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This video provides important information about the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) for the public and for households and persons selected to participate in the survey. It includes general information about the NCVS, how households are selected, how data are collected, and the importance of the NCVS.  There are separate videos for youth participants, and both are available in English and Spanish.   

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The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Knowledge Corner provides quick tips and explanations for NCVS data users on a variety of topics. In this video, BJS Statistician Susannah Tapp, PhD, describes item nonresponse in the NCVS. Item nonresponse results in missing data. She discusses the four missing data codes used in the NCVS: residue, out of universe, item invalid until, and item invalid after. For more information, please visit https://bjs.ojp.gov/programs/ncvs or email us at [email protected].

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Knowledge Corner provides quick tips and explanations for NCVS data users on a variety of topics. In this video, BJS Statistician Susannah Tapp, PhD, looks at person and household noninterviews in the NCVS. Household noninterviews occur when no one from a selected household participates in the NCVS. There are three types of household noninterviews – Type A, Type B, and Type C.

Listen as Director Alexis R. Piquero, PhD, provides 2022 end-of-year remarks. 

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The webinar provides information on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) measures within BJS’s survey data collections, including methodological discussions and statistical estimates from published BJS reports. Learn more about—