Monitoring the Future

The Monitoring the Future annual surveys explore trends and changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyles of contemporary American youth. Each year, nationally representative samples of 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students in the United States are asked to respond to drug use and demographic questions, as well as a subset of topical questions on a variety of subjects such as attitudes toward religion, parental influences, changing roles of women, educational aspirations, self-esteem, exposure to sex and drug education, and violence and crime in and out of school. Approximately 50,000 students participate each year. Annual follow-up questionnaires are also mailed to a sample of each graduating class for a number of years after their initial participation.

《未来监测》年度调查旨在探究当代美国青少年在重要价值观、行为方式和生活方式方面的发展趋势与变化。每年，美国8年级、10年级和12年级学生的全国代表性样本被要求回答有关药物使用和人口统计的问题，以及一系列涉及宗教态度、家庭影响、女性角色转变、教育抱负、自尊心、性教育和毒品教育接触，以及校内校外的暴力和犯罪等主题的问题。每年约有5万名学生参与其中。此外，在学生初始参与后的若干年内，还会向每届毕业班的一部分学生寄送年度跟踪问卷。