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Life Patterns and Choices: A Survey of Graduates from Radcliffe College/Harvard University and Newnham College, University of Cambridgedoi:10.7910/DVN/7E2KHXHarvard Dataverse2018-01-291Brett, Belle; Elliott, Jane, 2018, "Life Patterns and Choices: A Survey of Graduates from Radcliffe College/Harvard University and Newnham College, University of Cambridge", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/7E2KHX, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:1dulOQ1uyvLURIbo6SmVqQ== [fileUNF]Life Patterns and Choices: A Survey of Graduates from Radcliffe College/Harvard University and Newnham College, University of Cambridgedoi:10.7910/DVN/7E2KHXBrett, BelleElliott, JaneHarvard DataverseMurray Research ArchiveBarbosa, Sonia2016-02-10Social SciencesThe Life Patterns and Choices Study was a cross-national, cross-cohort study on the life patterns and experiences of well-educated women conducted by Belle Brett, Ed.D. and Jane Elliott, Ph.D.<br /><br /> In 2003, a 15 page questionnaire was mailed to all US resident graduates of the Radcliffe Classes of 1969 and 1979(n=752) as well as equivalent cohorts from Newnham College,Cambridge University, in England (N=363). (In addition, the responses from the Radcliffe Class of 1969 were intended to be the third wave of a previous two-wave study conducted by Belle Brett in 1979 and 1990 (The Radcliffe Class of 1969: A Survey of Life Patterns, Choices, and Beliefs, also held by the Henry A. Murray Center Research Archive).<br /><br /> The purpose of this study was to find out if there were differences both between cohorts that were ten years apart and between women from the U.S. and Great Britain in terms of their work patterns and choices, marital patterns and choices, other life activities, and attitudes and beliefs around work, family, and women’s rights. The linkages among these areas was also of interest.<br /><br /> The questionnaire contained 12 parts: 1) Overview, 2)Your Type of Work, 3) Your Day-to-Day Activities, 4) Career/Working Life, 5)Work patterns since leaving college, 6)Your Current Paid Work, 7)Spouses and partners, 8)Children,9)Plans and Hopes for the Future/Wishes for the Past, 10)Attitudes and Beliefs, 11)Other Personal Data, and 12)Comments. Questions were multiple choice, short answer, and essay type. Short answer questions were coded as were some of the essay type questions.<br /><br /> Overall response rate was 58% (n=642), 51% for the Radcliffe sample and 71% for the Newnham sample. (Among the Radcliffe Class of 1969 sample who had participated in the 1990 study, 77% returned questionnaires.)<br /><br /> Raw data as well as numerical data are available for the two Radcliffe cohorts, but only numerical data are available for the two Newnham College cohorts.Follow-up of the data requires approval from the data contributorThis is administrative records<a href="https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=hdl:1902.1/01027" target="_blank">Belle Brett, 2007, "Radcliffe Class of 1969", hdl:1902.1/01027, Harvard Dataverse, V2 </a> Life Patterns and Choices Survey: Some Preliminary Results for the Radcliffe Class of 1969 Report prepared by Belle Brett, Ed.D. May31, 2004Life Patterns and Choices Survey: Some Preliminary Results for the Radcliffe Class of 1969 Report prepared by Belle Brett, Ed.D. 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