Table 1.
Percentage distribution of participant demographic and socioeconomic characteristics by food insecurity in the 1st round of data collection
| Respondent characteristics | Food insecure | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Total | |||
| n | % | n | % | n | |
| Total | 1249 | 26.11 | 3534 | 73.89 | 4783 |
| Gender* | |||||
| Man | 469 | 25.91 | 1341 | 74.09 | 1810 |
| Woman | 780 | 26.24 | 2193 | 73.76 | 2973 |
| Population group* | |||||
| African | 1170 | 28.41 | 2948 | 71.59 | 4118 |
| Coloured | 70 | 16.71 | 349 | 83.29 | 419 |
| Asian/Indian | 3 | 8.57 | 32 | 91.43 | 35 |
| White | 8 | 3.86 | 199 | 96.14 | 207 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 7 | 100 | 7 |
| Age group* | |||||
| 18–24 | 130 | 19.79 | 527 | 80.21 | 657 |
| 25–34 | 334 | 26.61 | 921 | 73.39 | 1255 |
| 35–44 | 371 | 30.36 | 851 | 69.64 | 1222 |
| 45–54 | 225 | 27.21 | 602 | 72.79 | 827 |
| 55–64 | 117 | 27.46 | 309 | 72.54 | 426 |
| 65 + | 73 | 18.43 | 323 | 81.57 | 396 |
| Highest level of education* | |||||
| None | 33 | 29.46 | 79 | 70.54 | 112 |
| Primary | 239 | 34.44 | 455 | 65.56 | 694 |
| Secondary | 979 | 24.6 | 3001 | 75.4 | 3980 |
| Employment status* | |||||
| Employed | 167 | 16.55 | 842 | 83.45 | 1009 |
| Unemployed | 1084 | 28.7 | 2693 | 71.3 | 3777 |
| Number of household members* | |||||
| ≤ 6 | 825 | 24.58 | 2531 | 75.42 | 3356 |
| ≥ 7 | 426 | 29.81 | 1003 | 70.19 | 1429 |
| Type of dwelling* | |||||
| House | 880 | 23.54 | 2859 | 76.46 | 3739 |
| Traditional | 197 | 35.95 | 351 | 64.05 | 548 |
| Informal/other | 174 | 34.87 | 325 | 65.13 | 499 |
| Accessing a social grant* | |||||
| Yes | 267 | 26.7 | 733 | 73.3 | 1000 |
| No | 984 | 25.99 | 2802 | 74.01 | 3786 |
| Access to water and electricity* | |||||
| Water only | 29 | 30.85 | 65 | 69.15 | 94 |
| Electricity only | 336 | 33.80 | 658 | 66.20 | 994 |
| Both | 839 | 23.61 | 2715 | 76.41 | 3553 |
| Neither | 47 | 33.10 | 95 | 66.90 | 142 |
*p values < 0.05