Governance Public Safety and Justice Survey 2018-2019

South Africa, 2018 - 2019

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ZAF_2018_GPSJS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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DDI/XML JSON

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Protection measures (Q84WhatWay)

Data file: gpsjs-2018-2019-individual-v1

Overview

Valid: 18970

Invalid: -

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 88

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 940

End: 941

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 88

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I do not walk alone anymore	805	4.2%
2	I am more alert of my surroundings/ use safer routes	1089	5.7%
3	I only walk during safer hours	1490	7.9%
4	I have now stopped using public transport	5	0%
5	I carry a pepper spray	97	0.5%
6	I carry a knife/screwdriver/blade	78	0.4%
7	I carry a gun	167	0.9%
8	I have enrolled in selfdefense class	21	0.1%
9	Physical protection measure of home (e.g. burglar doors)	2248	11.9%
10	Physical protection measure of vehicles (e.g. Alarm)	183	1%
11	Private security (e.g. paid armed response)	353	1.9%
12	Other (specify)	165	0.9%
88	Not applicable	12269	64.7%

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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