syc {SDaA}

Survey of Youth in Custody, 1987

Description

The 1987 Survey of Youth in Custody sampled juveniles and young adults in long-term, state-operated juvenile institutions. Residents of facilities at the end of 1987 were interviewed about family background, previous criminal history, and drug and alcohol use. Selected variables from the survey are contained in the syc data frame.

Usage

syc

Format

stratum

stratum number

psu

psu (facility) number

psusize

number of eligible residents in psu

initwt

initial weight

finalwt

final weight

randgrp

random group number

age

age of resident

race

race of resident: factor with levels 1 (white), 2 (black), 3 (Asian/Pacific Islander), 4 (American Indian, Aleut, Eskimo), 5 (other)

ethnicty

ethnicity; factor with levels hispanic and notHispanic

educ

highest grade before sent to correctional institution; factor with levels 0 (never attended), 1-12 (highest grade attended), 13 (GED), 14 (other)

sex

factor with levels male and female

livewith

factor with levels 1 (mother only), 2 (father only), 3 (both mother and father), 4 (grandparents), 5 (other relatives), 6 (friends), 7 (foster home), 8 (agency or institution), 9 (someone else)

famtime

Has anyone in your family, such as your mother, father, brother, sister, ever served time in jail or prison? factor with levels yes and no

crimtype

most serious crime in current offense; one of violent (e.g. murder, rape, robbery, assault), property (e.g. burglary, larceny, arson, fraud, motor vehicle theft), drug (drug possession or trafficking), publicorder (weapons violation, perjury, failure to appear in court), juvenile (juvenile-status offense, e.g. truancy, running away, incorrigible behavior)

everviol

Ever put on probation or sent to correctional institution for violent offense? factor with levels no and yes

numarr

number of times arrested (integer)

probtn

number of times on probation

corrinst

number of times previously committed to correctional institution

evertime

Prior to being sent here, did you ever serve time in a correctional institution? factor with levels yes and no

prviol

previously arrested for violent offense; factor with levels no and yes

prprop

previously arrested for property offense; factor with levels no and yes

prdrug

previously arrested for drug offense; factor with levels no and yes

prpub

previously arrested for public-order offense; factor with levels no and yes

prjuv

previously arrested for juvenile-status offense; factor with levels no and yes

agefirst

age first arrested (integer)

usewepn

Did you use a weapon... for this incident? factor with levels yes and no

alcuse

Did you drink alcohol at all during the year before being sent here this time? factor with levels yes, noduringyear, noatall

everdrug

Ever used illegal drugs? factor with levels no, yes

Source

Inter-University Consortium on Political and Social Research, NCJ-130915, U.S. Department of Justice 1989.

References

Lohr (1999). Sampling: Design and Analysis, Duxbury, p. 235–239 and 445.