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Monitoring the Future: 1976-1992

Posted by rutgersdata on December 2, 2008

Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of the Lifestyles and Values of Youth, 1976-1992: Concatenated Core File

“This data collection contains the “core” variables for the first 17 years of this annual survey that explores changes in the important values, behaviors, and lifestyle orientations of contemporary American youth. Personal and family characteristics, political and religious beliefs, school performance and educational goals, and type and degree of drug usage are some of the topics explored in the core variables.”

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Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (2007)

Posted by rutgersdata on November 20, 2008

This is the 2007 update of the survey.

“This survey of students is part of a 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.”  There are three segments available by age group:

Monitoring the Future: 12th graders

Monitoring the Future: 8th and 10th graders

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