2015-16 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) Public-Use Data File User's Manual

The Data File User's Manual contains information about the sample design, data collection, imputation, and weighting procedures for the public-use data file. Appendixes in this document provide the SSOCS 2015–16 survey instrument, list of variables and record layout of the fixed-format ASCII file, a list of variables in the restricted-use data file that are not available in the public-use data file, communication materials sent to schools, and findings from nonresponse bias analyses.

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