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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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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32.8 Actions of the offender in the assault or threat of assault (v282)

Data file: VCS 1998 Main_v1

Overview

Valid: 224

Invalid: 3675

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 370

End: 370

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 3

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Threaten to use a weapon/s without showing it	27	12.1%
2	Display a weapon/s such as a gun, knife or stick	89	39.7%
3	Actually use a weapon/s such as a gun, knife or stick	108	48.2%
Sysmiss		3675

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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