Governance Public Safety and Justice Survey 2023-2024

South Africa, 2023 - 2024

Get Microdata

Reference ID

ZAF_2023-2024_GPSJS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

Collection(s)

DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Study website

Created on

May 05, 2025

Last modified

May 05, 2025

Page views

15294

Downloads

594

Main thing you have done to protect yourself against crime (Whatway)

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

Overview

Valid: 21050

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 88

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I do not walk alone anymore	594	2.8%
2	I use safer routes	1260	6%
3	I only walk during safer hours	2919	13.9%
4	I am more aware of my surrounding now	23	0.1%
5	I have now stopped using public transport	212	1%
6	I carry a pepper spray	101	0.5%
7	I carry a knife/screwdriver/blade	205	1%
8	I carry a gun	40	0.2%
9	I have enrolled in self-defence class	1713	8.1%
10	Other (specify)	154	0.7%
11	Private security (e.g. paid armed response)	428	2%
12	Other (specify)	334	1.6%
88	Not applicable	13067	62.1%

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.

Back to Catalog