National Victims of Crime Survey 2003

South Africa, 2003

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ZAF_2003_NVCS_v01_M

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Institute for Security Studies

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Data file: NVCS 2003_v1

The NVCS 2003_v1 data file contains all variables in the questionnaire except questions in the Roster file.

Cases:	4860
Variables:	829

Variables

draid

qesnum

the questionnaire number

hhros

the household roster number

prov

type

eanum

area

vill

the village name

city

head

the name of the household head

int

the name of the interviewer

date

the date of the interview

q1_12_1a

q1.12.1a assistance received by the household as a source of income

q1_12_1b

q1.12.1b assistance received by the household as a source of income

q1_12_1c

q1.12.1c assistance received by the household as a source of income

q1_121oa

q1.12.1oa assistance received by the household as a source of income

q1_13

q1.13 the amount of time the respondent has been living in this neighbour

q1_14

q1.14 house owned by respondent

q1_14_1

q1.14.1 type of tenancy

q1_14_1o

q1.14.1o other type of tenancy

q1_15

q1.15 a household member owned a working motor vehicle in the past year

q1_15_1

q1.15.1 a household member owns a working motor car / bakkie

q1_15_2

q1.15.2 a household member owns a working motorbike / scooter

q1_15_3

q1.15.3 a household member owns a working truck

q1_15_4

q1.15.4 a household member owns a working taxi / van / minibus

q1_15_5

q1.15.5 a household member owns a working bicycle

q1_15_6a

q1.15.6a other means of transport owned by household members

q1_15_6b

q1.15.6b other means of transport owned by household members

q1_156oa

q1.15.6oa other means of transport owned by household members

q1_16_1a

q1.16.1a main language of household

q1_16_1b

q1.16.1b main language of household

q1_16_1o

q1.16.1o main language of household

q1_16_2

q1.16.2 respondent was born in south africa

q1_17

q1.17 race of respondent

q2_1_1

q2.1.1 main material used for the walls of the house

q2_1_2

q2.1.2 main material used for the roof of this house

q2_1_3

q2.1.3 main material used for the floor of this house

q2_1_4

q2.1.4 number of rooms in the house

q2_2_1

q2.2.1 main source of water

q2_2_1o

q2.2.1o other main source of water

q2_2_2

q2.2.2 type of toilet

q2_2_3

q2.2.3 location of toilet

q2_3_1

q2.3.1 respondent personally knows of any young people below the age of 21 w

q2_3_2

q2.3.2 current age of the person who has lost a caregiver to hiv/aids

q2_3_3

q2.3.3 guardian with whom the person who lost a caregiver to hiv/aids stays

q2_3_3o

q2.3.3o other guardian with whom the person who lost a caregiver to hiv/aids

q3_1

q3.1 perceived change in the level of crime in the past 3 years

q3_1_1

q3.1.1 perceived change in the level of violent crime in the past 3 years

q3_1_2

q3.1.2 perceived change in the level of property crime in the past 3 years

q3_2

q3.2 one crime that occurs most in the area

q3_2o

q3.2o other one crime which occurs most in the area

q3_3

q3.3 perceived change in given crime(q3.2) over the past 3 years

q3_4

q3.4 one crime which the respondent is most scared of

q3_4o

q3.4o other one crime which the respondent is most scared of

q3_5_1

q3.5.1 perceived culprit committing property crimes in this area

q3_5_2

q3.5.2 perceived birthplace of culprits committing property crimes in this

q3_5_3

q3.5.3 perceived motivation of culprits for committing property crimes in

q3_6_1

q3.6.1 perceived culprit committing violent crimes in this area

q3_6_2

q3.6.2 perceived birthplace of culprits committing violent crimes in this

q3_6_3

q3.6.3 perceived motivation for culprits who commit violent crimes in this

q3_7

q3.7 respondent knows someone who is making their living from crime in t

q3_8_1

q3.8.1 level of crime prevents the respondent from using public transport w

q3_8_1_1

q3.8.1.1 respondent would use public transport if accompanied by someone els

q3_8_2

q3.8.2 the level of crime prevents the respondent from walking to the shop

q3_8_2_1

q3.8.2.1 the respondent would walk to the shops if accompanied by someone el

q3_8_3

q3.8.3 the level of crime prevents the respondent from walking to work / t

q3_8_3_1

q3.8.3.1 the respondent would walk to work / town if accompanied by someone

