Victims of Crime Survey 2011
South Africa, 2011
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zaf-statssa-vcs-2011-v1.1
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Statistics South Africa
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May 18, 2012
Last modified
Nov 23, 2020
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Data file: vcs-2011-hhold-v1.1
Overview
Valid:
24145
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
60
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not serious enough/no loss/kid’s stuff | 38 |
0.2%
|
| 2 | Solved it myself/perpetrator known to me | 30 |
0.1%
|
| 3 | Inappropriate for police/police not necessary | 11 |
0%
|
| 4 | Reported to other authorities instead | 19 |
0.1%
|
| 5 | My family resolved it | 16 |
0.1%
|
| 6 | No insurance | 6 |
0%
|
| 7 | Police could do nothing/lack of proof | 57 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | Police won’t do anything about it | 32 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Fear/dislike of the police/no involvement wanted with police | 3 |
0%
|
| 10 | Didn’t dare (for fear of reprisal) | 4 |
0%
|
| 11 | Other reasons | 34 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | Don’t know | 5 |
0%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 23662 |
98%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 228 |
0.9%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.