Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, 2012-2013

Variable Details

VariableQACO_05
LabelQACO_05: In local area: PEOPLE MUGGED OR ROBBED?
Question text How common do you think the following things are in your local area? By local area, I mean the area within 15 minutes walk of your home. People having their car or other vehicles stolen People having things stolen from their car or other vehicles Deliberate damage to cars or other vehicles Deliberate damage to people's homes by vandals People being mugged or robbed People being physically assaulted or attacked in the street or other public places People being physically attacked because of their skin colour, ethnic origin or religion People being sexually assaulted Drug dealing and drug abuse People behaving in an anti-social manner in public Violence between groups of individuals or gangs People carrying knives
Responses
-2 Refused 0
-1 Don't know 163
1 Very common 35
2 Fairly common 254
3 Not very common 1356
4 Not at all common 1209
Sysmiss 9028
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Crime and Justice Survey, 2012-2013
Interviewer InstructionsSHOW SCREEN READ OUT: ASK IF NECESSARY: How common is this in your local area?
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 16+ living in random-sampled private households in Scotland (victim form subsequently completed by those who had been a victim of crime in the reference period only).
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for further details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The survey was conducted approximately once every three years until 2006. From 2007/08-2010/11 it was conducted on an annual, financial-year, basis. From 2012-13 the SCJS moved to become a biennial survey covering the financial year.