Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth, 1977 [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).

本数据集集合隶属于**监测未来（Monitoring the Future）**研究系列，该系列旨在探究当代美国八年级、十年级及十二年级青少年的核心价值观、行为模式与生活取向的演变趋势。自1976年起，该系列每年推出两份数据集，仅可通过ICPSR虚拟数据仓库（Virtual Data Enclave, VDE）获取；两份数据集均包含原始变量（含未经过修改的权重变量，此类变量在公开使用数据中常被修改或省略）：其一不含州、县及邮政编码信息，其二则包含上述地理标识信息。
**地理标识符（如州、县或邮政编码）的使用受到严格限制，有意使用此类变量的研究者请查阅常见问题解答：《关于监测未来研究受限使用地理及其他变量》**
每份年度数据集集合中还包含对应年份的监测未来研究公开使用数据压缩包及相关文档。
监测未来研究的核心研究设计为：每年春季对美国本土范围内的八年级、十年级及十二年级学生开展年度数据采集。八年级与十年级的调研采用4种不同的问卷形式（1991年至1996年仅使用2种），而非针对高三学生的6种问卷形式。八年级与十年级采用完全相同的问卷，且问卷主体内容均源自十二年级问卷。因此，三个年级的核心人口统计学变量、药物使用情况及相关态度与认知的测量指标基本保持一致。但八年级与十年级问卷中涉及生活方式与价值观的问题数量要少得多。
本次调研覆盖的药物包括烟草、无烟烟草、酒精、大麻、大麻脂、处方药、非处方药、吸入剂、类固醇、麦角酸二乙酰胺（LSD）、致幻剂、苯丙胺（兴奋剂，amphetamines）、利他林（Ritalin，methylphenidate，哌甲酯）、安眠酮（Quaaludes，methaqualone，甲喹酮）、巴比妥类药物（镇静催眠药，barbiturates）、可卡因、快克可卡因、摇头丸、甲基苯丙胺、海洛因以及γ-羟基丁酸（GHB，gamma hydroxy butyrate）。
其他调研主题还包括宗教态度、女性角色变迁、教育期望、自尊水平、药物教育接触情况以及校内外暴力与犯罪问题。