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eturned. Based on several years of experience of Friends-International in assembling
questionnaires for the Phnom Penh SCP, the standard frame for the CSCN profile was
set. In addition, each CSCN member provided input into the development of an extended
questionnaire suited to revealing information on street children/youth in the six specific
locations. The content was thus adjusted to the geographical context and the services
provided by each CSCN member, and based on feedback and recommendations from
social workers, beneficiaries and previous SCP editors. Before conducting the survey,
the CSCN assigned staff were trained in the use of the questionnaire and data collection
techniques. The following CSCN questionnaire guidelines were introduced:
• All questionnaires have to be completed by CSCN social workers/case
managers;
• Selected CSCN staff have sufficient time to conduct the questionnaires;
• Information should only be attained about children/youth who are well
known to the CSCN staff;
• Only children/youth who arrived in the CSCN centres between 1 st January
2008 and 31st De-cember 2008;
• Only information about children/youth between 0-24 years of age;
• Information should be taken from existing files/forms/knowledge not
directly from the chil-dren/youth;
• If there is uncertainty about answering a question do not create
information - keep the box blank and move on to the next question.
Several methodological challenges are necessary to address when conducting a
questionnaire survey about street children/youth. As accepting what street children/
youth say as fact often is associated with uncertainties 10 , the CSCN social workers
were appointed as intermediaries to fill out the questionnaires. For this reason it has
only been possible to conduct closed-ended questionnaires about the street children/
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