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Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (8th- and 10th-Grade Surveys), 2018
- Miech, Richard A.
- Johnston, Lloyd D.
- Bachman, Jerald G.
- O'Malley, Patrick M.
- Schulenberg, John E.
- MTF 2018 (8th/10th Grade) (Alternative Title)
- Archival Version (Subtitle)
- Monitoring the Future (MTF) Public-Use Cross-Sectional Datasets
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug Abuse
alcohol; attitudes; delinquent behavior; demographic characteristics; drug education; drug use; educational objectives; family relationships; gender roles; high school students; lifestyles; peer influence; prescription drugs; self esteem; substance abuse; technology; tobacco use; vaping; victimization
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Abstract
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, vaping, alcohol, inhalants, steroids, marijuana, hashish, LSD, hallucinogens, cocaine, crack, ecstasy, methamphetamine, and injectable drugs such as heroin. -
Methods
A total of 29,980 students completed a survey in 2018. There were 14,836 8th graders and 15,144 10th graders. The number of students completing each form were: Form 1: 9,995; Form 2: 10,018; Form 3: 5,000; Form 4: 4,967; The split is approximately equal between forms completed by 8th graders and 10th graders. -
Methods
The downloadable data file contains a total of 583 variables. The file provided by the Principal Investigators contained 553 variables (542 survey questions and 9 administrative variables). ICPSR created the other 30 variables of the final file to aid in analysis and utility. Not all of the 542 survey questions were asked on each form. There are 135 variables (25 percent) that are common amongst all 4 forms. Each variable label contains a notation of which forms asked that particular question. On average each form asked approximately 300 questions (55 percent). All of the survey questions are categorical in nature. The majority of questions fall into one of seven types of response options. Yes / No; Marked / Not Marked; Agree / Disagree scale (5 point); Disapproval scale (3 point); Risk scale (4 point); Frequency of days (6 point); Frequency of use (7 point); -
Methods
ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: Standardized missing values.; Created online analysis version with question text.; Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.; Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.. -
Methods
Response Rates: The student response rates for the 2018 8th- and 10th-grade surveys were 89 percent and 86 percent, respectively. -
Abstract
Datasets:
- DS1: Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (8th- and 10th-Grade Surveys), 2018
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Time period: 2018
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Collection date: 2018
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United States
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on-site questionnaire
- 37415 (Type: ICPSR Study Number)
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Is previous version of
DOI: 10.3886/ICPSR37415.v1
Update Metadata: 2019-10-31 | Issue Number: 1 | Registration Date: 2019-10-31
Miech, Richard A.; Johnston, Lloyd D.; Bachman, Jerald G.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Schulenberg, John E. (2019): Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (8th- and 10th-Grade Surveys), 2018. Archival Version. Monitoring the Future (MTF) Public-Use Cross-Sectional Datasets. Version: v0. ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37415