SPSS/PC+ System File Written by Data Entry II
Date of Appearance
Age of juvenile
Sex of juvenile
Race of Juvenile
Do you have any children of your own?
What parents do you live with?
How old is your mother?
How old is your father?
Did your mother graduate high school?
Did your father graduate high school?
Has your mother ever been convicted of a crime?
Has your father ever been convicted of a crime?
Has your mother ever been in jail or prison?
Has your father ever been in jail or prison?
Does your mother drink alcohol?
Does your father drink alcohol?
Does your mother use drugs?
Does your father use drugs?
Have your parents ever hit one another in an argument?
How many brothers and sisters do you have?
How many siblings live with you?
What type of house do you live in?
Do your parents own their home?
How long have you lived at your current address (in months)
How many homes are there in your neighborhood that are boarded up or have broken windows?
Are you still in school?
School grade
Are you involved in any clubs or sports in school?
Do you have a curfew at home?
What is the time of your curfew?
Are there times when you are required to be at home?
When are you required to be at home (combinations represent multiple responses)?
How many hours a week do you spend with your parents (not counting sleeping)?
Do you ever go to church?
How often have you skipped school?
What kind of alcohol have you consumed (combinations represent multiple responses)?
How often do you consume any type of alcohol?
Where did you get the alcohol (combinations represent multiple responses)?
Have you ever used illegal drugs (combinations represent multiple responses)?
Where did you get the drugs (combinations represent multiple responses)?
How often have you used drugs?
Have you ever been in trouble with the law over drugs or alcohol?
Have you ever been in trouble at school because of drugs or alcohol?
Have you ever skipped school because you had been drinking or doing drugs?
Have you ever been grounded because of drugs or alcohol?
Have your parents ever threatened to throw you out of the house because of drugs or alcohol?
Do you think guns are becoming a problem in your neighborhood or school?
Have you ever seen anyone in your neighborhood with a gun?
Have you ever seen anyone at your school with a gun?
Have you ever been in a group where someone was carrying a gun?
Have you ever carried a gun out with you when you went out at night?
Where did you get the gun?
Do you regularly carry a gun with you?
Are there people in your neighborhood or school who say they are in a gang?
Are you in a gang?
How long (in years) have you been in a gang?
Have you ever gotten into a fight with a gang member?
How many times have you been arrested?
How many times have you committed a crime but not been caught?
How many times have you been convicted of a crime?
Have any of your arrests involved a firearm?
Recoded SKIPPED variable to yes and no
Scale measure of mundane activities
Scale measure of delinquent activities
Scale measure of potentially delinquent activities
Scale measure of gang activities
Recoded DRUGS variable to represent yes or no
Recoded BOOZE variable to represent yes or no
Recoded U_CONVIC variable to represent yes or no