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The Youth Attitude Tracking Study (YATS) began in 1975 as a relatively modest telephone survey of young men aged 16-21. Since then, it has grown into a complex annual telephone survey of 10,000 young men and women 16-24 years of age. Propensity to join the military i.e., a youth's assessment of the likelihood that he or she would volunteer for one of the Services is a key concept in the larger YATS effort. Over the years, it has provided a reliable measure of trends in youth attitudes toward the military and the characteristics of those who are likely to join and those who are unlikely to join. However, the large sample size and highly structured instrument that are used to achieve these precise estimates of propensity preclude exploration of complex factors that may underlie or explain any observed differences. In 1995, in-depth studies of YATS respondents were initiated to increase understanding of youth propensity for military service. To date, these studies have focused on two broad areas of inquiry the context and processes associated with career decision-making among different segments of the youth population, and circumstances affecting propensity for military service. This study is the first to collect information from parents.

The Youth Attitude Tracking Study (YATS) began in 1975 and annually surveys 10,000 men and women aged 16-24. YATS collects opinions, attitudes and beliefs of American youth on a wide variety of subjects of interest to military recruiting. For the interviews of women, 45-minute semi-structured interviews were conducted with YATS respondents who were and were not interested in joining the military. The interviews allow opportunities to study the career decision-making, family plans, and social ties of young women in several clusters: Joiners, Shifters, Fence-Sitters and Non-Joiners. The groups were also asked to discuss their perceptions of sexual harassment.

This report presents the findings from interviews with Hispanic respondents to the 1997 Youth Attitude Tracking Study. A total of 40 Hispanic youth between 16 and 21 were selected along dimensions of country of origin and propensity for military service. A semi-structured interview guide was developed for the study. The guide covered the major issues or topics of interest. Interviewers were trained to ask open-ended questions in the areas of interest, and let the youth talk. In this way, the study was able gather information that reflects issues or topics that the young men thought were important. Major area of interest career decision-making, approaches to decision-making, and understanding propensity of Hispanic youth.

This report presents findings from 120 in-depth qualitative interviews conducted in 1996 with young males as part of the Youth Attitude Tracking Study (YATS). The indepth interviews were designed to explore youth career plans and enlistment propensity in more detail than permitted in the annual YATS survey. Through the administration of a 45-minute telephone interview, interviewers were able to probe into reasons and circumstances shaping youth career plans, enlistment propensity, and images of military life.

The analysis is concerned with 1982 Youth Attitude Tracking Study (YATS) respondents, male only. It examines responses to questions of military service propensity to determine the differences among the propensity groups. This document represents an effort by Headquarters United States Army Recruiting Command (HQ USAREC) and N W Ayer, USAREC's advertising agency, to determine the issues that concern individuals that are negatively inclined to join the service in general and the Army specifically. (Author)

1Nerves and Common Sense

By Annie Payson Call

This is a collection of 30 articles on mental health, stress reducing and general advice on how to deal with everday problems at work or at home. (Summary by Sonia)

2In a Belgian Garden and Other Poems

By Frank Oliver Call

These magnificent poems written by a lover of the natural splendor of untrodden lands are both thrilling and exhilarating. Visions and observations of the wonders of creation are gradually unlocked and elegantly illustrated in ways hitherto unimagined by the passive observer of the eclectic world that surrounds us, while sparing no omission of the very obvious and egregious rampant destruction, both physical and moral, of the Great War. <br><br> Frank Oliver Call, the poet, the educator, the skillful wordsmith takes us on a journey to lands near and far, both those untouched by the ravages of civilization and those savagely ravaged by that same civilization run amok. While deftly expressing his love and awe for the raw beauty of nature and his condemnation for "Death's dark wing" that had drifted over places tranquil and serene he once cherished, the poet concedes that much of life and its possible purpose is not nor never can be understood by us mortals. However, recognizing the imperative nature of life itself Call goes on to acknowledge that, "onward driven must our frail barques go," while adding the plea, "O God, that we might know, might only know!" <br><br> Come, then, come on this magical exploration of an era since passed, an era of beauty but one of death, destruction and devastation. Let us appreciate the prescience of this poet's description of lives altogether too able to be transformed in an instant from peace to furious frenzy. And let us dream, dream of how idyllic life could, should and just may possibly one day be. - Summary by Bruce Kachuk

3The Freedom of Life

By Annie Payson Call

'The Freedom of Life' is a mind-illuminating book, in which author Annie Payson Call (1853-1940) wrote about many of the troubles that we usually face mentally and physically in our lives. It shows the reader various perspectives of dealing with the mind and life. The reader will surely get a good understanding of his/her problems after reaching the end of this book. - Summary by Trek

4As a Matter of Course

By Annie Payson Call

The aim of this book is to assist towards the removal of nervous irritants, which are not only the cause of much physical disease, but materially interfere with the best possibilities of usefulness and pleasure in everyday life. (from Preface)