Governance Public Safety and Justice Survey 2021-2022
South Africa, 2021 - 2022
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Reference ID
ZAF_2021_GPSJS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
Created on
Mar 08, 2023
Last modified
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
Questions and instructions
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.