NCJ Number
103947
Date Published
1986
Length
173 pages
Annotation
This report presents the methodology, file structure, processing information, variable description list, and codebook for a 1983 survey of criminal justice expenditures and employment at the Federal, State, and local levels.
Abstract
The methodology description covers the survey period, data collection procedures, the survey sample, data limitations, and data differing from other publications. The codebook indicates the variable and reference numbers, the abbreviated variable name, code values of missing data, the starting location and width of the variable when stored on a magnetic tape in the OSIRIS format, the full-text question that describes the variable, and variable location when data are stored on cards. Appended supplementary information on data processing.