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200------~--------------------------'-------------------~~ - -~-Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Public Attitudes Toward Crime and Criminal Justice-Related TopicslaDle 2.7 Respondents reporting that they worry about being the victim of a crime or that they have been the victim of a crime in thelast year, by type of crime and demographic chgracterlstics, United States, 1982!\oTE: See !\oTE, Table 2.1. The "percent who worry" are those who the last year. The murder victimization question asked if a closeindicated that they worry a "great deal" or a "good amount." The relative had been murdered in the last year. For a discussion of public"percent victimized" are those who indicated that they were victim~ opinion survey sampling procedures, see Appendix 7. For detailedduring the last year. The questions regarding rape were asked only of information on this survey, see Appendix 8.Women. Of the 1,051 wcmen iii the survey, 3 I'eported being raped inQuestions: "I'm going to mention some things that worry some people a great deal and others not very much. After each, please tell mewhether it worries you a great deai, a good amount, not very much or not at all. First, how much do you worry about (Read statement)? Do youworry a great deal, a good amount, not very much or not at all?"''Has that ever happened to you?" If yes, "Did that happen within the last year, that Is between last December and now, or was it longer agothan that?"(Percent)Have your car or Have your Being robbed Being Injured. by a Being injured by aproperty vandalized home burglarized on the street robber on the street burglar at homePercent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percentwho victimized who victimized who victimized who victimized who victimizedworry in last year worry in last year worry in last year worry in last year worry In last yearNational 45 16 46 5 31 2 29 31 (a)Sex:Male 1,2 17 40 4 24 2 21 I 21 (a)Female 49 15 53 5 40 2 40 (a) 44 IRace, ethnicity:White 43 15 43 4 28 2 26 (a) 28 (a)Black 60 26 64 10 52 2 50 I 50 (a)Hispanic 54 16 67 6 45 4 45 I 59 IBeing raped Being murderedPercent of wom-PercentPercent en who have Percent whose relativeof women been victims who was a victim_~I~() worry In last year worry in last year~,5 B 22X X 15 245 B 30 I43 B 18 I62 B 42 360 B 45 7Education:43College 40 18 41 6 25 3 21 I 25 IB 14IHigh school 50 15 50 4 36 2 36 (a) 36 (a) 47 B 28 2Grade school 42 9 49 2 43 I 34 I 39480B 31 2Employment status:Full-time emplo,'ed 44 17 43 5 27 2 25 I 27 IPart-time employed 49 19 46 6 32 3 31 (a) 30 IU,employed 48 20 52 5 39 I 40 0 42 0Laid off 42 14 42 0 33 0 28 3 36 0Retired 40 9 46 3 37 3 32 I 34 IFull-time homemoker 49 14 55 3 39 I 37 (a) 43 0Student 56 23 46 9 34 5 23 0 34 01",000 """ "."'40 19 41 6 26 3 22 (a) 24 (a)Income:20,000 to ~29,999 43 16 43 4 27 I 25 (a) 27 I12,000 to 19,999 47 14 45 3 30 I 30 I 30 08,000 to $11,999 54 17 53 5 40 3 42 I 42 IU,der $8,000 48 16 54 7 43 3 39 I 47 I47 B 18 I45 B 25 369 B 33 369 B 26 631 B 21 041 B 27 070 B 25 440 B 15 I45 B 18 246 B 23 I51 B 30 347 B 34 3Age:18 to 24 years 59 23 50 5 31653 30 (a) 33 (a)B 28 325 to 29 years 45 20 114 6 30 3 2654I 29 IB 21 230 to 49 years 42 17 44 6 28 2 27 I 28 (a) 44 B 20 I50 to 64 years 44 II 47 3 33 I 31 (a) 3237IB 19 I65 years and older 38 10 43 3 36 3 33 I 3534IB 22 (a)Community size:Large city 52 22 54 7 41 5 37 2 37 (a)Suburb 47 19 49 5 34 2 29 (a) 33 ISmall town 42 13 41 5 27 2 27 (a) 28 (a)Rural 37 II 38 2 24 (a) 23 (a) 26 (a)Region:N:>rtheast S2 17 53 5 40 3 37 2 37 (a)Midwest 42 16 40 4 24 2 26 (a) 27 ISouth 42 16 46 4 33 2 28 (a) 31 (a)West 44 15 43 7 26 2 24 (a) 30 (a)Neighborhood racial characteristics:Mostly or all white 41 14 42 4 27 2 25 (a) 27 IRacially mixed 58 22 59 7 42 3 42 1 44 (a)Mostly or all black 62 29 63 10 55 3 .55 3 48 INeighborhood age structure:Mostly younger than 35 years 44 21 39 5 26 2 22 0 23 (a)Mostly between 35 and 55 years 48 16 47 4 28 2 27 (a) 31 (a)Mostly older than 55 years 40 13 39 6 36 3 30 0 31 0Mixed, all ages 44 16 46 5 32 2 30 I 32 IaLess than or equal to 0.5 percent.Source: Table constructed by SOlRCEBCO< staff from data provided by the ABC News Poll; data were mode available through the CriminalJustice Archive and Information Network, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.53 B 26 I50 B 22 I40 B 20 237 B 19 249 B 29 I38 B 17 I46 B 21 2119 B 20 I42 B 18 I53 B 33 365 B 40 I48 B 14 I43 B 21 141 B 17 246 B 23 I