q3_8_4

q3.8.4 the level of crime prevents the respondent from walking to fetch wa

q3_8_4_1

q3.8.4.1 the respondent would walk to fetch water if accompanied by someone

q3_8_5

q3.8.5 the level of crime prevents the respondent from walking to fetch fi

q3_8_5_1

q3.8.5.1 the respondent would walk to fetch firewood if accompanied by someo

q3_8_6

q3.8.6 the level of crime prevents the respondent from walking or playing

q3_8_6_1

q3.8.6.1 the respondent would walk or play in open spaces or parks if accomp

q3_8_7

q3.8.7 the level of crime prevents the respondent from allowing their chil

q3_8_7_1

q3.8.7.1 the respondent would allow their children to play in the area if ac

q3_8_8

q3.8.8 the level of crime prevents the respondent from allowing his or her

q3_8_8_1

q3.8.8.1 the respondent would allow his or her children to walk to school if

q3_8_9

q3.8.9 the level of crime prevents the respondent from keeping livestock o

q3_8_10

q3.8.10 the level of crime prevents the respondent from investing / starti

q4_1

q4.1 feelings of safety whilst walking alone in this area during the day

q4_2

q4.2 feelings of safety whilst walking alone in this area after dark

q4_3

q4.3 respondent has discussed crime with others in the last two weeks

q4_4

q4.4 the main area of crime discussed

q4_4o

q4.4o the other main topic of conversation in the respondents dissuasion

q5_1_1

q5.1.1 suggestion to government on what to spend money on in order to make

q5_1_2

q5.1.2 suggestion to government on what to spend money on in order to make

q5_2a

q5.2a measures respondent has taken to protect self or household against

q5_2b

q5.2b measures respondent has taken to protect self or household against

q5_2c

q5.2c measures respondent has taken to protect self or household against

q5_2d

q5.2d measures respondent has taken to protect self or household against

q5_2e

q5.2e measures respondent has taken to protect self or household against

q5_2oa

q5.2oa measures the respondent has taken to protect self or household aga

q5_2_1

q5.2.1 the respondent feels safer as a result of the precautions taken

q5_3

q5.3 there is an organisation or group, other than the police, in this

q5_4_1

q5.4.1 the most active group in the area which provides protection against

q5_4_2

q5.4.2 the group that provides protection against crime has a joining fee

q5_4_3

q5.4.3 the group that provides protection against crime administers physic

q5_5

q5.5 the respondent has seen a protection group apprehending a suspect i

q5_6

q5.6 the respondent has seen a protection group administering physical p

q5_7

q5.7 the respondent has seen a member of the public administer physical

q5_8

q5.8 the respondent knows what a community police forum (cpf) is

q5_9

q5.9 there is a cpf in this area

q5_10

q5.10 respondent has ever attended a cpf meeting

q6a_1

q6a.1 respondent has seen someone being violently killed

q6a_2

q6a.2 age of the respondent when witnessed someone killed

q6a_3_1

q6a.3.1 respondent knew the person who was killed

q6a_3_2

q6a.3.2 relationship between the respondent and the person who was killed v

q6a_3_2o

q6a.3.2o other relationship between the respondent and the person who was kil

q6_1_1

q6.1.1 respondent knows where to take someone for medical assistance if th

q6_1_1a

q6.1.1a place the respondent would take someone who was raped

q6_1_1oa

q6.1.1oa other place the respondent would take someone who was raped

q6_1_2

q6.1.2 respondent knows where to take someone for counselling if they had

q6_1_2a

q6.1.2a place the respondent would take someone for counselling

q6_1_2oa

q6.1.2oa other place the respondent would take someone for counselling

q6_1_3

q6.1.3 respondent knows of a shelter or place of safety to take someone wh

q6_1_3a

q6.1.3a nature of the shelter or place of safety

q6_1_3oa

q6.1.3oa other - nature of the shelter or place of safety

q6_1_4

q6.1.4 respondent knows where to take someone for financial support if they

q6_1_4a

q6.1.4a place respondent would take someone for financial support if they h

q6_1_4oa

q6.1.4oa other place the respondent would take someone for financial support

q6_1_5

q6.1.5 respondent knows where to take someone to access information on how

q6_1_5a

q6.1.5a place the respondent would take someone for information on how to p

q6_1_5oa

q6.1.5oa other place the respondent would take someone for information on how

