Description & Citation--Study No. 20180

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:20180
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20180
 
Title:Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (8th- and 10th-Grade Surveys), 2006
 
Alternate Title:MTF 2006 (8th/10th Grade)
 
Principal Investigator(s):Lloyd D. Johnston, University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center
 
  Jerald G. Bachman, University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center
 
  Patrick M. O'Malley, University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center
 
  John E. Schulenberg, University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center
 
Series:Monitoring the Future (MTF) Series
 
Funding Agency:United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug Abuse
 
Grant Number:DA-01411
 
Bibliographic Citation:Johnston, Lloyd D., Jerald G. Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, and John E. Schulenberg. Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (8th- and 10th-Grade Surveys), 2006 [Computer file]. ICPSR20180-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-10-29. doi:10.3886/ICPSR20180
 

Scope of Study

Summary:These surveys of 8th- and 10th-grade students are part of a series that explores changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyle orientations of contemporary American youth. Students in each grade are randomly assigned to complete one of four questionnaires, each with a different subset of topical questions but containing a set of "core" questions on demographics and drug use. There are more than 450 variables across the questionnaires. Drugs covered by this survey include amphetamines (stimulants), barbiturates (tranquilizers), other prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, tobacco, smokeless tobacco, alcohol, inhalants, steroids, marijuana, hashish, LSD, hallucinogens, cocaine, crack, ecstasy, methamphetamine, and injectable drugs such as heroin.
 
Subject Term(s):alcohol, attitudes, behavior, crime, demographic characteristics, drug education, drug use, educational pursuits, family, gender roles, high school students, lifestyles, religious attitudes, prescription medications, self esteem, social change, tobacco use, values, youth
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:2006
 
Date(s) of Collection:2006, Spring
 
Unit of Observation:individual
 
Universe:Enrolled 8th- and 10th-grade students in the contiguous United States.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:(1) In 2005, two of the questionnaire forms had a new version of the race question. It included Hispanic as one of the categories in addition to Black and White. For 2006, all four forms have this new version for the race variable. (2) To protect the anonymity of respondents, all variables that could be used to identify individuals have been collapsed or recoded in the public use files. These modifications should not affect analytic uses of the public use files. (3) Variables omitted from the Western region questionnaires are noted in each codebook. (4) A user guide is provided with the study documentation. It contains two year-to-year cross-time question indices for the MTF 8th- and 10th-grade surveys. The first is sorted by subject area and the second is sorted by question location.
 

Methodology

Sample:A multistage area probability sample design was used involving three selection stages: (1) geographic areas or primary sampling units (PSUs), (2) schools (or linked groups of schools) within PSUs, and (3) students within sampled schools. Of the 72 PSUs, 8 were selected with certainty, 10 were selected with a probability of .50, and the remainder were selected with probability proportionate to the size of the 8th- or 10th- grade class. In schools with more than 350 students in the grade, a random sample of students or classes was drawn. In schools with less than 350 students in a grade, all students were asked to participate. Each school was asked to participate for two years so that each year one-half of the sample would be replaced. Schools refusing participation were replaced with similar schools in terms of geographic location, size, and type of school (e.g., public, private/Catholic, private/non-Catholic). For the 8th-grade survey, schools with less than 20 8th graders were excluded from the sample. For the 10th-grade survey, schools with less than 25 10th graders were excluded. The participation rate among schools has been between 66 and 80 percent since the inception of the study.
 
Weight:Each of the eight parts contains a weight variable, V5. They were originally varied by school but were modified to protect respondent confidentiality. Users should use the weight variable for all analyses, the results of which will differ slightly from published data tables that used original data.
 
Mode of Data Collection:on-site questionnaire
 
Response Rates:The student response rates for the 2006 8th- and 10th-grade surveys were 91 percent and 88 percent, respectively.
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2007-10-29
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: 8th-Grade Form 1 Data
  • DS2: 8th-Grade Form 2 Data
  • DS3: 8th-Grade Form 3 Data
  • DS4: 8th-Grade Form 4 Data
  • DS5: 10th-Grade Form 1 Data
  • DS6: 10th-Grade Form 2 Data
  • DS7: 10th-Grade Form 3 Data
  • DS8: 10th-Grade Form 4 Data