DOI: 10.3886/icpsr08092.v3
title: Terman Life-Cycle Study of Children with High Ability, 1922-1991
title: Version 3

description: This study of the personal and life characteristics of
children with high ability follows the 1,528 respondents from 1922
through the latest series of interviews with the surviving cohort of
720 in 1986. The original research objectives were to replace myths
about intellectually superior children with documented facts. In 1922,
the children were identified on the basis of an intelligence test as
being in the top one percent of the population. Their development was
followed over the next sixty years via questionnaires, personal
interviews, and various test instruments. Questions were asked about
their health, physical and emotional development, school histories,
recreational activities, home life, family background, educational,
vocational, and marital histories. Questions were also asked about
income, emotional stability, and socio-political attitudes. The
follow-up questionnaires were concerned with the evolution of the
respondents' careers, activity patterns, and personal adjustment. Since
1972 there has been special emphasis on the aging process. These
longitudinal data will continue to be collected as long as living
members of the original cohort contribute data.
description: Datasets: 
					
						DS0: Study-Level Files
						DS1: 1922-1986 Demographic and Test Information, Males
						DS2: 1922-1986 Demographic and Test Information, Females
						DS3: 1922 Parents' Information Parts I and III, Males
						DS4: 1922 Parents' Information Parts I and III, Females
						DS5: 1922 Teachers' Information, Males
						DS6: 1922 Teachers' Information, Females
						DS7: 1922 Parents' Information Parts II and IV, Males
						DS8: 1922 Parents' Information Parts II and IV, Females
						DS9: 1922 Subject Interests, Males
						DS10: 1922 Subject Interests, Females
						DS11: 1928 Parents' Information, Males
						DS12: 1928 Parents' Information, Females
						DS13: 1928 Trait Ratings, Males
						DS14: 1928 Trait Ratings, Females
						DS15: 1927-1928 Information, Males
						DS16: 1927-1928 Information, Females
						DS17: 1927-1928 Interest, Males
						DS18: 1927-1928 Interest, Females
						DS19: 1936 Information, Males
						DS20: 1936 Information, Females
						DS21: 1936 Parents' Information, Males
						DS22: 1936 Parents' Information, Females
						DS23: 1940 Information, Males
						DS24: 1940 Information, Females
						DS25: 1940 Strong Vocational Interest, Males
						DS26: 1940 Strong Vocational Interest, Females
						DS27: 1940 Strong Vocational Interest of Male's Spouse
						DS28: 1940 Strong Vocational Interest of Female's Spouse
						DS29: 1940 Evaluation of Personality and Temperament, Males
						DS30: 1940 Evaluation of Personality and Temperament, Females
						DS31: 1940 Evaluation of Personality and Temperament by Male's Spouse
						DS32: 1940 Evaluation of Personality and Temperament by Female's Spouse
						DS33: 1940 Marriage Study, Males
						DS34: 1940 Marriage Study, Females
						DS35: 1940 Marriage Study by Spouse of Males
						DS36: 1940 Marriage Study by Spouse of Females
						DS37: 1940 Parents' Information, Males
						DS38: 194O Parents' Information, Females
						DS39: 1945 Information, Males
						DS40: 1945 Information, Females
						DS41: 1950 Information, Males
						DS42: 1950 Information, Females
						DS43: 1950 Supplemental Biographical Information, Males
						DS44: 1950 Supplemental Biographical Information, Females
						DS45: 1950 Rate of Reproduction (by Subject), Males
						DS46: 1950 Rate of Reproduction (by Subject), Females
						DS47: 1955 Information, Males
						DS48: 1955 Information, Females
						DS49: 1960 Information, Males
						DS50: 1960 Information, Females
						DS51: 1972 Information, Males
						DS52: 1972 Information, Females
						DS53: 1977 Information, Males
						DS54: 1977 Information, Females
						DS55: 1982 Information, Males
						DS56: 1982 Information, Females
						DS57: 1986 Information, Males
						DS58: 1986 Information, Females
						DS59: 1922-1986 Data Availability for all Questionnaires, Males
						DS60: 1922-1986 Data Availability for all Questionnaires, Females
						DS61: 1922 Anthropometric Measures, Males
						DS62: 1922 Anthropometric Measures, Females
						DS63: 1922 Whittier Environmental File, Males
						DS64: 1922 Whittier Environmental File, Females
						DS65: 1922-1986 Education File: Dates and Ages, Males
						DS66: 1922-1986 Education File: Dates and Ages, Females
						DS67: 1922-1986 Marriage, Divorce, and Death, Males
						DS68: 1922-1986 Marriage, Divorce, and Death, Females
						DS69: 1991 General Information, Males
						DS70: 1991 General Information, Females
						DS71: Codebook for Volume I: 1922-1928
						DS72: Codebook for Volume II: 1936-1945
						DS73: Codebook for Volume III: 1950-1986
description: Children living in California in 1922 with an average age
of 12 and a Stanford Binet Intelligence test score of 135 or more.
description: 1,528 children living in California in 1922, with 
 birthdates scattered around a mean of 1910, with a standard deviation 
 of 4 years. By the final followup, there were 812 participants 
remaining in the study.