Governance Public Safety and Justice Survey 2021-2022

South Africa, 2021 - 2022

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ZAF_2021_GPSJS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Mar 08, 2023

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Main thing you have done to protect yourself (Q44WhatWay)

Data file: gpsjs-2021-2022-individual-v1

Overview

Valid: 1000

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	I do not walk alone anymore	50	5%
2	I use safer routes	78	7.8%
3	I only walk during safer hours	105	10.5%
4	I have now stopped using public transport	2	0.2%
5	I carry a pepper spray	10	1%
6	I carry a knife/screwdriver/blade	2	0.2%
7	I carry a gun	4	0.4%
8	I have enrolled in self-defence class	3	0.3%
9	Physical protection measure of home (e.g. burglar doors)	260	26%
10	Physical protection measure of vehicles (e.g. alarm)	26	2.6%
11	Private security (e.g. paid armed response)	65	6.5%
12	Other (specify)	28	2.8%
88	Not applicable	362	36.2%
99	Unspecified	5	0.5%

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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