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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34.4 Type of organization used for security other than police (v318)

Data file: VCS 1998 Main_v1

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Valid: 289

Invalid: 3610

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 410

End: 410

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Street committees	65	22.5%
2	Private security firm	44	15.2%
3	Groups in your area	75	26%
4	Community police forum	20	6.9%
5	Chief/headman	59	20.4%
6	Traditional healer	1	0.3%
7	Other	25	8.7%
Sysmiss		3610

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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