Governance Public Safety and Justice Survey 2020-2021

South Africa, 2020 - 2021

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ZAF_2020_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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Mar 08, 2023

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Main thing you have done to protect yourself (Q24WhatWay)

Data file: gpsjs-2020-2021-individual-v1

Overview

Valid: 1000

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 88

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I do not walk alone anymore	58	5.8%
2	I use safer routes	24	2.4%
3	I only walk during safer hours	123	12.3%
4	I am more alert of my surroundings now	73	7.3%
5	I have now stopped using public transport	0	0%
6	I carry a pepper spray	14	1.4%
7	I carry a knife/screwdriver/blade	7	0.7%
8	I carry a gun	10	1%
9	I have enrolled in self-defence Class	1	0.1%
10	Other (specify)	58	5.8%
88	Not applicable	632	63.2%

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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