17 years of annual surveys track the evolving values, behaviors, and lifestyle orientations of American high school seniors. Jerald G. Bachman and the Institute for Social Research collected this nationally representative data, exploring topics from personal characteristics to drug usage. Each year's survey included an average of 200 additional questions beyond the core variables contained in this concatenated file.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in adolescent drug usage based on survey responses mentioned in the description
- Model the relationship between family characteristics and educational goals based on core variables
- Study shifts in political and religious beliefs among youth over a 17-year period
Strengths
- Data spans 17 consecutive years (1976-1992), enabling longitudinal analysis
- Each annual sample is described as large and nationally representative of U.S. high school seniors
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
Provenance
- Source
- Institute for Social Research
- Collection Method
- Annual nationally representative surveys of U.S. high school seniors
- Time Range
- 1976-1992
- Geography
- United States