Details

Subject(s)

• Juvenile delinquency—South Carolina—Columbia [Browse]
• Youth—South Carolina—Columbia—Longitudinal studies [Browse]
• Youth—South Carolina—Columbia—Attitudes [Browse]

Related name

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 8255. [More in this series]
• ICPSR 8255

Restrictions note

Use of these data are restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

Summary note

This is an investigation of a cohort of high school-aged youth in Columbia, South Carolina. Surveys were conducted in three consecutive years from 1979 to 1981 in nine high schools. Students were interviewed for the first time at the beginning of their sophomore year in high school. An identical questionnaire was given to the same students when they were in the 11th and 12th grades. The longitudinal data contain respondents' demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, educational aspirations, occupational aims, and peer group activities. Also included is information on offenses committed, the number of times respondents were caught by the police, their attitudes toward deviancy, and perceived certainty of punishment.

Notes

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2006-09-15.

Type of data

1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS setup file(s) + SPSS setup file(s) + Stata setup file(s) + SAS transport + SPSS portable + Stata system

Time and place of event

Start: 1979; and end: 1981.

Funding information

United States Department of Justice. NationalInstitute of Justice. 81-IJ-CX-0023, and 83-IJ-CX-0045

System details

Mode of access: Internet.

Methodology note

Universe: Youth from nine high schools in Columbia, South Carolina.

Contents

Part 1: Data File

Other format(s)

Also available as downloadable files.

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