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Child and Adolescent Injury: Data Sources
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| Data Set | Monitoring the Future Study |
| Alias | MTFS |
| Data Collection Agency | National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S.Department of Health and |
| Human Services |
| Purpose | To assess the changing lifestyles, values, and preferences of |
| American youth |
| Description | Survey of 8th, 10th and 12th graders, with longitude follow up of |
| a subset. Risk behavior, crime involvement, victimization. |
| Special Features | Self-reported by adolescents -- some variables may be |
| unreliably high, some unreliably low. |
| Subject Age Range | 8th, 10th, 12th grades |
| E-Coding Included | No |
| Population or Sample | Sample |
| Number of Cases | 15,000 |
| Geographic Area Covered | National, regional |
| Years Available | 1975-1995 |
| Years Owned by CHDL | None |
| CHDL ID# | 96 |