Adolescents' Use of Medical Marijuana: A Secondary Analysis of Monitoring the Future Data

Taking an international comparative perspective, the paper seeks to identify conditions that favour or impede participation in continuing higher education (CHE), and to answer the question what lessons can be learned from other countries. To this end we present selected findings of a secondary analysis of data from seven countries and systematically relate them to the country-specific institutional context. Our analysis suggests that the present situation and the future development of CHE are strongly path-dependent and context-bound. This systemic character of CHE restricts the transferability of particular features of a country's CHE system. Nonetheless, there remain several lessons to be learned from other countries.

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Risky Politics? Associations between Adolescent Risk Preference and Political Engagement

10.31234/osf.io/ea6hw ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Benjamin Oosterhoff

Keyword(s):

Risk Preference ◽

Political Engagement ◽

Political Interest ◽

Government Officials ◽

Adolescent Risk ◽

Future Data ◽

Monitoring The Future ◽

Nationally Representative ◽

Adaptive Role

This study examined associations among adolescent risk preference and political engagement using nationally representative Monitoring the Future data from high school seniors (N=109,574; modal age=18 years) spanning 1976-2014. Greater risk preference was associated with greater past voting, donating to a campaign, writing government officials, boycotting, and protesting. Greater risk preference was associated with higher future intentions to boycott and protest, but lower intentions to donate to or volunteer for a campaign. In general, associations between risk preference and political engagement became stronger with higher levels of political interest. Results highlight the importance of considering the adaptive role of adolescent risk preference and suggest that political engagement may be a constructive outlet for youth who pursue or are comfortable taking risks.

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Demographic subgroup trends among young adults in the use of various licit and illicit drugs, 1988-2016 (Monitoring the Future Occasional Paper No. 89)

10.3998/2027.42/139713 ◽

2017 ◽

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Illicit Drugs ◽

The Future ◽

Monitoring The Future ◽

Demographic Subgroup

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Regional Effects of Perceived Risks of Harm on Cigarette Smoking among U.S. High School Seniors: Evidence from Monitoring the Future

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18179120 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (17) ◽

pp. 9120

Author(s):

Jorge Medina

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Perceived Risk ◽

Fixed Effects ◽

High School Seniors ◽

Smoking Behavior ◽

Fixed Effects Model ◽

Perceptions Of Risk ◽

Regional Effects ◽

The Future ◽

Monitoring The Future

Overall, there has been an increasing trend in the perceived risk of harm from smoking among U.S. high school seniors. However, these perceptions of risk have been falling in recent years. This study uses regional-level panel data from the Monitoring the Future survey and a fixed effects model to estimate the effect of perceived risk on three regional measurements of smoking behavior: consumption, lifetime prevalence, and daily smoking prevalence. Elasticity measurements at regional levels show that an increase in perceived risk decreases these regional measurements of smoking behavior. Moreover, the results show that, at regional levels, these measurements of smoking behavior are more responsive to changes in the perceived risk associated with smoking than to changes in the price of cigarettes.

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