Crime and Community Action 1996-1997

South Africa, 1996 - 1997

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Reference ID

zaf-idasa-cca-1996-1997-v1

Producer(s)

IDASA Public Opinion Service

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Metadata

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Jun 06, 2012

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Apr 06, 2020

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Identification

Survey ID number

zaf-idasa-cca-1996-1997-v1

Title

Crime and Community Action 1996-1997

Country

Name	Country code
South Africa	zaf

Study type

Public Opinion Survey

Series Information

Institute for Democracy in South Africa. Crime and Community Action 1996-1997 [dataset].Version 1. Cape Town: IDASA Public Opinion Service [producer], 1997. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2015. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/1ak7-nj74

Abstract

In response to the establishment and controversial actions of the organisation "People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD)", during 1996 and 1997 IDASA's Public Opinion Service undertook a two- year study of citizen action against crime on the Cape flats. The study focuses principally on the dynamics which led to the rise of PAGAD in the Western Cape. It examines people’s perceptions of crime, their evaluations of the police and courts and their willingness to co-operate with these institutions. It also examined the attitudes of people to the law and to PAGAD, as well as their willingness to take various forms of legal and illegal collective action to combat crime.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data

Unit of Analysis

Individuals

Version

Version Description

v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution

Version Date

1997

Scope

Notes

The survey collects background data on respondents, including age, gender, occupation, highest level of education, monthly household income, religion, and language. Public opinion data collected includes types of crime in the respondents' neighbourhoods, perceptions of crime and safety, experience of crime, and views on criminals, police, and courts.

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
crime [5.1]	CESSDA

Keywords

Crime Gangsterism Community Action

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The survey covers selected suburbs in Cape Town

Geographic Unit

The lowest level of geographic aggregation in the survey is suburb

Universe

All people 18 years and older living in households in selected suburbs in the "Cape Flats" area of Cape Town

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
IDASA Public Opinion Service

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End	Cycle
1996-08	1997-04	Cycle 1

Data Collectors

Name
Research Surveys

Data Collection Notes

Telephone interviews were used for data collection. Simple random sampling was used in this study. Based on the information provided by Telkom, the estimate of telephone ownership ranged from 67% to 93% of households in the designated areas and this was used for sampling purposes.

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Access authority

Name	Affiliation	URL	Email
DataFirst	University of Cape Town		support@data1st.org

Access conditions

Public use files, available to all

Citation requirements

Disclaimer and copyrights

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
DataFirst Helpdesk	University of Cape Town	support@data1st.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

ddi-zaf-datafirst-cca-1996-1997-v1

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
DataFirst	University of Cape Town	Metadata producer

Date of Metadata Production

2020-04-06

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 3

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