Final Report of Cognitive Research on the New Identity Theft Questions for the 2004 National Crime Victimization Survey

Written by:
SSM2004-02

Introduction

The Bureau of Justice Statistics proposed new questions on identity theft for inclusion in the 2005 National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). This question series will be part of the Basic Screen Questionnaire of the NCVS and will either be administered using a CATI or paper instrument. The Center for Survey Methods Research (CSMR) in the Statistical Research Division was asked to conduct an expert review and pretest these questions. In the next section we describe the methods used to conduct the research. Then, we report global findings – those that are relevant to multiple questions in the questionnaire. The bulk of the report contains an item-by-item summary of results including recommendations based on the findings, and the sponsor’s response to the recommendations.

Page Last Revised - October 8, 2021