British Crime Survey: options for extending the coverage to children and people living in communal establishments

● ● children in the BCS would be feasible and that this should be done by including children aged 10-15 identified in the households selected for the core BCS. Interviews should only be attempted in households where an interview with the main adult was achieved. There are two approaches that could be used to obtain ● ● information from these children: a mix of CAPI, CASI and audio-CASI or a paper questionnaire. The decision depends on the balance between costs and quality/ flexibility. If the higher quality computer interviewing is used, then the number of children selected in each household should be limited to one. If a paper questionnaire is used, then more than one child in a household could be included. Information from the children should not be combined ● ● with the core BCS data - the two should be analysed