Monitoring the Future: Base Year & Follow-Up Form 1 Panel Data, Ages 18-30, United States, 1976-2021 [Restricted-Use]

The MTF study consists of six different survey forms (five forms from 1976-1988). This study contains the data for Form 1 longitudinal panel participants. The MTF Form 1 Panel dataset includes data for the base year (BY) 12th grade surveys (modal age 18) and their young adult follow-up FU surveys (modal ages 19-30). In addition to demographic-related questions and questions about lifetime, annual, and 30-day substance use that are included on all survey forms, Form 1 also includes questions covering: incidence of first use co-use of substances sources of obtaining substances perceived friends' use perceived availability of substances when, where, and with who substance use is occurring modes of substance use administration reasons for use or non-use own attitudes about substance use perceived risk of use substance use advertising sources of help and treatment free time and activities role of citizens in government, confidence in government voting and political activism attitudes towards discrimination satisfaction with life domains healthy behaviors physical health symptoms Please see the study documentation available on the MTF Panel series page for question-specific details. More information about the MTF project can be accessed through the Monitoring the Future website. Annual reports are published by the research team, describing the data collection and trends over time.