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United States Monitoring the Future Survey, 12th Grade Students 2020

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2020
Provider 
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
United States of America (USA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2020 - 03/2020
Series or system 
United States Monitoring the Future Study (MTF)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Facility (non-health)
  • Individual
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

The United States Monitoring the Future Survey, 12th Grade Students 2020 is part of the Monitoring the Future Study, a nationally representative annual study of students enrolled in public and private high schools in the United States. Begun in 1975 as a survey of 12th grade students, 8th and 10th grade surveys were added to the series in 1991. Monitoring the Future (MTF) surveys provide information on the attitudes and behaviors of students on the use and abuse of substances such as alcohol, tobacco, and illicit and prescription drugs. The MTF study is designed so that changes in attitudes and behaviors can be observed across time.

"Due to COVID-19 concerns, data collection was halted prematurely on March 15, 2020, resulting in a sample size that was 25% of a typical sample in regular data collection."-source: ICPSR

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Alcohol use disorders, Allergies, Amphetamine use disorders, Assets, Breathing difficulty, Cannabis use disorders, Cocaine use disorders, Cough, Crime, Drug consumption, Drug use disorders, ENDS use, Education, Employment, Family composition, Headache, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Hospitals, Hours worked, Illicit drug use, Income, Intentional injuries, Internet, Leisure activities, Length of stay, Lifestyle risk factors, Marital status, Mental health symptoms, Military service, Opioid use disorders, Parents, Physical activity, Prescriptions, Race, Religion, School enrollment, Siblings, Sleep, Smokeless tobacco use, Social problems, Sore throat, Symptoms, Tobacco and nicotine use, Tobacco smoking, Transportation, Violence, Violence-related risk factors
GHDx Entry last modified on: Apr 7, 2025