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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Governance, Public Safety and Justice Data

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May 18, 2012

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Data file: vcs-2011-hhold-v1.1

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Valid: 24145

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 64

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Took measures to protect my house or property (target hardening)	137	0.6%
2	Increased awareness/more alert	84	0.3%
3	Acquired a gun	5	0%
4	Acquired another type of weapon (other than a gun)	3	0%
5	Don’t leave the house unattended	37	0.2%
6	Security alarm installed	10	0%
7	Replaced door locks	43	0.2%
8	Other (specify)	18	0.1%
88	Not applicable	23569	97.6%
99	Unspecified	239	1%

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.

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