Description & Citation--Study No. 25382

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:25382
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25382
 
Title:Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2008
 
Alternate Title:MTF 2008 (12th Grade)
 
Principal Investigator(s):Lloyd D. Johnston, University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center
 
  Jerald G. Bachman, University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center
 
  Patrick M. O'Malley, University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center
 
  John E. Schulenberg, University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center
 
Series:Monitoring the Future (MTF) Series
 
Funding Agency:United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug Abuse
 
Grant Number:DA-01411
 
Bibliographic Citation:Johnston, Lloyd D., Jerald G. Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, and John E. Schulenberg. Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2008 [Computer file]. ICPSR25382-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-11-23. doi:10.3886/ICPSR25382
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This survey of 12th-grade 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. Drugs covered by this survey include tobacco, smokeless tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, hashish, prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, LSD, hallucinogens, amphetamines (stimulants), Ritalin (methylphenidate), Quaaludes (methaqualone), barbiturates (tranquilizers), cocaine, crack cocaine, GHB (gamma hydroxy butyrate), ecstasy, methamphetamine, and heroin. 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).
 
Subject Term(s):alcohol, attitudes, behavior, crime, demographic characteristics, drug education, drug use, educational pursuits, family background, gender roles, high school students, lifestyles, prescription medications, religious attitudes, self esteem, social change, tobacco use, values, youth
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:2008
 
Date(s) of Collection:2008, Spring
 
Unit of Observation:individual
 
Universe:High school seniors in the contiguous United States.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:Conducted by the University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Survey Research Center.
 
  Prior to 2005, the variable asking about race only had categories for Black and White. In 2005, a change was made to include a third category for Hispanic. This new format was implemented on all six forms. This change has continued in 2008. Each form for 2008 allows for Black, White, and Hispanic on the race question.
 
  To protect the privacy of respondents, all variables that could be used to identify individuals have been collapsed or recoded in the public use files. These modifications should not affect analytic uses of the public use files.
 
  Variables omitted from the Western region questionnaires are noted in each codebook.
 
  A user guide is provided with the study documentation. It contains a year-to-year cross-time question index (link) for the MTF 12th-grade surveys, which is sorted by subject area, item reference number, and questionnaire form.
 
  Frequency and percentage distributions displayed in the 2008 codebooks are unweighted, rather than weighted by variable V5 as they had been in previous years. This change was made to simplify both the production of the codebooks and their interpretation by the analyst.
 

Methodology

Sample:A multistage area probability sample design involving three selection stages: (1) geographic areas or primary sampling units (PSUs), (2) schools (or linked groups of schools) within PSUs, and (3) students within sampled schools. Of the 72 PSUs, 8 were selected with certainty, 10 were selected with a probability of .50, and the remainder were selected using a probability based on their 2000 Census household count. In schools with more than 350 seniors, a sample of seniors or classes was drawn. In schools with less than 350 seniors, all seniors were asked to participate unless logistical challenges required a sample be taken. Each school was asked to participate for two years so that each year one-half of the sample would be replaced. Schools refusing participation were replaced with similar schools in terms of geographic location, size, and type of school (e.g., public, private/Catholic, private/non-Catholic). The total sample was divided into 6 subsamples consisting of an average of 2,430 respondents. Each subsample was administered a different form of the questionnaire, although all respondents answered the "core" drug and demographic questions. The participation rate among schools has been between 66 and 85 percent since the inception of the study.
 
Weight:Each of the seven parts contains a weight variable, V5. They were originally varied by school but were modified to protect respondent confidentiality. Users should use the weight variable for all analyses, the results of which will differ slightly from published data tables that used original data.
 
Mode of Data Collection:on-site questionnaire
 
Response Rates:The overall student response rate for 2008 was 79 percent.
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Restrictions:Users are reminded that these data are to be used solely for statistical analysis and reporting of aggregated information and not for the investigation of specific individuals.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2009-10-29
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2009-11-23.
 
  2009-11-23 - Corrections were made to fix minor errors in the data, question text, and documentation.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Core Data
  • DS2: Form 1 Data
  • DS3: Form 2 Data
  • DS4: Form 3 Data
  • DS5: Form 4 Data
  • DS6: Form 5 Data
  • DS7: Form 6 Data
 
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