Victims of Crime Survey 2017-2018

South Africa, 2017 - 2018

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ZAF_2017_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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Main dwelling (Q291Maindwelling)

Data file: vcs-2017-2018-v1-section21to28

Overview

Valid: 20985

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 677

End: 678

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Dwelling/house or brick/concrete block structure on a separate stand or yard or farm	13533	64.5%
2	Traditional dwelling/hut/structure made of traditional materials	1242	5.9%
3	Flat or apartment in a block of flats	727	3.5%
4	Cluster house in complex	168	0.8%
5	Town house (semi-detached house in complex)	363	1.7%
6	Semi-Detached house	396	1.9%
7	Dwelling/house/flat/room in backyard	739	3.5%
8	Informal dwelling/shack in backyard	1061	5.1%
9	Informal dwelling/shack not in backyard, e.g in an informal/squatter settlement or on a farm.	1531	7.3%
10	Room/flat let on a property or a larger dwelling/servants quarters/granny flat	780	3.7%
11	Caravan/tent	10	0%
12	Other (specify)	123	0.6%
99	Unspecified	312	1.5%

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.

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