Cycle 13: of the General Social Survey (GSS) is the third cycle (following cycles 3 and 8) that collected information in 1999 on the nature and extent of criminal victimisation in Canada. Focus content for cycle 13 addressed two areas of emerging interest: public perception toward alternatives to imprisonment; and spousal violence and senior abuse. Other subjects common to all three cycles include perceptions of crime, police and courts; crime prevention precautions; accident and crime screening sections; and accident and crime incident reports. The target population of the GSS is all individuals aged 15 and over living in a private household in one of the ten provinces.

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Documentation and user's guide (pdf) (doc)
Variance Tables - Appendix A (pdf) (wp)
Victimization questionnaire - Appendix B (pdf) (doc)
Comparison with Cycle 3, Cycle 8 and the
Violence Against Women Survey - Appendix C (pdf) (doc)
Comparison tables (pdf) (doc)

Data - Main file (uncompressed 24,323,440) (record length 938) (number of records 25,876) (2,931,567 zip)

Topical Index to Variables for main file - Appendix D (pdf) (xls)
Data dictionary for main file - Appendix E (pdf) (wp)
Record Layout for main file - Appendix F (pdf) (xls)
SAS code - Main file (ascii)
SPSS code - Main file (ascii)

Data - Incident file (uncompressed 2,864,708) (record length 282) (number of records 10,087) (389,120 zip)

Topical Index to Variables for incident file - Appendix G (pdf) (xls)
Data dictionary for incident file - Appendix H (pdf) (wp)
Record Layout for incident file - Appendix F (pdf) (xls)
SAS code - Incident file (ascii)
SPSS code - Incident file (ascii)