Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (8th- and 10th-Grade Surveys), 2023

These
surveys of 8th- and 10th-grade students are part of a series that explores
changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyle orientations of
contemporary American youth. Students in each grade are randomly assigned to
complete one of four questionnaires, each with a different subset of topical
questions but containing a set of "core" questions on demographics
and substance use. There are more than 450 variables across the questionnaires.
Substance use covered by this survey includes: amphetamines (stimulants), sedatives/barbiturates
(tranquilizers), other prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, vaping,
tobacco, smokeless tobacco, alcohol, inhalants, steroids, marijuana, hashish,
LSD, hallucinogens, cocaine, crack, ecstasy, methamphetamine, and injectable
drugs such as heroin.
Highlights for 2023:

Change to the question stem for some lifetime, 12 month, and 30 day
marijuana use questions: Please see the Highlights for 2023 section
in the codebook for more details.
Additional information is documented in the doc39171-0001_MTFQChanges2023byForm.pdf
and doc39171-0001_MTFQChanges2023byType.pdf files available for download.The ICPSR-generated codebooks contain only the frequencies, question text, and response options for the survey items. Please see 39171-0001-User_guide-UsersGuide.pdf for the annual study documentation provided by MTF.