q7_1

q7.1 respondent knows his or her next-door neighbours name

q7_2

q7.2 respondent would ask his or her neighbour to look after his or her h

q7_3

q7.3 respondent would let neighbours look after his or her children for

q7_4

q7.4 respondent would attend a funeral of a community member

q7_5_1

q7.5.1 the respondent is involved in a religious group

q7_5_2

q7.5.2 the respondent is involved in a stokvel

q7_5_3

q7.5.3 the respondent is involved in a burial society

q7_5_4

q7.5.4 the respondent is involved in a sports group

q7_5_5

q7.5.5 the respondent is involved in another group

q8_1

q8.1 the respondent knows where the nearest police station is

q8_1_1

q8.1.1 average length of time it takes to get to the police station by mea

q8_1_2

q8.1.2 the respondent has been to the police station in the last 3 months

q8_1_3

q8.1.3 the respondent has been in official contact with police other than

q8_2

q8.2 the contact with the police in the last 3 years affected the respon

q8_2_1

q8.2.1 how the respondents opinion of the police has changed

q8_2_2

q8.2.2 evaluation of the police performance in this area

q8_2_3a

q8.2.3a reason respondent perceives that the police are doing a good job

q8_2_3b

q8.2.3b reason respondent perceives that the police are doing a good job

q8_2_3c

q8.2.3c reason respondent perceives that the police are doing a good job

q8_2_3oa

q8.2.3oa other reasons that the police are doing a good job

q8_2_4a

q8.2.4a reason the respondent perceives that the police are doing a poor job

q8_2_4b

q8.2.4b reason the respondent perceives that the police are doing a poor job

q8_2_4c

q8.2.4c reason the respondent perceives that the police are doing a poor job

q8_2_4d

q8.2.4d reason the respondent perceives that the police are doing a poor job

q8_2_4e

q8.2.4e reason the respondent perceives that the police are doing a poor job

q8_2_4f

q8.2.4f reason the respondent perceives that the police are doing a poor job

q8_2_4oa

q8.2.4oa the reason the respondent feels the police are doing a poor job

q8_2_4ob

q8.2.4ob the reason the respondent feels the police are doing a poor job

q8_3_1

q8.3.1 respondent would report a car being stolen to the police - if knew

q8_3_2a

q8.3.2a the reason the respondent would not report a car being stolen to th

q8_3_2b

q8.3.2b the reason the respondent would not report a car being stolen to th

q8_3_2c

q8.3.2c the reason the respondent would not report a car being stolen to th

q8_3_2oa

q8.3.2oa the reason the respondent would not report a car being stolen to t

q8_3_3

q8.3.3 the respondent would report domestic violence to the police - if kn

q8_3_4a

q8.3.4a the reason the respondent would not report domestic violence to the

q8_3_4b

q8.3.4b the reason the respondent would not report domestic violence to the

q8_3_4c

q8.3.4c the reason the respondent would not report domestic violence to the

q8_3_4oa

q8.3.4oa the reason the respondent would not report domestic violence to th

q8_4

q8.4 frequency of seeing a police officer in uniform in your area

q8_5

q8.5 there have been specialised police operations in this area in the p

q8_6

q8.6 the specialised operation helped reduce crime in this area

q8_7

q8.7 the respondent would teach their children to approach a police offi

q9_1

q9.1 the respondent knows where the nearest magistrates court is

q9_2

q9.2 the average length of time it would take to get to the magistrates

q9_3

q9.3 the respondent feels that the courts are generally performing their

q9_4

q9.4 the respondent has been to court in the last three months

q9_5

q9.5 the reason the respondent went to court

q9_5o

q9.5o the other reason the respondent went to court

q9_6_1

q9.6.1 the respondent was satisfied with the overall service of prosecutor

q9_6_2

q9.6.2 the respondent was satisfied with the overall service of magistrate

q9_7

q9.7 the respondent is satisfied with the way the courts generally deal

q9_8a

q9.8a the reason why the respondent is generally happy with the courts

q9_8b

q9.8b the reason why the respondent is generally happy with the courts

q9_8c

q9.8c the reason why the respondent is generally happy with the courts

q9_8oa

q9.8oa the reason why the respondent is generally happy with the courts

q9_8ob

q9.8ob the reason why the respondent is generally happy with the courts

