472 men, 397 women, and 3 with unspecified gender) completed questionnaires for wave 3. Eight hundred and fifty-four subjects participated in all three waves. These lengthy questionnaires, consisting of precoded items, solicited information on family background, high school experiences, daily activities, academic interests, career plans, self-perceptions, expectations, college life plans, and attitudes toward a variety of social and political issues, such as integration, sex roles, sexual behavior, and crime control. Several scales regarding sexual activities and attitudes toward sex were added in waves 2 and 3. Murray Research Archive holds numeric file data from the study.

本研究旨在探究大学经历对研究对象的期望与行为产生的影响。研究以1970年入学的伊利诺伊大学（University of Illinois）1739名学生为随机抽样样本，于其入学前的夏季寄送了初始问卷。第一波数据收集中，共有771名男性与555名女性完成并返还了问卷。1970年秋季，开学后不久，研究人员向所有回复初始问卷的参与者寄送了追踪问卷，第二波研究共有578名男性、455名女性参与。1971年春季，大一学年结束时，研究人员向第一波参与研究的对象寄送了第三份问卷，其调研内容与前两波基本一致，最终共有872名参与者（其中男性472名、女性397名，3名性别未注明）完成了第三波问卷。另有854名受试者参与了全部三波调研。这些包含预编码题项的问卷收集了研究对象的家庭背景、高中经历、日常活动、学术兴趣、职业规划、自我认知、期望、大学生活规划，以及对种族融合、性别角色、性行为、犯罪管控等一系列社会与政治议题的态度。第二波与第三波调研中新增了若干关于性行为与性态度的量表。本研究的数值文件数据由默里研究档案馆（Murray Research Archive）馆藏。