Quality of Life Survey 2023-2024
Round 7
South Africa, 2023 - 2024
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Reference ID
ZAF_2023_QoLS-R7_v01_M
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Gauteng City-Region Observatory
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- qols-2023-2024
Q4.2 - What is the biggest problem facing your neighbourhood or community? (q4_2_biggest_problem)
Data file: qols-2023-2024
Overview
Valid:
13795
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
374
End:
375
Width:
2
Range:
-3 - 19
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -3 | Fieldwork error | 0 |
0%
|
| -1 | Missing due to skip | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Crime (e.g. robbery, hijacking, murder, etc.) | 4893 |
35.5%
|
| 2 | Unemployment | 3014 |
21.8%
|
| 3 | Drugs | 1461 |
10.6%
|
| 4 | Alcohol abuse | 249 |
1.8%
|
| 5 | Violence against women and children / domestic violence / rape | 28 |
0.2%
|
| 6 | Corruption | 109 |
0.8%
|
| 7 | Disease (e.g. HIV / AIDS, malaria, diabetes, TB) | 8 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | Emergencies or disasters (e.g. fire, flood, drought, natural disaster) | 26 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | Foreigners | 158 |
1.1%
|
| 10 | Gangs | 32 |
0.2%
|
| 11 | High cost of living | 454 |
3.3%
|
| 12 | Lack of basic services (e.g. housing, water, electricity, roads) | 1808 |
13.1%
|
| 13 | Lack of maintenance (e.g. potholes, street lights, leaking pipes) | 734 |
5.3%
|
| 14 | Pollution (e.g. air, water, noise, litter, vandalism) | 136 |
1%
|
| 15 | Poverty (e.g. hunger, homelessness, begging) | 100 |
0.7%
|
| 16 | Protests, unrest, strikes | 8 |
0.1%
|
| 17 | Lack of security | 115 |
0.8%
|
| 18 | Other (specify) | 0 |
0%
|
| 19 | No problem | 462 |
3.3%
|
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.