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Houshold Survey

Contents and questions posed in the parent survey
The primary objective of the household-based approach is to collect data to better estimate of prevalence rates of child victimization experienced by children under age 15, and to test a comprehensive profile of individual and family risk factors correlating to child victimization. Each questionnaire is divided into sections to be completed by a parent.

Target group
Both children aged 15 – 17 and parents with children aged below 15 will be interviewed.

Conducting the parent survey
To ensure that a high response rate was obtained and to facilitate a fairly lengthy interview of about 45 minutes, a face-to-face household interview was adopted. The procedure proposed adopted was a multi-wave, multi-contact approach, aimed at increasing the proportion of respondents willing to co-operate in the survey and the chance of contacting the selected households.

Results of the study
Initial results of the household survey are expected from September 2010.