Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics

	All carers (n=1599)
African (%)	99.9
isiZulu language (%)	98.1
Age (M, SD)	39.4 (14.7)
Female (%)	86.4
Education (M, SD)	Grd. 8 (3.9)
No schooling (%)	5.7
Some primary (%)	14.6
Completed primary (%)	4.1
Some secondary (%)	51.1
Completed secondary (%)	22.8
Tertiary %)	1.8
Number of people in household (M, SD)	5.5 (2.6)
Salaries as main household income (%)	64.9
Dwelling Type
Informal dwelling (%)	53.9
Formal dwelling (%)	46.1
Carer type
Carers of orphaned children (%)	33.1
Carers of non-orphaned children (%)	66.9