Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth, 1983 [Restricted-Use]

This data collection is part of the Monitoring the Future series that explores changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyle orientations of contemporary American youth in eighth, tenth, and twelfth grades. The collection provides two datasets for each year since 1976 that are accessible only through the ICPSR Virtual Data Enclave VDE) and include original variables, including the unaltered weight variable, that in the public-use data were altered or omitted: one dataset without State, County, and Zip Code and one dataset including State, County, and Zip Code. <strong>Use of the geographic identifiers such as state, county, or zip code is limited and researchers interested in these variables are encouraged to read FAQs: About MTF Restricted-Use Geographic and Other Variables.</strong> Also included as part of each annual collection is a zip archive of the Monitoring the Future public-use data and documentation for each respective year. The basic research design used by the Monitoring the Future study involves annual data collections from eighth, tenth, and twelfth graders throughout the coterminous United States during the spring of each year. The 8th/10th grade surveys used four different questionnaire forms (and only two forms from 1991-1996) rather than the six used with seniors. Identical forms are used for both eighth and tenth grades, and for the most part, questionnaire content is drawn from the twelfth-grade questionnaires. Thus, key demographic variables and measures of drug use and related attitudes and beliefs are generally identical for all three grades. However, many fewer questions about lifestyles and values are included in the 8th/10th grade forms. Drugs covered by this survey include tobacco, smokeless tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, hashish, prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, inhalants, steroids, LSD, hallucinogens, amphetamines (stimulants), Ritalin (methylphenidate), Quaaludes (methaqualone), barbiturates (tranquilizers), cocaine, crack cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, heroin, and GHB (gamma hydroxy butyrate). Other topics include attitudes toward religion, changing roles for women, educational aspirations, self-esteem, exposure to drug education, and violence and crime (both in and out of school).

该数据集是“未来监测”（Monitoring the Future）系列的一部分，旨在探究当代美国八年级、十年级及十二年级青少年在重要价值观、行为模式及生活方式取向上的变化。自1976年起，该系列每年提供两个数据集，仅可通过ICPSR虚拟数据飞地（Virtual Data Enclave，VDE）访问；这些数据集包含原始变量（包括未修改的权重变量——该变量在公共使用数据中被修改或省略）：一个不含州、县及邮政编码的数据集，另一个则包含上述地理信息。<strong>州、县或邮政编码等地理标识符的使用受到限制，对这些变量感兴趣的研究者建议阅读常见问题解答（FAQs）：《关于MTF受限使用地理及其他变量》。</strong>此外，每年的数据集还包含“未来监测”公共使用数据及对应年度文档的压缩包（zip archive）。“未来监测”研究采用的基础研究设计为：每年春季在全美本土（coterminous United States）对八年级、十年级及十二年级学生进行年度数据收集。八年级/十年级调查使用四种不同的问卷形式（1991-1996年期间仅使用两种），而十二年级学生则使用六种。八年级和十年级采用相同的问卷形式，且问卷内容大多源自十二年级问卷。因此，三个年级的关键人口统计学变量、药物使用测量指标及相关态度与信念基本一致。本调查涵盖的药物包括烟草、无烟烟草、酒精、大麻、哈希什、处方药、非处方药、吸入剂、类固醇、LSD、致幻剂、安非他命（兴奋剂）、利他林（哌甲酯）、安眠酮（甲喹酮）、巴比妥类药物（镇静剂）、可卡因、快克可卡因、摇头丸、甲基苯丙胺、海洛因及γ-羟基丁酸（GHB）。其他主题包括宗教态度、女性角色变化、教育抱负、自尊、毒品教育接触情况，以及校园内外的暴力与犯罪。