Victims of Crime Survey 2011

South Africa, 2011

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ZAF_2011_VCS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Jan 09, 2013

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Data file: VCS 2011 Hhold_v1

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Valid: 24145

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 457

End: 458

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Took measures to protect the house or property (target hardening)	195	0.8%
2	Increased awareness/more alert	66	0.3%
3	Acquired a gun	7	0%
4	Acquired another type of weapon (other than a gun)	1	0%
5	Don’t leave the house unattended	69	0.3%
6	Security alarm installment	47	0.2%
7	Replaced door locks	96	0.4%
8	Other (specify)	36	0.1%
88	Not applicable	23406	96.9%
99	Unspecified	222	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.

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