Using the 2017 National Census of Victim Service Providers (NCVSP) as the known universe of victim service providers (VSPs), the 2019 National Survey of Victim Service Providers (NSVSP) is the first follow-up survey that aims to collect detailed information on (1) services provided to crime victims, (2) staffing, and (3) organizational constraints to providing services from a nationally representative sample of victim service providers. The final NCVSP frame included 12,196 organizations in the United States that served victims as their primary function or with dedicated staff or programs. Informal and for-profit VSPs were considered ineligible for the NSVSP. After removing the ineligible and duplicate VSPs from the roster, 11,879 VSPs were left in the NSVSP sample frame, from which 7,237 VSPs were sampled.
The NSVSP sample was selected using a single-stage stratified design to produce estimates for the nation as a whole and for the 14 U.S. states with the largest number of VSPs. This includes the 10 largest states based on population size (California, Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, and Michigan) as well as Virginia, Indiana, Missouri, and Colorado. The sample was also designed to produce sub-national estimates based on Census regions (South, West, Midwest, and Northeast). There were 39 primary strata based on geography and VSP types, and samples were drawn independently from each stratum. Some strata were sampled at a rate of 80% or more to account for small sample sizes, expected response rate, and possible VSP ineligibility. A 15% ineligibility rate was predicted due to the time between the NCVSP and NSVSP collections (see Services for Crime Victims, 2019, BJS web, for more information). In the strata sampled at a rate of 50 percent or lower, the VSPs were sub-stratified by the number of employees. VSPs with more employees were sampled at higher rates than VSPs with fewer employees due to the small number of them in the universe and NCVSP data showing they can have different characteristics from the smaller ones.
Cross-sectional
All civilian organizations or programs that are dedicated to serving victims of crime or abuse in the United States that were included in the 2017 National Census of Victim Service Providers (NCVSP) frame.
Service providing organization
Approximately 17.6% (1,276) of the 7,237 sampled VSPs were deemed ineligible. An additional 20.2% (1,460) had an unknown eligibility status. There were 3,269 eligible VSPs that responded to the NSVSP and the overall response rate was 57.7%. BJS used response rate 3 (RR3) as determined by the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). RR3 is the most appropriate for the NSVSP because of the high proportion of VSPs that have an unknown eligibility status.
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