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  Monitoring the Future Survey

Record Type

DataSet

Source

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Title Acronym

MTF

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.