Crime and Community Action 1996-1997, PAGAD and the Cape Flats

South Africa, 1996 - 1997

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Reference ID

ZAF_1996_CCA_v01_M

Producer(s)

IDASA Public Opinion Service

Collection(s)

DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

Metadata

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Identification

Survey ID number

ZAF_1996_CCA_v01_M

Title

Crime and Community Action 1996-1997

Subtitle

PAGAD and the Cape Flats

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
South Africa	ZAF

Study type

Public Opinion Survey [ind/pos]

Abstract

In response to the establishment and controversial actions of the organisation People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD), IDASA's Public Opinion Service undertook a two- year study of citizen action against crime on the Cape flats. The study focused principally on the dynamics which led to the rise of Pagad in the Western Cape. It examined people’s perceptions of crime, their evaluations of the police and courts, and their willingness to co-operate with such 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 against crime.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Units of analysis in the survey were individuals

Version

Version Description

v1: Edited, anonymised data for research data centre use

Version Date

1997

Scope

Notes

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

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
crime [5.1]	CESSDA

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The survey had covered 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 household in the selected Cape Flats suburbs

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 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.

Access policy

Access conditions

Licensed datasets, accessible under conditions
At least one copy of any published work or report based in whole or part on tha dataset will be deposited with the South African Data Archive. Please indicate the title and number of the study utilized

Citation requirements

Public Opinion Service (IDASA). Crime and community action: Pagad and the Cape Flats, 1996-1997. Version 1. Cape Town: Public Opinion Service [producer], 1997. Pretoria: South African Data Archive [distributor], 2000.

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	URL
South African Data Archive (SADA)	National Research Foundation

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
Manager, DataFirst	University of Cape Town	info@data1st.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_ZAF_1996_CCA_v01_M

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
DataFirst	University of Cape Town	DDI Producer

Date of Metadata Production

2012-03-05

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 01: Adopted from "ddi-zaf-datafirst-cca-1996-1997-v1" DDI that was done by metadata producer mentioned in "Metadata Production" section.

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