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Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (8th- and 10th-Grade Surveys), 1998

Principal Investigator(s): Johnston, Lloyd D.; Bachman, Jerald G.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Schulenberg, John

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 two questionnaires, each with a different subset of topical questions but containing a set of "core" questions on demographics and drug use. There are about 300 variables across the questionnaires. Drugs covered by this survey include amphetamine... (view details)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02752.v2

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