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SCOTTISH CRIME SURVEY 2003
Footnotes
1. As discussed in Chapter 1, and in Appendix B, the definition of housebreaking and 'other household theft' reported here differs from previously published reports on the SCS.
2. This figure differs from the previously published figure of 65 per cent. This is due to the change in the definition of 'housebreaking' discussed in Appendix B.
3. The adjustments made to police recorded crime statistics to ensure their comparability with the SCS are discussed in Appendix D.
4. These figures differ from the previously published figures of 1999-33%, 1995-37%, 1992-39%. This is due to the change in the definition of 'housebreaking' discussed in Appendix B.
5. The figure of 18 per cent quoted here differs from the published police recorded crime figure of 24% per cent (Scottish Executive, 2004). This is because of the adjustments made to the police recorded crime figures to make them comparable to SCS figures. More details about the adjustment are given in Appendix D.
6. It was explained to respondents that 'in this area' was considered to be within 15 minutes walk of their home.
7. The results for 1996 can be found in MVA (1998). No comparable questions were asked in 1993.
8. There were only 96 black or ethnic minority individuals in the sample.
9. Respondents of all ages completed the self-completion module. However, because previous sweeps of the SCS only questioned 16 to 59 year-olds, analysis has been restricted to this age group for the 2003 SCS to allow comparison with previous sweeps of the survey. This excludes 1,134 people aged 60 or over from the analysis.
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