DOI: 10.3886/icpsr07635.v6
title: National Crime Surveys: National Sample, 1973-1983
title: Version 6

description: The National Crime Survey (NCS), a study of personal and
household victimization, measures victimization for six selected
crimes, including attempts. The NCS was designed to achieve three
primary objectives: to develop detailed information about the victims
and consequences of crime, to estimate the number and types of crimes
not reported to police, and to provide uniform measures of selected
types of crime. The surveys cover the following types of crimes,
including attempts: rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, and
auto or motor vehicle theft. Crimes such as murder, kidnapping,
shoplifting, and gambling are not covered. Questions designed to
obtain data on the characteristics and circumstances of the
victimization were asked in each incident report. Items such as time
and place of occurrence, injuries suffered, medical expenses incurred,
number, age, race, and sex of offender(s), relationship of offender(s)
to victim (stranger, casual acquaintance, relative, etc.), and other
detailed data relevant to a complete description of the incident were
included. Legal and technical terms, such as assault and larceny, were
avoided during the interviews. Incidents were later classified in more
technical terms based upon the presence or absence of certain
elements. In addition, data were collected in the study to obtain
information on the victims' education, migration, labor force status,
occupation, and income. Full data for each year are contained in Parts
101-110. Incident-level extract files (Parts 1-10, 41) are available
to provide users with files that are easy to manipulate. The
incident-level datasets contain each incident record that appears in
the full sample file, the victim's person record, and the victim's
household information. These data include person and household
information for incidents only. Subsetted person-level files also are
available as Parts 50-79. All of the variables for victims are
repeated for a maximum of four incidents per victim. There is one
person-level subset file for each interview quarter of the complete
national sample from 1973 through the second interview quarter in
1980.
description: A national sample of households was drawn using a
 stratified multistage cluster procedure. Rotating subsamples were
 reinterviewed at six-month intervals. Interviews were conducted with
 each household member over 12 years old. In generating the
 person-level file, a full sample of victims and a 10-percent sample of
non-victims for up to four incidents were employed.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: 1973, Incident Level
DS2: 1974, Incident Level
DS3: 1975, Incident Level
DS4: 1976, Incident Level
DS5: 1977, Incident Level
DS6: 1978, Incident Level
DS7: 1979, Incident Level
DS8: 1980, Incident Level
DS9: 1981, Incident Level
DS10: 1982, Incident Level
DS41: 1973-1982, Incident Level: Concatenated File
DS50: 1973 Person Level, First Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS51: 1973 Person Level, Second Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS52: 1973 Person Level, Third Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS53: 1973 Person Level, Fourth Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS54: 1974 Person Level, First Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS55: 1974 Person Level, Second Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS56: 1974 Person Level, Third Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS57: 1974 Person Level, Fourth Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS58: 1975 Person Level, First Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS59: 1975 Person Level, Second Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS60: 1975 Person Level, Third Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS61: 1975 Person Level, Fourth Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS62: 1976 Person Level, First Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS63: 1976 Person Level, Second Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS64: 1976 Person Level, Third Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS65: 1976 Person Level, Fourth Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS66: 1977 Person Level, First Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS67: 1977 Person Level, Second Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS68: 1977 Person Level, Third Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS69: 1977 Person Level, Fourth Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS70: 1978 Person Level, First Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS71: 1978 Person Level, Second Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS72: 1978 Person Level, Third Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS73: 1978 Person Level, Fourth Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS74: 1979 Person Level, First Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS75: 1979 Person Level, Second Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS76: 1979 Person Level, Third Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS77: 1979 Person Level, Fourth Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS78: 1980 Person Level, First Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS79: 1980 Person Level, Second Interview Quarter, All Victims, 10 Percent Non-Victims, for Up to Four Incidents
DS101: 1973 Full File
DS102: 1974 Full File
DS103: 1975 Full File
DS104: 1976 Full File
DS105: 1977 Full File
DS106: 1978 Full File
DS107: 1979 Full File
DS108: 1980 Full File
DS109: 1981 Full File
DS110: 1982 Full File
DS111: Codebook for Full Files (1973-1976), Incident-Level (1973-1982), and Person-Level (1973-1978)(PDF)
DS112: Codebook for Full File (1977), Incident-Level (1973-1982), and Person-Level (1973-1978) (PDF)
DS113: Codebook for Full File (1978), Incident-Level (1973-1982), and Person-Level (1973-1978) (PDF)
DS114: Codebook for Full Files (1979-1980), Incident-Level (1973-1982), and Person-Level (1979-1980) (PDF)
DS115: Codebook for Full Files (1981-1982) and Incident-Level Files (1973-1982) (PDF)
DS116: SAS Statements for Full Files (1973-1976), Incident-Level (1973-1982), and Person-Level (1973-1978)
DS117: SAS Statements for Full File (1977), Incident-Level (1973-1982), and Person-Level (1973-1978)
DS118: SAS Statements for Full File (1978), Incident-Level (1973-1982), and Person-Level (1973-1978)
DS119: SAS Statements for Full Files (1979-1980), Incident-Level (1973-1982), and Person-Level (1979-1980)
DS120: SAS Statements for Full Files (1981-1982) and Incident-Level Files (1973-1982)
DS121: SPSS Statements for Full Files (1973-1976), Incident-Level (1973-1982), and Person-Level (1973-1978)
DS122: SPSS Statements for Full File (1977), Incident-Level (1973-1982), and Person-Level (1973-1978)
DS123: SPSS Statements for Full File (1978), Incident-Level (1973-1982), and Person-Level (1973-1978)
DS124: SPSS Statements for Full Files (1979-1980), Incident-Level (1973-1982), and Person-Level (1979-1980)
DS125: SPSS Statements for Full Files (1981-1982) and Incident-Level Files (1973-1982)
description: Population of the United States over 12 years of age.
description: Parts 101-110, the Full Files, are hierarchically
structured into multiple levels. For the 1973-1977 files, the
hierarchy comprises three levels: household, person, and incident. For
the 1978-1982 files, the hierarchy consists of four levels: header
record, household, person, and incident. There are 103 variables for
an average of 35,000 households per quarter, 102 variables for an
average of 65,000 persons per quarter, and 310 variables for an
average of 8,000 incidents per quarter.Users should note that
there is an introductory section in the documentation for this data
collection that explains the hierarchical datasets, rate estimating
procedures, and standard error estimating procedures. Additional
information on the sample also is provided.The files are not
numbered consecutively.The codebooks are provided as Portable
Document Format (PDF) files. The PDF file format was developed by
Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader
software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to
obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR
Website on the Internet.