Table 6.

Housing characteristics of mixed-generation and child-only households in South Africa, 2006.

	Mixed-generation households				Child-only households
		95% CI	Illustrative #	p-valuea		95% CI	Illustrative #
Household size				<0.001b
Median # HH members	5				2
Interquartile range	4–6				1–3
Prop. with 1 HH member	–				43.6	(32.8–54.5)
Housing type				0.014
Formal dwelling	69.7%	(66.9–72.5)	5,241,305		55.2%	(45.2–65.1)	32,052
Informal dwelling	16.6%	(14.7–18.4)	1,246,122		20.4%	(9.3–31.5)	11,879
Traditional dwelling	13.7%	(10.6–16.8)	1,031,840		24.4%	(15.2–33.6)	14,163
Area type				0.029
Metro (six main cities)	32.5%	(28.7–35.7)	2,433,212		14.3%	(2.0–26.6)	8614
Non-metro	67.5%	(64.3–71.3)	5,131,416		85.7%	(73.4–98.0)	51,796
Municipal services
Adequate sanitation	60.5%	(57.2–63.9)	4,580,100	<0.001	33.1%	(24.3–41.9)	20,005
Water on site	65.5%	(61.5–68.8)	4,929,210	<0.001	37.7%	(27.8–47.6)	22,773
Electricity mains	80.5%	(77.5–82.4)	6,030,823	0.010	69.5%	(60.2–78.7)	40,681

Note: Own calculations based on General Household Survey 2006. CI – confidence interval; HH – household; # – number; Prop – proportion.

^aChi-square test accounting for survey design, unless otherwise stated.

^bWilcoxon rank-sum test, unweighted.