q9_9a

q9.9a the reason why the respondent is generally not happy with the court

q9_9b

q9.9b the reason why the respondent is generally not happy with the court

q9_9c

q9.9c the reason why the respondent is generally not happy with the court

q9_9d

q9.9d the reason why the respondent is generally not happy with the court

q9_9e

q9.9e the reason why the respondent is generally not happy with the court

q9_9oa

q9.9oa the reason why the respondent is generally not happy with the cour

q9_9ob

q9.9ob the reason why the respondent is generally not happy with the cour

q10_1_1

q10.1.1 in the past year a government official has indicated they would be

q10_1_2

q10.1.2 in the past year a government official has indicated that they woul

q10_1_3

q10.1.3 in the past year a government official has indicated that they woul

q10_2_1

q10.2.1 in the past year a government or public official indicated to the r

q102_1_2

q10.2.1.2 the respondents response to official's request

q102_1_3

q10.2.1.3 the official's reaction to the respondent refusing to pay

q10_2_2

q10.2.2 in the past year a government or public official indicated to the r

q102_2_2

q10.2.2.2 the respondents response to official's request

q102_2_3

q10.2.2.3 the official's reaction to the respondent refusing to pay

q10_2_3

q10.2.3 in the past year a government or public official indicated to the r

q102_3_2

q10.2.3.2 the respondents response to official's request

q102_3_3

q10.2.3.3 the official's reaction to the respondent refusing to pay

q10_2_4

q10.2.4 in the past year a government or public official indicated to the r

q102_4_2

q10.2.4.2 the respondents response to official's request

q102_4_3

q10.2.4.3 the official's reaction to the respondent refusing to pay

q10_2_5

q10.2.5 in the past year a government or public official indicated to the r

q102_5_2

q10.2.5.2 the respondents response to official's request

q102_5_3

q10.2.5.3 the official's reaction to the respondent refusing to pay

q102_6

q10.2.6 in the past year a government or public official indicated to the r

q102_6_2

q10.2.6.2 the respondents response to official's request

q102_6_3

q10.2.6.3 the official's reaction to the respondent refusing to pay

q10_2_7

q10.2.7 in the past year a government or public official indicated to the r

q102_7_2

q10.2.7.2 the respondents response to official's request

q102_7_3

q10.2.7.3 the official's reaction to the respondent refusing to pay

q10_2_8

q10.2.8 in the past year a government or public official indicated to the r

q102_8_2

q10.2.8.2 the respondents response to official's request

q102_8_3

q10.2.8.3 the official's reaction to the respondent refusing to pay

q10_2_9

q10.2.9 in the past year a government or public official indicated to the r

q102_9_2

q10.2.9.2 the respondents response to official's request

q102_9_3

q10.2.9.3 the official's reaction to the respondent refusing to pay

q10_2_10

q10.2.10 in the past year a government or public official indicated to the

q102_102

q10.2.10.2 the respondents response to official's request

q102_103

q10.2.10.3 the official's reaction to the respondent refusing to pay

q10_2_11

q10.2.11 in the past year a government or public official indicated to the

q102_112

q10.2.11.2 the respondents response to official's request

q102_113

q10.2.11.3 the official's reaction to the respondent refusing to pay

q10_2_12

q10.2.12 in the past year a government or public official indicated to the

q102_122

q10.2.12.2 the respondents response to official's request

q102_123

q10.2.12.3 the official's reaction to the respondent refusing to pay

q10_2_13

q10.2.13 in the past year a government or public official indicated to the

q102_132

q10.2.13.2 the respondents response to official's request

q102_133

q10.2.13.3 the official's reaction to the respondent refusing to pay

q10_2_14

q10.2.14 in the past year a government or public official indicated to the

q102_142

q10.2.14.2 the respondents response to official's request

q102_143

q10.2.14.3 the official's reaction to the respondent refusing to pay

q10_2_15

q10.2.15 in the past year a government or public official indicated to the

q102_15o

q102.15o the other service which an official was willing to perform in retur

q102_152

q10.2.15.2 the respondents response to official's request

q102_153

q10.2.15.3 the official's reaction to the respondent refusing to pay

