Victims of Crime Survey 1998
South Africa, 1998
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ZAF_1998_VCS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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VCS 1998
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VCS 1998
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29.14 Reasons for not reporting killing to the police (v251)
Data file: VCS 1998 Main_v1
Overview
Valid:
16
Invalid:
3883
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
333
End:
334
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 11
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 |
6.3%
|
|
| 1 | Police arrived before it could be reported | 1 |
6.3%
|
| 2 | Believed police would fail to solve the crime | 6 |
37.5%
|
| 3 | Police inappropriate/not necessary | 0 |
0%
|
| 4 | Police are corrupt | 0 |
0%
|
| 5 | Fear of reprisals by police | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | Fear of reprisals by the offender | 1 |
6.3%
|
| 7 | Fear of being blamed for the crime | 2 |
12.5%
|
| 8 | Previous bad experiences when dealing with the police | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Police are inaccessible/too far away | 1 |
6.3%
|
| 10 | Could not identify the perpetrator | 3 |
18.8%
|
| 11 | Other | 1 |
6.3%
|
| Sysmiss | 3883 |
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.