Table 1. Demographic profiles and baseline descriptive statistics of the sample stratified by visit.
| 3.5 years
( N = 530) |
4.5 years
( N = 749) |
6 years
( N = 417) |
Subsample
(N=203) |
Full cohort
( N = 1137) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 262 (49%) | 371 (50%) | 198 (48%) | 95 (47%) | 550 (48%) |
| Average household income per month | |||||
| <1000 ZAR (62 USD) | 179 (34%) | 272 (36%) | 162 (39%) | 76 (37%) | 430 (38%) |
| 1000–5000 ZAR (62 – 310 USD) | 282 (53%) | 388 (52%) | 199 (48%) | 97 (48%) | 553 (49%) |
| >5000 ZAR (310 USD) | 69 (13%) | 89 (12%) | 56 (13%) | 30 (15%) | 154 (14%) |
| Mother's Education | |||||
| Primary | 38 (7%) | 60 (8%) | 42 (10%) | 8 (9%) | 86 (8%) |
| Some Secondary | 292 (55%) | 411 (55%) | 213 (51%) | 100 (49%) | 606 (53%) |
| Completed Secondary | 171 (32%) | 235 (31%) | 146 (35%) | 75 (37%) | 372 (33%) |
| Any tertiary | 29 (6%) | 43 (6%) | 16 (4%) | 10 (5%) | 73 (6%) |
| Mother’s Employment Status | |||||
| Unemployed | 388 (73%) | 560 (75%) | 313 (75%) | 149 (73%) | 831(73%) |
| Mother’s Partnership status | |||||
| Married/cohabiting | 223 (42%) | 301 (40%) | 164 (39%) | 77 (38%) | 458 (40%) |
| Number of people in the household | |||||
| Median (IQR) | 4(3–6) | 5 (3–6) | 4 (3–6) | 4(3–6) | 4 (3–6) |