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School Survey on Crime and Safety, 2016

Metadata Updated: August 12, 2023

The 2016 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS:2016) is a data collection that is part of the School Survey on Crime and Safety program; program data are available since 2000 at . SSOCS:2016 (https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ssocs/) is a cross-sectional survey of the nation's public schools designed to provide estimates of school crime, discipline, disorder, programs and policies. Regular public schools were sampled. The data collection was conducted using a mail questionnaire with telephone follow-up. The data collection's response rate was 62.9 percent. Key statistics produced from SSOCS:2016 include the frequency and types of disciplinary actions taken for select offenses; perceptions of other disciplinary problems, such as bullying, verbal abuse and disorder in the classroom; the presence and role of school security staff; parent and community involvement; staff training; mental health services available to students; and school policies and programs concerning crime and safety.

Access & Use Information

Restricted: This dataset can only be accessed or used under certain conditions. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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References

https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2018107

Dates

Metadata Created Date August 12, 2023
Metadata Updated Date August 12, 2023
Data Update Frequency R/P2Y

Metadata Source

Harvested from Education JSON

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date August 12, 2023
Metadata Updated Date August 12, 2023
Publisher National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Maintainer
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Data First Published 2017-12-08
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2023-07-10T14:25:39.795725
Rights IES uses Restricted-data Licenses as a mechanism for making more detailed data available to qualified researchers. Please request license to access data by submitting an application via the link in "Resources".
Public Access Level restricted public
Data Update Frequency R/P2Y
Bureau Code 018:50
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Data Quality True
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Harvest Source Title Education JSON
License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Old Spatial United States
Program Code 018:000
Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Department of Education > Office of the Secretary (OS) > Institute of Education Sciences (IES) > National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Related Documents https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2018107
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Temporal 2015/2016

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