Victims of Crime Survey 1998
South Africa, 1998
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Reference ID
ZAF_1998_VCS_v01_M
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VCS 1998
Main_v1 -
VCS 1998
Person_v1
3.2 Crime most often discussed (v33)
Data file: VCS 1998 Main_v1
Overview
Valid:
2140
Invalid:
1759
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
77
End:
78
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 17
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 |
0.2%
|
|
| 1 | Pick-pocketing, bag or purse-snatching | 59 |
2.8%
|
| 2 | Other theft of personal goods | 173 |
8.1%
|
| 3 | Robbery with violence (excluding car hijacking) | 206 |
9.6%
|
| 4 | Bicycle theft | 6 |
0.3%
|
| 5 | Car theft or theft of any other type of vehicle | 76 |
3.6%
|
| 6 | Vehicle hijacking | 112 |
5.2%
|
| 7 | Murder/killing | 493 |
23%
|
| 8 | Sexual abuse | 72 |
3.4%
|
| 9 | Rape | 269 |
12.6%
|
| 10 | Domestic violence | 19 |
0.9%
|
| 11 | Burglary | 366 |
17.1%
|
| 12 | Political violence | 12 |
0.6%
|
| 13 | Assault | 61 |
2.9%
|
| 14 | Livestock/poultry theft | 127 |
5.9%
|
| 15 | White collar crime | 4 |
0.2%
|
| 16 | Corruption in the public service | 24 |
1.1%
|
| 17 | Other | 57 |
2.7%
|
| Sysmiss | 1759 |
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.