Restructuring of the NCS (National Crime Survey) Longitudinal Data Set

• NCJ Number: 89401
• Author(s): W. F. Eddy; S. E. Fienberg; N. S. Prescott
• Date Published: 1981
• Length: 12 pages
• Grant Number(s): 81-IJ-CX-0087
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Carnegie Mellon University
• Sale Source: NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Technical Report no. 274.

Annotation

This memorandum describes a methodology for converting the National Crime Survey (NCS) Quarterly Collection files to longitudinal files. To implement this methodology, a special program to convert the quarterly collection files to ASCII files can be run on a VAX 11/780.

Abstract

The document discusses the logical and physical structures of the Public Use Files and explains hierarchical to longitudinal reorganization. Examples are included, and the conversion program is appended.