The correlates of self-reported delinquency

The Correlates of Self-Reported Delinquency: An Analysis of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth The Correlates of Self-Reported Delinquency: An Analysis of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. [...] Executive Summary The present study was designed to examine the correlates of self-reported delinquency among youth between the ages of 12 and 15 using Canadian data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY). [...] The present study was primarily designed to identify the significant correlates of delinquency among youth between the ages of 12 and 15, using Canadian data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY). [...] Conceptually, the basic weight of each child in the NLSCY is roughly equal to the inverse of the child’s probability of selection. [...] In order to develop a meaningful measure of delinquency, which considered both the severity and the frequency of the behavior, weights were attached to each variable based upon the seriousness of the offence and subsequently multiplied by its frequency.