Table 3. Bivariate analyses of household characteristics and the occurrence of a violent death in the previous year.
| Dependent Variable | Sample size of dataset used | Violent death (n = 103) Odds ratio (95% CI) | P-value* |
| Sex of head of household | 12 247 | ||
| Male headed household | 1.0 | ||
| Female headed household | 1.81 (1.14, 2.87) | 0.01 | |
| Age of head | 12 247 | 1.02 (1.01, 1.03) | 0.01 |
| Race of head of household | 10 320 | ||
| Black/African | 1.0 | ||
| Coloured | 0.40 (0.16, 0.97) | 0.04 | |
| White/Asian** | 0.07 (0.01, 0.48) | 0.01 | |
| Asset index quintile | 12 017 | ||
| Poorest quintile | 1.0 | ||
| 2nd poorest quintile | 0.99 (0.53, 1.86) | 0.99 | |
| Middle quintile | 0.57 (0.27, 1.19) | 0.14 | |
| 2nd richest quintile | 1.72 (0.93, 3.18) | 0.09 | |
| Richest quintile | 0.22 (0.07, 0.70) | 0.01 | |
| Employment of head | 12 030 | ||
| No work for payment in the past 7 days | 1.0 | ||
| Worked for payment in the past 7 days | 0.36 (0.20, 0.63) | <0.001 | |
| Years of education of head | 12 247 | 0.95 (0.91, 0.99) | 0.01 |
*
P-value for Pearson's chi-square test of homogeneity
**
Owing to the small sample size White and Indian/Asian population groups were combined for analysis