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1. Task One The syntax COMPUTE Total_Drug=Totaldrug. EXECUTE. Responses Question Items i. Q52A: Measures the use of 3 or more drinks of beer, wine, or other types of alcohol in the past year. ii. Q52B: Measures the use of marijuana in the past year. iii. Q52C: Measures the use of crack cocaine in the past year. iv. Q52D: Measures the use of powder cocaine in the past year. v. Q52E: Measures the use of methamphetamines ("Meth") in the past year. vi. Q52F: Measures the use of heroin in the past year. vii. Q52G: Measures the use of prescription opioids used for pain (e.g., OxyContin, Vicodin) in the past year. viii. Q52H: Allows respondents to specify other drugs they used in the past year Question Items Measurement The questions employ a standard response structure in which respondents indicate whether they used each substance in the previous 30 days, year, or lifetime. These replies are normally classified as 0 for "Never" and 1 for any affirmative response ("Within the last 30 days," "In the past year," or "In your lifetime"). Distribution of the new Composite Variable

vi. Q71F: Measures involvement in attempting to steal a motor vehicle in the past year. vii. Q71G: Measures involvement in receiving stolen goods in the past year. viii. Q71H: Allows respondents to specify other property crimes they were involved in during the past year. Question Items Measurement The questions employ a standard response structure in which respondents indicate whether they were involved in each property crime category in the previous 30 days, year, or lifetime. These replies are generally classified as 0 for "Never" and 1 for any affirmative response ("Within the last 30 days," "Within the past year," or "In your lifetime"). Distribution of the new Composite Variable Total number of self-reported property crime in the past year Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid 1 20 6.8 6.8 6.8 2 35 11.9 11.9 18.6 3 82 27.8 27.8 46.4 4 60 20.3 20.3 66.8 5 45 15.3 15.3 82.0 6 23 7.8 7.8 89.8 7 19 6.4 6.4 96.3 8 11 3.7 3.7 100.0 Total 295 100.0 100.0 6.8%, 11.9%, 27.8%, 20.3%, 15.3%, 7.8%, 6.4%and 3.7% of the participants must have stolen one, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight different properties respectively 3. Task Three

Syntax COMPUTE Violence=Violence. EXECUTE. Responses Question Items i. Q72A: Measures involvement in physical fighting in the past year. ii. Q72B: Measures involvement in attacking someone with the intent to seriously hurt them in the past year. iii. Q72C: Measures involvement in robbing or mugging someone in the past year. iv. Q72D: Measures involvement in group fighting or physical attack in the past year. v. Q72E: Measures involvement in using a weapon to get something from someone in the past year. vi. Q72F: Measures involvement in shooting or stabbing someone in the past year. vii. Q72G: Measures involvement in being involved in a physical fight where the respondent or someone else used a weapon in the past year. viii. Q72H: Measures involvement in beating up or physically attacking someone in the past year. ix. Q72I: Allows respondents to specify other violent offenses they were involved in during the past year. Question Items Measurement The questions employ a similar response style: respondents indicate whether they were involved in each violent offence type in the previous 30 days, year, or lifetime. These