EAGER, RELUCTANT, AND NONRESPONDERS TO A MAILED LONGITUDINAL SURVEY -ATTITUDINAL AND SUBSTANCE USE CHARACTERISTICS DIFFERENTIATE RESPONDENTS

Personality and attitudinal characteristics of eager, reluctant, and n onresponders to a mailed longitudinal survey focusing on substance use are examined through a series of logistic regression analyses. The ch aracteristics that differentiate response patterns in men and women di ffer in terms of the relative importance of cooperation, behavioral lo w social conformity (substance use), and support of science/medicine. Socioeconomic status and attitudinal low social conformity did not dif ferentiate among groups of responders, regardless of gender.