Comparison of a Follow-On Analysis and Initial Findings of a Survey of the Perceived Quality of Life of Air Force People

This study examined the Quality of Life (QOL) of randomly selected samples of the military population at five Air Force installations: Mountain Home AFB, Keesler AFB, Griffiss AFB, Reese AFB, and Scott AFB. A survey instrument was developed for this purpose. The design of this study was to determine how different groupings of Air Force Military personnel, assigned to the five bases located within or adjacent to different Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSA) perceived their QOL. Statistical analysis involved the use of standard frequencies, condescriptive, and crosstabs computer analysis packages, K-sample median test, and Kendall coefficient of concordance W.