q10_3

q10.3 the respondents perceived change in the amount of requests made by

q10_4_1

q10.4.1 when applying for a job in the private sector someone has asked th

q10_4_2

q10.4.2 when applying for a job in the private sector someone has asked th

q10_5

q10.5 the respondent has tried to report a corrupt official

q10_5_1

q10.5.1 the person whom the respondent reported the corrupt official to

q10_5_1o

q10.5.1o the other person whom the respondent reported the corrupt officia

q10_5_2

q10.5.2 the reason why the respondent never tried to report a corrupt offi

q10_5_2o

q10.5.2o the other reason why the respondent never tried to report a corru

q11_1

q11.1 the respondent has experienced a car theft in the last 5 years

q11_1_1

q11.1.1 the respondent has experienced a car theft in the last 12 months

q11_1_2a

q11.1.2a month in which the car theft occurred

q11_1_2b

q11.1.2b year in which the car theft occurred

q11_2

q11.2 the respondent has experienced hijacking of a car in the last 5 yea

q11_2_1

q11.2.1 the respondent has experienced a hijacking of a car in the last 1

q11_2_2a

q11.2.2a month the hijacking occurred

q11_2_2b

q11.2.2b year the hijacking occurred

q11_3

q11.3 the respondent has experienced a home burglary or breakings in the

q11_3_1

q11.3.1 the respondent has experienced a home burglary or breakings in th

q11_3_2a

q11.3.2a the month the house breakings/ burglary occurred

q11_3_2b

q11.3.2b the year the house breakings / burglary occurred

q11_4

q11.4 experienced theft of personal property in the last five years

q11_4_1

q11.4.1 experienced theft of personal property in the last twelve months

q11_4_2a

q11.4.2a month the incident occurred

q11_4_2b

q11.4.2b year the incident occurred

q11_5

q11.5 experienced a robbery in the last five years

q11_5_1

q11.5.1 experienced a robbery in the past twelve months

q11_5_2a

q11.5.2a month the incident occurred

q11_5_2b

q11.5.2b year the incident occurred

q11_6

q11.6 experienced theft of livestock in the last five years

q11_6_1

q11.6.1 experienced theft of livestock in the last twelve months

q11_6_2a

q11.6.2a month the incident occurred

q11_6_2b

q11.6.2b year the incident occurred

q11_7

q11.7 experienced theft of crops in the last five years

q11_7_1

q11.7.1 experienced theft of crops in the past twelve months

q11_7_2a

q11.7.2a month the incident occurred

q11_7_2b

q11.7.2b year the incident occurred

q11_8

q11.8 experienced the theft of a bicycle in the last five years

q11_8_1

q11.8.1 experienced the theft of a bicycle in the past twelve months

q11_8_2a

q11.8.2a month the incident occurred

q11_8_2b

q11.8.2b year the incident occurred

q11_9

q11.9 any experience of assault in the last 5 years

q11_9_1

q11.9.1 any experience of assault in the last 12 months

q11_9_2a

q11.9.2a the month in which the last incident occurred

q11_9_2b

q11.9.2b the year in which the last incident occurred

q11_10

q11.10 any experience of sexual assault in the last five years

q11_10_1

q11.10.1 any experience of sexual assault in past twelve months

q11_102a

q1110.2a month the last sexual assault occurred

q11_102b

q1110.2b year the last sexual assault occurred

q11_11

q11.11 any experience of murder in the last 5 years

q11_11_1

q11.11.1 any experience of murder in the past 12 months

q11_112a

q11.11.2a month the last murder occurred

q11_112b

q11.11.2b year the last murder occurred

q11_12

q11.12 experienced theft out of a vehicle in the last five years

q11_12_1

q11.12.1 experienced theft out of a vehicle in the last twelve months

q11_122a

q11.12.2a month the last incident occurred

q11_122b

q11.12.2b year the last incident occurred

q11_13

q11.13 experienced the theft of a motorbike in the last five years

q11_13_1

q11.13.1 experienced the theft of a motorbike in the last twelve months

q11_132a

q11.13.2a month the incident occurred

q11_132b

q11.13.2b year the incident occurred

q11_14

q11.14 experienced deliberate damaging/ burning or destruction of dwelling

q11_14_1

q11.14.1 experienced deliberate damaging/ burning or destruction of dwelling

q11_142a

q1114.2a month the last incident occurred

q11_142b

q1114.2b year the last incident occurred

q11_15

q11.15 experienced motor vehicle vandalism in the last five years

Total: 829

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