Guns and Gangs

Scored Dataset Contents


tcid Study ID Number
site Study Site
cohort Cohort
C8W1A What Is The Name of The Gang?
INTID Interviewer ID Number
C8W1 Member of Gang/Posse Last 12 Months
C8W1B How Many Members Are There in Your Gang?
C8W1C When Did You Join This Gang?
C8W1D Are You Still A Member of The Gang?
C8W1E Best Description of Your Position in Gan
C8W1F Do You Know Anyone in a Gang?
C8W1G Are Your Friends With Anyone in a Gang?
C8W1H How Much Pressure You Get To Join a Gang
C8W2A (SK) Do You Own a Small Pocket Knife?
C8W2B (SK) Could You Get One if You Wanted To?
C8W2C (SK) Have You Carried It in Past Year?
C8W2D (SK) Pulled It on Someone in Past Year?
C8W2E (SK) Hurt Someone W/ It in Past Year?
C8W3A (LK) Own a Large Knife/Switchblade/Razor
C8W3B (LK) Could You Get One if You Wanted To?
C8W3C (LK) Have You Carried It in Past Year?
C8W3D (LK) Pulled It on Someone in Past Year?
C8W3E (LK) Hurt Someone W/ It in Past Year?
C8W4A (PH) Parents Own Gun (Protection/Hunting
C8W4B (PH) Is it Locked Up?
C8W4C (PH) Do Your Parents Let You Use It?
C8W4D (PH) Taken W/O Permission in Past Year?
C8W4E (PH) Pulled It on Someone in Past Year?
C8W4F (PH) Hurt Someone W/ It in the Past Year
C8W5A Do You Own a Non-Hunting Gun?
C8W5B Could You Get One if You Wanted?
C8W5C Carried It With You in The Past Year?
C8W5D Pulled It on Someone in the Past Year?
C8W5E Hurt Someone With It in The Past Year?
SITECODE Actual Code Number Entered
C8W2Cr Recoded-(SK) Have You Carried It in Past Year?
C8W2Dr Recoded-(SK) Pulled It on Someone in Past Year?
C8W2Er Recoded-(SK) Hurt Someone W/ It in Past Year?
C8W3Cr Recoded-(LK) Have You Carried It in Past Year?
C8W3Dr Recoded-(LK) Pulled It on Someone in Past Year?
C8W3Er Recoded-(LK) Hurt Someone W/ It in Past Year?
C8W4Dr Recoded-(PH) Taken W/O Permission in Past Year?
C8W4Er Recoded-(PH) Pulled It on Someone in Past Year?
C8W4Fr Recoded-(PH) Hurt Someone W/ It in the Past Year
C8W5Cr Recoded-(NH) Carried It With You in The Past Year?
C8W5Dr Recoded-(NH) Pulled It on Someone in the Past Year?
C8W5Er Recoded-(NH) Hurt Someone With It in The Past Year?
C8W2Br Recoded-(SK) Could you get one if you wanted to?
C8W3Br Recoded-(LK) Could you get one if you wanted to?
C8W5Br Recoded-(NH) Could you get one if you wanted to?
C8W4Br Parent's Gun Not Locked?
C8W4Cr Recoded- (PH) Do Your Parents Let You Use It?
gag8own # of weapons child owns
gag8get # of weapons can easily get, if do not own one
gag8oog # of weapons child owns or can easily get
gag8car # of weapons carried in last 12 months
gag8pul # of weapons pulled on someone in last 12 months
gag8hur # of weapons used to hurt someone in last 12 months
gag8ssk Summary of use/availability of small knife
gag8slk Summary of use/availability of large knife
gag8sog Summary of use/availability of own gun
gag8spg Summary of use/availability of parents gun
gag8saw Summary of use/availability of all weapons
C8W1FG Know anyone or friend who is a member of a gang
C8W1Hr Feel at least some pressure to join a gang
C8W1Cr Recoded-When did join a gang 0=this yr,1=last yr,2=2+ yrs ago
C8W1Er Recoded-Position in gang, 1=leader/top person, 0 else
gag8exg Exposure to/Involvement in Gangs