Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS) 2015: Online Feasibility Study

Footnotes

1. One local authority did not participate as the IT officer was absent on sick leave during the fieldwork period.

2. Beebe et al. (1998). An Evaluation of computer-assisted self-interviews in a school setting: Public Opinion Quarterly Volume 63: 23-632.

3. Brener et al. (2004). The association of survey setting and mode with self-reported health risk behaviours among high school students; Survey Methods Newsletter, National Centre for Social Research, Vol 22: Spring 2004.

4. Halfours et al. (2000). A comparison of paper versus computer-assisted self-interview for school alcohol, tobacco and other drug surveys.

5. Ager, R., Bailey, M. and Sizmur, J. (2014). The PISA 2015 Field Trial in Scotland. Slough: NFER.

6. ScotXed, (2013). Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS): To consider a proposal to move SALSUS from a paper based survey to an on-line administered survey in 2013. [Unpublished].

7. Ipsos MORI (n.d.) In-School Online Research: the Hows, Whys, Whens and When Nots of Using Online Interviewing in Schools. [Unpublished paper].

8. Telephone interview (28 November 2014) with Kate Tobin, Dartington Social Research, Researcher on Improving Children's Outcomes project.

9. For ease of comparison, we have shown liaison teacher results as a %, but it should be noted that, within each local authority, the base sizes were very small. In six local authorities the base size was 1, in five it was 2, in five it was 3, in four it was 4, in one it was 5, in two it was 6, in one it was 7, in one it was 8 and in one it was 9.

10. n/r = no response.

11. Technically, only around 4000 on paper would be needed for the mode experiment aspect but the paper sample also needs to be able provide nationally representative results in case there are problems with the online results.