Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 1996

This is the 22nd annual survey in this series that explores
changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyle orientations of
contemporary American youth. Students are randomly assigned to
complete one of six questionnaires, each with a different subset of
topical questions but all containing a set of "core" questions on
demographics and drug use. There are about 1,400 variables across the
questionnaires. Drugs covered by this survey include tobacco, alcohol,
marijuana, hashish, LSD, hallucinogens, amphetamines (stimulants),
Ritalin (methylphenidate), quaaludes, barbiturates (tranquilizers),
cocaine, crack, and heroin. Other items include attitudes toward
religion, parental influences, changing roles for women, educational
aspirations, self-esteem, exposure to sex and drug education, and
violence and crime -- both in and out of school.