Governance Public Safety and Justice Survey 2023-2024

South Africa, 2023 - 2024

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ZAF_2023-2024_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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May 05, 2025

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Any member report theft of personal property (Whynot_theft)

Data file: gpsjs-2023-2024-individual-v1

Overview

Valid: 21050

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 88

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Solved it myself	82	0.4%
2	Inappropriate for police/ police not necessary	59	0.3%
3	Reported to other authorities instead	13	0.1%
4	My family resolved it	14	0.1%
5	No insurance	7	0%
7	Police could do nothing/ lack of proof	122	0.6%
8	Police would not do anything about it	104	0.5%
9	Fear/ dislike of the police/ no involvement wanted with police	5	0%
10	Did not dare (for fear of reprisal)	9	0%
11	I do not trust the police	12	0.1%
12	Other reasons (specify)	19	0.1%
13	Do not know	2	0%
88	Not applicable	20602	97.9%

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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