Qualitative Questions

4.    Urban/Rural:  Rural,  Suburban,  or  Urban  School  District 5.    Goals:  Students'  choice  in  the  personal  goals  questions  were  (a)  Make  Good   Grades,  (b)  Be  Popular,  (c)  Be  Good  in  Sports

6.    Grades:  Rank  of  "make  good  grades"  (1  =  most  important  for  popularity,  4  =  least   important)

7.    Sports:  Rank  of  "being  good  at  sports"  (1=  most  important  for  popularity,  4  =   least  important)

8.    Looks:  Rank  of  "being  handsome  or  pretty"  (1  =  most  important  for  popularity,  4   =  least  important)

9.    Money:  Rank  of  "having  lots  of  money"  (1  =  most  important  for  popularity,  4  =   least  important)

Reference:  Chase,  M.A.,  &  Dunner,  G.M.  (1992).    The  role  of  sports  as  a  social   determinant  for  children.  Research  Quarterly  for  Exercise  and  Sport,  63,  418-­‐424.

Description:  Subjects  were  students  in  grades  4-­‐6  from  three  school  districts.     Students  indicated  whether  good  grades,  athletic  ability,  or  popularity  was  most   important  to  them.    They  also  ranked  four  factors:  grades,  sports,  looks,  and  money,   in  order  of  their  importance  for  popularity.    The  questionnaire  also  asked  for   gender,  grade  level,  and  other  demographic  information.

Variable  Names:

1.    Gender:  Male  or  Female 2.    Grade:  4,  5,  or  6 3.    Age:  Age  in  years

Which  of  the  following  would  make  you  popular  among  your  friends?    Rank  in   order.    (A)  Make  good  grades,  (B)  Having  lots  of  money,  (C)  Being  good  at  sports,  (D)   Being  handsome  or  pretty.

id sex grade age urban/rural Goals Grades Sports Looks Money 1 male 5 11 rural sports 1 2 4 3 2 male 5 10 rural popular 2 1 4 3 3 female 5 11 rural popular 4 3 1 2 4 female 5 11 rural popular 2 3 4 1 5 female 5 10 rural popular 4 2 1 3 6 female 5 11 rural popular 4 2 1 3 7 female 5 10 rural popular 3 4 1 2 8 female 5 10 rural grades 3 4 2 1 9 female 5 10 rural sports 3 2 1 4 10 female 5 10 rural sports 4 3 2 1 11 female 4 10 suburban popular 2 3 1 4 12 female 4 9 suburban grades 4 2 1 3 13 female 4 10 suburban popular 2 3 4 1 14 male 4 10 suburban grades 1 2 4 3 15 male 4 10 suburban grades 2 4 3 1 16 male 4 9 suburban grades 1 2 4 3 17 male 4 9 suburban grades 3 1 2 4 18 male 4 10 suburban grades 2 1 3 4 19 male 4 11 suburban sports 3 1 2 4 20 male 4 9 suburban sports 4 3 2 1 21 female 6 11 suburban grades 4 2 1 3 22 female 6 11 suburban grades 4 3 1 2 23 female 6 12 suburban grades 3 2 1 4 24 female 6 12 suburban grades 4 2 1 3 25 female 6 11 suburban grades 4 2 1 3 26 male 6 11 suburban popular 3 1 2 4 27 male 6 12 suburban grades 3 1 2 4 28 male 6 11 suburban popular 3 2 1 4 29 male 6 11 suburban popular 4 2 1 3 30 male 6 12 suburban grades 4 1 2 3 31 male 5 10 rural sports 1 2 4 3 32 male 5 10 rural sports 2 1 3 4 33 male 5 10 rural sports 3 1 2 4 34 male 5 11 rural popular 4 1 2 3 35 male 5 10 rural grades 3 1 2 4 36 male 5 10 rural popular 4 2 1 3 37 female 5 10 rural sports 3 1 2 4 38 female 5 10 rural grades 3 2 1 4 39 female 5 10 rural popular 2 3 1 4 40 female 5 10 rural popular 3 2 1 4 41 female 5 10 rural grades 2 4 3 1 42 female 5 10 rural popular 3 2 1 4

43 female 5 10 rural grades 2 4 1 3 44 male 4 9 rural grades 3 1 2 4 45 male 4 10 rural grades 3 1 4 2 46 male 4 10 rural grades 1 3 2 4 47 female 4 9 rural grades 2 1 3 4 48 female 4 9 rural grades 1 3 2 4 49 female 4 9 rural grades 3 4 1 2 50 female 4 10 rural popular 2 1 3 4 51 female 6 11 rural grades 4 2 1 3 52 female 6 12 rural sports 2 1 3 4 53 female 6 11 rural sports 2 4 1 3 54 female 6 11 rural grades 4 2 1 3 55 male 6 12 rural sports 4 3 1 2 56 male 6 13 rural sports 4 1 2 3 57 male 6 11 rural sports 3 1 2 4 58 male 6 11 rural sports 4 2 1 3 59 male 6 12 rural popular 4 2 3 1 60 male 6 11 rural sports 2 1 3 4 61 female 4 9 urban grades 4 3 1 2 62 female 4 9 urban grades 1 2 4 3 63 male 4 9 urban grades 3 1 2 4 64 male 4 9 urban popular 1 3 2 4 65 male 4 9 urban grades 3 1 4 2 66 male 4 9 urban sports 1 2 4 3 67 male 4 9 urban grades 3 1 2 4 68 male 4 9 urban sports 2 1 4 3 69 male 4 9 urban sports 2 3 1 4 70 male 4 9 urban grades 2 1 4 3 71 female 4 9 urban sports 4 3 1 2 72 male 4 9 urban sports 3 2 1 4 73 male 4 9 urban grades 4 3 1 2 74 male 4 9 urban grades 1 2 3 4 75 female 4 9 urban grades 1 2 3 4 76 female 4 10 urban grades 3 1 2 4 77 female 4 9 urban grades 1 3 2 4 78 female 4 9 urban popular 2 3 1 4 79 male 4 9 urban popular 4 1 2 3 80 male 4 9 urban popular 3 1 2 4 81 female 6 11 urban grades 3 2 1 4 82 female 6 11 urban grades 3 2 1 4 83 female 6 11 urban popular 4 3 1 2 84 female 6 11 urban sports 3 2 1 4 85 female 6 11 urban grades 4 2 1 3

86 male 6 12 urban grades 3 1 2 4 87 male 6 11 urban sports 3 2 1 4 88 male 6 11 urban grades 3 1 2 4 89 male 6 11 urban grades 1 2 3 4 90 male 6 12 urban grades 3 1 2 4 91 female 5 11 rural sports 2 3 1 4 92 male 4 10 suburban popular 3 2 1 4 93 male 6 12 suburban grades 1 3 4 2 94 female 5 11 rural sports 4 2 1 3 95 female 4 9 rural grades 1 3 2 4 96 male 6 12 rural sports 3 1 2 4 97 male 4 9 urban grades 4 1 3 2 98 male 4 9 urban grades 4 3 1 2 99 male 6 11 urban grades 2 1 3 4

100 male 6 11 urban popular 3 1 2 4