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In follow-up studies the usual attrition of the pop originally interviewed generates such questions as: (1) how much attrition can one anticipate? (2) what are some of the factors which contribute to attrition? & (3) is the non-accessible part of the sample the same in relevant characteristics as those one interviews? In 1950, 3,200 pupils enrolled in all the Sch's of a Minnesota county were administered a series of psychol'al instruments designed to evaluate their adjustment & form a basis for predictions of future adjustment. Of the 3,200 pupils studied in 1950, 1,000 who had left Sch by 1954 & 1956 were chosen for follow-up study. Samples of 205 M's & 143 F's were drawn from the 1,000. 63% of the M & 81% of the F samples were no longer in the county. Among the non-available men, 67% were in military service, 16% working in other states, 15% training in outof-county Coll's, & 2% had died. Among he non-available women, none were in military service, 52% were married & residing out of the county or out of the state, 45% were working out of the county or out of the state, 3% were in out-of-state Coll's & none had died. The question was raised: Do the non-available youth differ from those interviewed relative to the original predictors of adjustment? For both young men & women, analysis of original data showed non-availability for follow-up associated with more poor adjustment. However, for men & women Coll S's the reverse was strongly the case. W. Delany.