Victims of Crime Survey 2014-2015

South Africa, 2014 - 2015

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ZAF_2014_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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Theft of personal property - Why Not (Q228WhyNot)

Data file: vocs-2014-2015-selected-person-20160315

Overview

Valid: 24024

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 99

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 155

End: 156

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Not serious enough/no loss/kid's stuff	36	0.1%
2	Solved it myself/perpetrator known to me	14	0.1%
3	Inappropriate for police/police not necessary	17	0.1%
4	Reported to other authorities instead	5	0%
5	My family resolved it	3	0%
6	No insurance	6	0%
7	Police could do nothing/lack of proof	106	0.4%
8	Police won't do anything about it	68	0.3%
9	Fear/dislike of the police/no involvement wanted with police	1	0%
10	Didn't dare (for fear of reprisal)	6	0%
11	Other reasons	21	0.1%
88	Not applicable	23713	98.7%
99	Unspecified	28	0.1%

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.

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