Table 2.

Description and summary statistics.

Variable	Description	Mean	SD
MHD	Multidimensional measure of mental health disorders indicating mental stresses and depressive symptoms	12.788	8.125
FR Index	Multidimensional measure of financial resilience	0.294	0.153
FR (Cut-Off = 0.3)	Cut-off for measure of financial resilience (1 = If financial resilience score is 0.3 or higher; 0 = Otherwise)	0.355	0.478
Age	Age of head of household	41.72	17.31
Education	Level of education	1.921	0.928
Sex	Sex of head of household (1 = Female; 0 = Otherwise)	1.587	0.492
Household Size	Number of people in household	3.679	2.710
Household Asset (Log)	Log of total household assets (a proxy for wealth/income)	11.454	1.781
Marital Status (Married)	Marital status of head of household
Consensual	Marital status (1 = Consensual; 0 = Otherwise)	0.070	0.256
Widow	Marital status (1 = Widow; 0 = Otherwise)	0.127	0.333
Divorced/Separated	Marital status (1 = Divorced; 0 = Otherwise)	0.039	0.195
Single	Marital status (1 = Single; 0 = Otherwise)	0.485	0.499
Location	Location (1 = Urban; 0 = Rural)	0.589	0.491
Province (Western Cape)	Province of residence
Eastern Cape	Province (1 = Eastern Cape; 0 = Otherwise)	0.119	0.324
Northern Cape	Province (2 = Northern Cape; 0 = Otherwise)	0.068	0.252
Free State	Province (3 = Free State; 0 = Otherwise)	0.060	0.237
KwaZulu-Natal	Province (4 = KwaZulu-Natal; 0 = Otherwise)	0.258	0.437
North West	Province (5 = North West; 0 = Otherwise)	0.062	0.241
Gauteng	Province (6 = Gauteng; 0 = Otherwise)	0.161	0.368
Mpumalanga	Province (7 = Mpumalanga; 0 = Otherwise)	0.074	0.262
Limpopo	Province (8 = Limpopo; 0 = Otherwise)	0.082	0.274
Life Satisfaction	Life satisfaction score ranging from 1 (completely dissatisfied) to 10 (completely satisfied)	5.540	2.446
Household Expenditure (Log)	Log of household monthly expenditure	8.336	1.016