Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

Characteristic	Urban Region N = 628	Rural Region N = 203	Total N = 831
Mean age in years (standard deviation)	28.4 (9.0)	27.3 (8.2)	28.2 (8.9)
Age categories, %
15–19	18.2	17.9	17.8
20–29	42.6	45.3	43.1
30–39	24.4	28.3	25.2
40–49	14.8	8.5	13.8
Marital status, %
Married	35.8	31.7	35.4
Single, current relationship	50.8	57.4	53.1
Single, no current relationship	13.3	10.7	11.4
Level of education, %
No formal schooling	3.1	0.9	2.8
Grade 1-Grade 7 (primary)	15.8	20.8	17.1
Grade 8-Grade 12 (secondary)	77.6	78.3	77.4
Tertiary	3.4	0	2.7
Employment status, %
Employed	25.5	32.7	27.6
Scholar/student	13.6	9.4	12.3
Unemployed	46.7	44.9	45.7
Houseminder/disabled/pensioner	14.3	13.1	13.8
Main language spoken, %
Afrikaans	46.0	48.6	46.7
Xhosa	42.7	50.9	44.2
English	10.8	0	8.6
Other	0.5	0.5	0.5