National Crime Survey EXtract - Personal Crime - Longitudinal Files, 1976-1982, Part 2 - Victim and Non-Victim Responses

• NCJ Number: 98793
• Author(s): C A Innes
• Date Published: 1985
• Length: 328 pages
• Sale Source: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This manual presents data collection and information processing descriptions, a variable description list, and the codebook for data on victim and nonvictim responses to questions on assault incidents drawn from the longitudinal files (1976-82) of the National Crime Survey.

Abstract

The introduction provides a data collection description, sampling information, data collection procedures, codebook information, processing information, and a list of related publications. Only data on incidents of rape, robbery, and assault are documented. The codebook provides (1) variable and reference numbers, (2) the abbreviated variable label used within OSIRIS to identify each variable, (3) the designation of missing data, and (4) the sequential location and width of a variable when the data are stored on magnetic tape. The codebook also provides the full text of the survey question that yielded the data for each variable. Code values for each variable and code meanings are provided as well. The manual contains a glossary, industry and occupation codes, the questionnaire, and frequencies and univariate statistics.