Canonical correlation analysis of aggravated robbery and poverty in Limpopo Province
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Authors
Rwizi, Tandanai
Issue Date
2015-05
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Canonical correlation analysis , Poverty , Aggravated robbery , Limpopo Province , Poverty-aggravated robbery model
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Abstract
The study was aimed at exploring the relationship between poverty and aggravated
robbery in Limpopo Province. Sampled secondary data of aggravated robbery of-
fenders, obtained from the South African Police (SAPS), Polokwane, was used in the
analysis. From empirical researches on poverty and crime, there are some deductions
that vulnerability to crime is increased by poverty. Poverty set was categorised by
gender, employment status, marital status, race, age and educational attainment.
Variables for aggravated robbery were house robbery, bank robbery, street/common
robbery, carjacking, truck hijacking, cash-in-transit and business robbery. Canonical
correlation analysis was used to make some inferences about the relationship of these
two sets. The results revealed a signi cant positive correlation of 0.219(p-value =
0.025) between poverty and aggravated robbery at ve per cent signi cance level. Of
the thirteen variables entered into the poverty-aggravated model, ve emerged as sta-
tistically signi cant. These were gender, marital status, employment status, common robbery and business robbery.
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Citation
Rwizi, Tandanai (2015) Canonical correlation analysis of aggravated robbery and poverty in Limpopo Province, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19629>