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Crime and Community Action 1996-1997

South Africa, 1996 - 1997
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Reference ID
ZAF_1996_CCA_v01_M
Producer(s)
IDASA Public Opinion Service
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    Survey ID number

    ZAF_1996_CCA_v01_M

    Title

    Crime and Community Action 1996-1997

    Subtitle

    PAGAD and the Cape Flats

    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa ZAF
    Study type

    Public Opinion Survey [ind/pos]

    Abstract

    In response to the establishment and controversial actions of the organisation People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD), IDASA's Public Opinion Service undertook a two- year study of citizen action against crime on the Cape flats. The study focused principally on the dynamics which led to the rise of Pagad in the Western Cape. It examined people’s perceptions of crime, their evaluations of the police and courts, and their willingness to co-operate with such institutions. It also examined the attitudes of people to the law and to PAGAD, as well as their willingness to take various forms of legal and illegal collective action against crime.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Units of analysis in the survey were individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    v1: Edited, anonymised data for research data centre use

    Version Date

    1997

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey collected backgroun data on respondents, including age, occupation, highest level of education, monthly household income, religion, language and gender. Public opinion data collected included types of crime in the respondents' neighbourhoods, perceptions of crime and safety, experience of crime, and views on police, courts and criminals.

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    crime [5.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey had covered selected suburbs in Cape Town

    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregation in the survey is suburb

    Universe

    All people 18 years and older living in household in the selected Cape Flats suburbs

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    IDASA Public Opinion Service

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    1996-08 1997-04 Cycle 1
    Data Collection Notes

    Telephone interviews were used for data collection. Simple random sampling was used in this study. Based on the information provided by Telkom, the estimate of telephone ownership ranged from 67% to 93% of households in the designated areas and this was used for sampling purposes.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL
    South African Data Archive (SADA) National Research Foundation http://www.nrf.ac.za/sada
    Access conditions

    Licensed datasets, accessible under conditions
    At least one copy of any published work or report based in whole or part on tha dataset will be deposited with the South African Data Archive. Please indicate the title and number of the study utilized

    Citation requirements

    Public Opinion Service (IDASA). Crime and community action: Pagad and the Cape Flats, 1996-1997. Version 1. Cape Town: Public Opinion Service [producer], 1997. Pretoria: South African Data Archive [distributor], 2000.

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Copyright

    Copyright, IDASA Public Opinion Service

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    Manager, DataFirst University of Cape Town info@data1st.org http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_ZAF_1996_CCA_v01_M

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town DDI Producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2012-03-05

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01: Adopted from "ddi-zaf-datafirst-cca-1996-1997-v1" DDI that was done by metadata producer mentioned in "Metadata Production" section.

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