Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth, 1976-2017 (ICPSR 36646)

Principal Investigator(s):
Survey Research Center. Institute for Social Research. University of Michigan

This is an external resource to which ICPSR links as a courtesy. These data are not available from ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth, 1976-2017) directly for details on obtaining these resources.

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Alternate Title

MTF

Summary

Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults. Each year, a total of approximately 50,000 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students are surveyed (12th graders since 1975 and 8th and 10th graders since 1991). In addition, annual follow-up questionnaires are mailed to a sample of each graduating class for a number of years after their initial participation.

Each year, large, distinct, nationally representative samples of 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students in the United States are asked to respond to drug use and demographic questions, as well as to additional questions on a variety of subjects, including attitudes toward religion, parental influences, changing gender roles, educational aspirations, self-esteem, exposure to sex and drug education, and violence and crime - both in and out of school. In each grade, students are randomly assigned to complete questionnaires with a subset of topical questions in addition to a set of core questions on demographics and drug use. Each form of the questionnaire generates a corresponding data file.

Arts and culture-related data from the Monitoring the Future series includes the following topics:

  • Participation in school activities, such as music or other performing arts, sports teams, and school newspaper or yearbook clubs
  • Participation in leisure activities and hobbies, such as arts and crafts, reading, watching TV, creative writing, and sports
  • Cultural event attendance, such as music concerts, rock concerts, and movies

Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug Abuse

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Time Period(s)

1976 -- 2017

Data Collection Notes

  1. This data series is accessible through the National Addiction and HIV Data Archive. For details, visit NAHDAP's Monitoring the Future Series.
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Universe

8th, 10th, and 12th graders in the United States

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