Governance Public Safety and Justice Survey 2023-2024
South Africa, 2023 - 2024
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ZAF_2023-2024_GPSJS_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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May 05, 2025
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Main thing you have done to protect yourself against crime (Whatway)
Data file: gpsjs-2023-2024-individual-v1
Overview
Valid:
21050
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 88
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I do not walk alone anymore | 594 |
2.8%
|
| 2 | I use safer routes | 1260 |
6%
|
| 3 | I only walk during safer hours | 2919 |
13.9%
|
| 4 | I am more aware of my surrounding now | 23 |
0.1%
|
| 5 | I have now stopped using public transport | 212 |
1%
|
| 6 | I carry a pepper spray | 101 |
0.5%
|
| 7 | I carry a knife/screwdriver/blade | 205 |
1%
|
| 8 | I carry a gun | 40 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | I have enrolled in self-defence class | 1713 |
8.1%
|
| 10 | Other (specify) | 154 |
0.7%
|
| 11 | Private security (e.g. paid armed response) | 428 |
2%
|
| 12 | Other (specify) | 334 |
1.6%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 13067 |
62.1%
|
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.