Victims of Crime Survey 2015-2016
South Africa, 2015 - 2016
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zaf-statssa-vcs-2015-2016-v1
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Oct 25, 2019
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Theft of personal property - Why not (Q228WhyNot)
Data file: vcs-2015-2016-individual-v1
Overview
Valid:
21323
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
60
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not serious enough | 37 |
0.2%
|
| 2 | Solved it myself/perpetrator known to me | 7 |
0%
|
| 3 | Inappropriate for police/police not necessary | 22 |
0.1%
|
| 4 | Reported to other authorities instead | 7 |
0%
|
| 5 | My family resolved it | 5 |
0%
|
| 6 | No insurance | 3 |
0%
|
| 7 | Police could do nothing/lack of proof | 91 |
0.4%
|
| 8 | Police won't do anything about it | 54 |
0.3%
|
| 9 | Fear/dislike of the police/no involvement wanted with police | 2 |
0%
|
| 10 | Did not dare (for fear of reprisal) | 3 |
0%
|
| 11 | Other reasons | 27 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | Do not know | 2 |
0%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 21048 |
98.7%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 15 |
0.1%
|
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.