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2017–18 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) NCES 2020-054 Public-Use Data File User’s Manual U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION A Publication of the National Center for Education Statistics at IES 2017–18 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) Public-Use Data File User’s Manual April 2020 Zoe Padgett Michael Jackson Samuel Correa Jana Kemp American Institutes for Research Aaron Gilary Alfred Meier Komba Gbondo Tugbawa Tracae McClure U.S. Census Bureau Rachel Hansen Project Officer National Center for Education Statistics NCES 2020-054 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION U.S. Department of Education Betsy DeVos Secretary Institute of Education Sciences Mark Schneider Director National Center for Education Statistics James L. Woodworth Commissioner The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data related to education in the United States and other nations. 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National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC. Retrieved [date] from http://nces.ed.gov/ pubsearch. Content Contact Rachel Hansen (202) 245-7082 [email protected] Contents Page List of Tables ...................................................................................................................... .v 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background of the Study .......................................................................................... 1 1.2 Questionnaire Development ..................................................................................... 2 1.2.1 Changes to Definitions for SSOCS:2018 ..................................................... 3 1.2.1.1 New Definitions Added for SSOCS:2018 ....................................... 3 1.2.1.2 Changes Made to Existing SSOCS Definitions ............................... 4 Changes to Items Between SSOCS:2016 and SSOCS:2018 ........................ 5 1.2.2.1 Items Added to SSOCS:2018 ........................................................... 5 1.2.2.2 SSOCS:2018 Items Modified From SSOCS:2016 .......................... 6 1.2.2.3 SSOCS:2016 Items Not Included in SSOCS:2018 .......................... 8 1.3 Survey Topics .......................................................................................................... 9 1.3.1 School Practices and Programs ..................................................................... 9 1.3.2 Parent and Community Involvement at School ......................................... 10 1.3.3 School Security Staff ................................................................................. 10 1.3.4 School Mental Health Services ................................................................... 10 1.3.5 Staff Training and Practices ....................................................................... 10 1.3.6 Limitations on Crime Prevention................................................................ 10 1.3.7 Frequency of Crime and Violence at School ............................................. 11 1.3.8 Incidents...................................................................................................... 11 1.3.9 Disciplinary Problems and Actions ........................................................... 11 1.3.10 School Characteristics: 2017–18 School Year ........................................... 11 1.4 Methodological Experiments ................................................................................. 11 1.4.1 Mode Experiment .......................................................................................... 12 1.4.2 Incentive Experiment .................................................................................... 12 2. Sample Design and Weighting .................................................................................... 13 2.1 Sampling Frame ..................................................................................................... 13 2.2 Sample Design ....................................................................................................... 13 2.3 Sample Size ............................................................................................................ 14 2.4 Stratification, Sample Selection, and Final Sample ............................................... 14 i Page 2.5 Using Reverse Keyfitz to Unduplicate with NTPS Sample ................................... 15 2.6 Assignment to Experimental Subsamples .............................................................. 16 2.7 Weighting and Sampling Error .............................................................................. 19 3. Data Collection Methods and Response Rates .......................................................... 21 3.1 Data Collection Activities ...................................................................................... 21 3.2 Data Retrieval ........................................................................................................ 24 3.3 Efforts to Increase Response Rates ........................................................................ 25 3.3.1 Interviewer Training .................................................................................. 26 3.4 Unit Response Rate ................................................................................................ 27 3.4.1 Completion Rate ........................................................................................ 28 3.4.2 Unweighted Response Rate ....................................................................... 28 3.4.3 Weighted Unit response Rate ..................................................................... 28 3.5 Analysis of Unit Nonresponse Bias ....................................................................... 30 3.6 Item Response Rates .............................................................................................. 31 3.7 Analysis of Item Nonresponse Bias ....................................................................... 31 3.8 Nonsampling Error ................................................................................................. 31 4. Data Preparation ......................................................................................................... 33 4.1 Questionnaire Check-in Process ............................................................................ 33 4.2 Editing Specifications ............................................................................................ 33 4.2.1 Range Specifications .................................................................................. 33 4.2.2 Consistency and Logic Edits ...................................................................... 34 4.3 Imputation ............................................................................................................... 34 4.3.1 Imputation Methods ................................................................................... 35 4.3.2 Imputation Order ........................................................................................ 35 4.3.3 Imputation Flags ........................................................................................ 36 4.4 Analysis of Disclosure Risk ................................................................................... 36 5. Guide to the Data File and Codebook ........................................................................ 37 5.1 Contents and Organization of the Public-Use Data