Monitoring the Future Survey
Record Type
DataSet
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Title Acronym
MTF
Source URL
Description
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.
MEDLINE Search Strategy
Keywords
Adolescent; Alcohol Drinking; Child; Risk-Taking; Marijuana Smoking; Smoking; Substance-Related Disorders; Social Determinants of Health
Purpose
Since 1975 the MTF survey has measured drug, alcohol, and cigarette use and related attitudes among adolescent students nationwide. Survey participants report their drug use behaviors across three time periods: lifetime, past year, and past month.
Record Identification Variable
Demographics on
approximately
50,000 students
in about 420
public and private
secondary schools
Record Originator
InfoPac
Reference
Compendium of Publicly Available Datasets and Other Data-Related Resources. The National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities has compiled a Compendium of Publicly Available Datasets and Other Data-Related Resources (Compendium). This free resource details publicly available data relevant to research and programs aiming to reduce health disparities. The Compendium compiles in one place descriptions of and links to public datasets and resources that include information about health conditions and other factors that impact the health of minority populations. https://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/NPA/Materials/FIHET_Data_Compendium_508_version_FINAL_11_28_2016.pdf
Topic Subset
PHSR
UI
2051
Date Revised
May 28, 2018, 2:26 p.m.
