National youth survey [United States]
Subtitle: wave IV, 1979
By: principal investigator, Delbert Elliott
Series: ICPSR -- 8917; ICPSR (Series) -- 8917
Published: 1979
Language: und
Format: [computer file] :
Subjects: Youth; Attitudes; Parents; Social conditions; Public opinion
Description: Parent and youth data for the fourth wave of the National Youth Survey are contained in this data collection. Data are available on demographic and socioeconomic status of respondents, disruptive events in the home, neighborhood problems, parental aspirations for youth, labelling, integration of family and peer contexts, attitudes toward 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: 1979. Data collected: 1980.

Personal interviews.

Survey data.

United States.

(1) National Institute of Mental Health, (2) Center for Studies of Crime and Delinquency, (3) United States Department of Justice. National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, and (4) United States Department of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. MH27552 and 78-JN-AX-0003.

Card image data format. The first wave of this survey was conducted in 1976 (ICPSR 8375), the second wave in 1977 (ICPSR 8424), and the third wave in 1978 (ICPSR 8506). In the documentation, variable names are preceded by the code "Y4" to indicate the fourth wave of youth data. The data are contained in 15 80-column records or "cards." Missing data are coded as blank, and "Don't know" responses are coded as blank, unless otherwise indicated.

Codebook available.

Part number: 1 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 1,725 ; variable count: 720 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 15.

Universe: High school aged youth in the United States.

Elliott, Huizinga, and Ageton. Explaining delinquency and drug use. Sage Publications, 1985.