Local government: Experiences of harm or threats of violence (HTV) 2018

Description:
This data set contains the responses given by municipal officials from an online survey of violence experiences. The data set has 35 variables and 448 cases.
Abstract:
This study was commissioned as an update on a baseline study conducted by the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) in 2016 and stems from the growing number of acts of political violence against local government level politicians and officials.

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) fielded an online questionnaire survey of the experiences of violence by councillors, ward committee members and municipal officials. It yielded responses from 448 respondents during the period November 2018 to March 2019.

Subject areas and major variables covered in the data set included:

Violence exposure of respondents

Remedial actions undertaken and the outcomes

Effects of violence on the person; private and professional

Links of violence to protest actions

Basic demographic variables