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United States Monitoring the Future Survey, 12th Grade Students 2017

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Surveys), 2017
Provider 
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
United States of America (USA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2017 - 12/2017
Series or system 
United States Monitoring the Future Study (MTF)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Individual
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

The United States Monitoring the Future Survey, 12th Grade Students 2017 is part of the Monitoring the Future Study, a nationally representative annual study of students enrolled in public and private high schools in the United States. Begun in 1975 as a survey of 12th grade students, 8th and 10th grade surveys were added to the series in 1991. Monitoring the Future (MTF) surveys provide information on the attitudes and behaviors of students on the use and abuse of substances such as alcohol, tobacco, and illicit and prescription drugs. The MTF study is designed so that changes in attitudes and behaviors can be observed across time.

Keywords 
Absenteeism, Adolescents, Agriculture, Alcohol use, Alcohol use disorders, Amphetamine use disorders, Bullying, Cannabis use disorders, Child care, Child labor, Cocaine use disorders, Counseling, Crime, Diet, Drug consumption, Drug use disorders, Education, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Firearms, Fruits, Health behaviors, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Hours worked, Illicit drug use, Income, Intentional injuries, Internet, Interpersonal violence, Leisure activities, Mass media, Medicines, Mental health symptoms, Needle sharing, Occupations, Opioid use disorders, Parents, Physical activity, Prescriptions, Race, Religion, Safety, School enrollment, Sleep, Smokeless tobacco use, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Telephones, Tobacco, Tobacco smoking, Transportation, Vegetables, Violence, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 6, 2021