Military Enrolment Data, 1958

This file contains data for everyone who appeared for the discharge session in 1958. The file contains information about military skill, geographical background, father's professional background, own educational and professional background, and own educational and professional plans. In addition, the file contains data for the Norwegian Armed Forces' aptitude tests. In 1950, standardized group testing was introduced at the discharge sessions as a permanent part of the assessment of the individual man's mental prerequisites for military training and service. Several different tests were used to map mental prerequisites. In total, the survey contains three different tests for General Ability Level (U4 Mathematical Problems, U5 Figure Rules, U6 Word Similarity), two for Technical Insight (U3A Technical Tasks, U3B Plate Forming), and two for elementary arithmetic (U2 Quick Arithmetic with the subtests U2S Subtraction and U2A Addition). In addition, the file contains a test U1B Adaptation.