Study of Retired Dancers (c. 1990)

Investigator: Ellen Wallach.

Population: Dancers, as defined by professional dance organization membership.

Identification method: Sampling frame compiled from information provided by many dance organizations.

Sampling procedure: Only sampling procedure discussed is that the sample is a "non-scientific random sample."

N and Response rate: approximately 37 percent (300 of 800): 110 retired ballet dancers, 103 retired modern dancers. Response rates were better for women and modern dancers than men and ballet dancers.

Publication: Sussman, Leila 1990. "Recruitment Patterns: Their Impact on Ballet and Modern Dance." Dance Research Journal, 22(1): 21-28.

Summary: Sussman (1990) uses this study along with her own data (see Contemporary Modern Dancers Interviews) to investigate differences in social origins and education between modern and ballet dancers.