National Crime Victimization Survey: Supplemental Victimization Survey, [United States], 2019 (ICPSR 37950)

Version Date: Feb 10, 2022

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Principal Investigator(s):
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37950.v1

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Summary

The Supplemental Victimization Survey (SVS) data measure the prevalence of nonfatal stalking victimization among persons age 16 or older, the characteristics of stalking victims, and patterns of reporting to the police and other authorities so that policymakers, academic researchers, practitioners at the federal, state and local levels, and advocates can make informed decisions concerning policies and programs. The SVS also collects important characteristics of stalking such as the physical and emotional impact on victims, offender information, measures of self-protective actions, and the criminal justice system response. The SVS asks questions related to victims' experiences of unwanted contacts or behaviors during the previous 12 months. These responses are linked to the NCVS survey instrument responses for a more complete understanding of the stalking victim's circumstances. The 2019 SVS was the third administration of this NCVS supplement. The first SVS administration was in 2006. SVS releases from 2016 and after are not comparable to the 2006 SVS data because the survey instrument underwent a redesign with SVS 2016.

Citation

United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics. National Crime Victimization Survey: Supplemental Victimization Survey, [United States], 2019. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-02-10. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37950.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

region

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2019

Date of Collection

2019-07-01 -- 2019-12-31
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Study Purpose

The Supplemental Victimization Survey (SVS) was designed to measure the prevalence, characteristics, and consequences of nonfatal stalking so that policymakers, academic researchers, practitioners at the Federal, state and local levels, and advocates could make informed decisions concerning policies and programs.

Sample

Eligible respondents for the SVS include all civilian, non-institutionalized persons in the U.S. age 16 years or older who successfully completed their NCVS interview by self-response. NCVS proxy interviews were considered a response for NCVS but were not eligible for SVS. Each month the U.S. Census Bureau selects respondents for the NCVS using a "rotating panel" design. Households are randomly selected and all age-eligible individuals become part of the panel. The sample of households is divided into groups or rotations. Once in the sample, respondents are interviewed every six months for a total of seven interviews over a three-year period. The first interview is considered the incoming rotation. The second through the seventh interview are in the continuing rotations. The first interview is face-to-face; the rest are by telephone unless the circumstances call for an in-person interview. After the seventh interview the household leaves the panel and a new household is rotated into the sample. The rotation scheme is used to reduce respondent burden that may result if they were to remain permanently in the sample. The SVS was administered at all NCVS households interviewed from July through December 2019.

Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

From July to December 2019, household members age 16 or older were administered the SVS interview after completing an NCVS interview. Data collection includes a screener and incident survey. Eligible persons in the household were administered a set of screening questions, and any persons who met the criteria for stalking were administered the entire SVS. The screener questions collect the following information: (1) types of unwanted contacts or behaviors experienced; (2) repeated course of conduct (i.e. experiencing the same behavior or contact more than once, or experiencing two or more different behaviors one time); (3) actual fear; (4) substantial emotional distress; and (5) reasonable fear. When a respondent reports an eligible stalking victimization, the SVS incident instrument is then administered to collect detailed information about this victimization to learn more about the nature and consequences of the victimization. See the SVS survey instrument for more information on how respondents screen in as a stalking victim.

Unit(s) of Observation

individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

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Original Release Date

2022-02-10

Version History

2022-02-10 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Performed consistency checks.
  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
  • Standardized missing values.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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Weight

The data contain weights to produce national estimates.

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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.