The Safety Monitor in The Netherlands Leanne Houben 22 june 2010 Statistics Netherlands
Overview Objectives Features Modes Victimisation / mode Weighting Conclusion Statistics Netherlands
Objectives Monitoring safety feelings, victimisation, etc. at national, regional and local level Assess differences between regions Assess changes over time Assess relationships with background characteristics Statistics Netherlands
Features Design Frequency Study population Response Oversampling Questionnaire partly obligatory with optional blocks Multi-modular design (CAWI, PAPI, CATI & CAPI) Statistics Netherlands
Questionnaire Obligatory Optional Liveability Reporting crime Problems in neighbourhood Feelings of unsafety victimisation Optional Reporting crime Preventive measures Citizen-police contact Police functioning Opinion about police and local authorities Unsafe locations Irrespective behaviour Statistics Netherlands
Sequential mixed mode design cawi papi cati or capi Statistics Netherlands
Descriptives Characteristics 2008 2009 Communities oversampled 77 239 Response 62.803 198.122 Response rate 40.3% 39.6% CAWI 56 % 69 % PAPER 11 % 12 % CATI 27 % 17 % CAPI 5 % 1% Statistics Netherlands
Weighting (1) Sex Police region Age Household size Level of urbanisation Country of origin Oversampling at police region level / community level Response mode Statistics Netherlands
After weighting with the standard procedure Response modes 2008 2009 Cati & Capi 40,9% 25,9% Cawi & Papi 59,1% 74,4% Correction : 40% cati & capi and 60% cawi & papi Statistics Netherlands
Conclusion Different modes give different levels of victimisation Cawi & capi higher levels, paper lowest Additional research mode & selection effect necessary Statistics Netherlands Very powerfull tool to provide information on feelings of safety, contentment about the neighbourhood and victimisation of crime and this at national and local level Possibility to get time series results and to determine trends from 2005 onwards Possibility to enrich the data with information from the Social Statistics Database such as individual or neighborhood features and with information from registered crime.