{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["009:70"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "NDACAN Data Team", "hasEmail": "mailto:NDACAN@cornell.edu"}, "description": "The Developmental Victimization Survey (DVS), was designed to obtain one-year incidence estimates of a comprehensive range of childhood victimizations across gender, race, and developmental stage.  Conducted between December 2002, and February 2003, it assessed the experiences of a nationally representative sample of children age 2-17 living in the contiguous United States.The sample selection procedures were based on a list-assisted random digit dial (RDD) telephone survey design. A short interview was conducted with an adult caregiver (usually a parent) to obtain family demographic information.  One child was randomly selected from all eligible children living in a household by selecting the child with the most recent birthday.  If the selected child was 10-17 years old, the main telephone interview was conducted with the child.  If the selected child was 2-9 years old, the interview was conducted with the caregiver who \u201cis most familiar with the child\u2019s daily routine and experiences.\u201d  Interviews were completed with 79.5% of the eligible persons contacted.  All procedures were authorized by the Institutional Review Board of the University of New Hampshire.This survey utilized the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (JVQ), a recently constructed inventory of childhood victimization. The JVQ obtains reports on 34 forms of offenses against youth that cover five general areas of concern: Conventional Crime, Child Maltreatment, Peer and Sibling Victimization, Sexual Assault, and Witnessing and Indirect Victimization.  Follow-up questions for each screener item gathered additional information, including perpetrator characteristics, the use of a weapon, whether injury resulted, and whether the event occurred in conjunction with another screener.  The final sample represented 2,030 children age 2-17 living in the contiguous United States.  Half (50%) of the sample is male; 51% are 2-9 year olds, while 49% are age 10-17.  Almost 10% of the sample reported a household income of under $20,000, while about 34% had annual incomes between $20,000 and $50,000.  The survey sample is 76% White (non-Hispanic), 11% Black (non-Hispanic), 9% Hispanic (any race) and 3.5% from other races including American Indian and Asian.\n\nInvestigators: Heather Turner\nUniversity of New Hampshire Durham, NH\n\nDavid Finkelhor, Ph.D.\nUniversity of New Hampshire Durham, NH", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "Access the complete Developmental Victimization Survey (DVS), 2002-2003 on the official website.", "downloadURL": "https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/dataset-details.cfm?ID=126", "mediaType": "text/html", "title": "Official Data Source"}], "identifier": "https://healthdata.gov/api/views/8wyr-fqx2", "issued": "2025-09-05", "keyword": ["abuse", "care", "ndacan", "policy", "reporting"], "landingPage": "https://healthdata.gov/d/8wyr-fqx2", "modified": "2025-09-05", "programCode": ["009:094"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect"}, "theme": ["ACF"], "title": "Developmental Victimization Survey (DVS), 2002-2003"}