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United States Monitoring the Future Survey, 8th and 10th Grade Students 2012

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General Info
Geography 
United States of America (USA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2012 - 12/2012
Series or system 
United States Monitoring the Future Study (MTF)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Individual
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

The United States Monitoring the Future Survey, 8th and 10th Grade Students 2012 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. Participants in the MTF 2012 (8th/10th Grade) survey include 15,678 8th grade students from 115 public schools and 27 private schools, and 15,428 10th grade students from 107 public schools and 19 private schools.

Keywords 
Adolescents, Alcohol use, Child care, Child labor, Drug consumption, Education, Employment, Family composition, Fruits and vegetables, Health behaviors, Health education, Health literacy, Health promotion, Height, Hours worked, Illicit drug use, Income, Internet, Interpersonal violence, Interventions, Languages, Leisure activities, Lifestyle risk factors, Mass media, Medicines, Mental health symptoms, Physical activity, Prescriptions, Race, School enrollment, Seat belts, Sleep, Tobacco, Tobacco smoking, Transportation, FFQ
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021