National youth survey [United States]
Subtitle: wave V, 1980
By: principal investigator, Delbert Elliott
Series: ICPSR -- 9112; ICPSR (Series) -- 9112
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] :
Subjects: Youth; Attitudes; Parents; Social conditions; Public opinion
Description: Parent and youth data for the fifth wave of the National Youth Survey are contained in this collection. American youths and their parents were interviewed in early 1981 about current events and behavior that occurred during the previous year. Data are available on demographic and socioeconomic status of respondents, disruptive events in the home, neighborhood problems, parental aspirations for youth, labeling, integration of family and peer contexts, attitudes towards deviance in adults and juveniles, parental discipline, and community involvement.
Notes: Holding archive: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network.

ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: 1981. Data collected: 1981.

Personal interviews.

Survey data.

United States.

(1) Center for Studies of Crime and Delinquency, (2) United States Department of Justice. National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, (3) United States Department of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and (4) United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice. MH27552, 78-JN-AX-0003, 82-IJ-CX-0011, and 83-IJ-CX-0063.

Card image data format. The first wave of this survey was conducted in 1976 (ICPSR 8375), the second wave in 1977 (ICPSR 8424), the third wave in 1978 (ICPSR 8506), and the fourth wave in 1979 (ICPSR 8917). Variable names are preceded by the code "Y5" to indicate the fifth wave of youth data. Missing data are coded as blank. "Don't know" responses are coded blank, unless otherwise indicated.

Codebook available.

Part number: 1 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 1,725 ; variable count: 689 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 15.

National sample of American youth population selected by area probability sampling.

Universe: Youths in the United States.

Elliott, Huizinga, and Morse. "Self-Reported Violent Offending." Journal of interpersonal violence 1 (1987).

Huizinga, and Elliott. "Reassessing the Reliability and Validity of Self-Report Delinquency Measures." Journal of quantitative criminology 2 (1986).

Huizinga, and Elliott. "Juvenile Offenders: Prevalence, Offender Incidence, and Arrest Rates by Race." Crime and delinquency, 1987.