Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth, 1981 [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).

本数据集隶属于监测未来（Monitoring the Future）系列研究，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重要价值观、行为模式与生活取向的变迁趋势。自1976年起，该系列每年推出两份数据集，仅可通过ICPSR虚拟数据加密区（ICPSR Virtual Data Enclave, VDE）获取。两份数据集均包含原始变量——其中保留了未经过修改的权重变量，而这类变量在公开使用数据中常被修改或省略：一份不含州、县及邮政编码信息，另一份则包含上述地理标识信息。<strong>使用州、县或邮政编码等地理标识符存在使用限制，有意获取此类变量的研究者请参阅常见问题解答：《关于监测未来研究受限使用地理变量及其他变量》</strong>。每份年度数据集还附带对应年份的监测未来研究公开使用数据压缩包与配套文档资料。监测未来研究采用的基础研究方案为：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。其中，八年级与十年级调研使用四种不同的问卷形式（1991年至1996年仅使用两种问卷形式），与针对十二年级学生的六种问卷形式有所区别。八年级与十年级使用完全相同的问卷，且问卷内容大多借鉴自十二年级问卷，因此三项调研的核心人口统计学变量、药物使用情况及相关态度与信念的测量维度基本一致。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远少于十二年级问卷。本次调研涵盖的药物包括烟草、无烟烟草、酒精、大麻、哈希什、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，amphetamine）、哌甲酯（利他林，Ritalin/methylphenidate）、安眠酮（Quaaludes/methaqualone）、巴比妥类药物（镇静催眠药，barbiturates/tranquilizers）、可卡因、快克可卡因、摇头丸（ecstasy）、甲基苯丙胺、海洛因及γ-羟基丁酸（GHB）。其他调研主题包括宗教态度、女性社会角色变迁、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。