Victims of Crime Survey 2014-2015
South Africa, 2014 - 2015
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zaf-statssa-vcs-2014-2015-v1.1
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Mar 15, 2016
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Housebreaking/burglary - Why not (Q128WhyNot)
Data file: vcs-2014-2015-hhold-v1.1
Overview
Valid:
24701
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
60
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not serious enough/no loss/kid's stuff | 51 |
0.2%
|
| 2 | Solved it myself/perpetrator known to me | 47 |
0.2%
|
| 3 | Inappropriate for police/police not necessary | 24 |
0.1%
|
| 4 | Reported to other authorities instead | 43 |
0.2%
|
| 5 | My family resolved it | 21 |
0.1%
|
| 6 | No insurance | 7 |
0%
|
| 7 | Police could do nothing/lack of proof | 145 |
0.6%
|
| 8 | Police won't do anything about it | 138 |
0.6%
|
| 9 | Fear/dislike of the police/no involvement wanted with police | 5 |
0%
|
| 10 | Didn't dare (for fear of reprisal) | 3 |
0%
|
| 11 | Other reasons | 45 |
0.2%
|
| 12 | Do not know | 3 |
0%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 24038 |
97.3%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 131 |
0.5%
|
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.