Victims of Crime Survey 2015-2016
South Africa, 2015 - 2016
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Why not (Q128WhyNot)
Data file: vcs-2015-2016-hh-v1
Overview
Valid:
21374
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
499
End:
500
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not serious enough/ | 52 |
0.2%
|
| 2 | Solved it myself/perpetrator known to me | 33 |
0.2%
|
| 3 | Inappropriate for police/police not necessary | 23 |
0.1%
|
| 4 | Reported to other authorities instead | 22 |
0.1%
|
| 5 | My family resolved it | 19 |
0.1%
|
| 6 | No insurance | 5 |
0%
|
| 7 | Police could do nothing/lack of proof | 145 |
0.7%
|
| 8 | Police won’t do anything about it | 111 |
0.5%
|
| 9 | Fear/dislike of the police/no involvement wanted with police | 4 |
0%
|
| 10 | Didn’t dare (for fear of reprisal) | 3 |
0%
|
| 11 | Other reasons | 42 |
0.2%
|
| 12 | Do not know | 4 |
0%
|
| 88 | Not applicable | 20828 |
97.4%
|
| 99 | Unspecified | 83 |
0.4%
|
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.