Table 2.

Sociodemographic Variations in Perceptions of the TRC

	Positive Perception of Victims (%>median)	Positive Perception of Perpetrators (%>median)	Initial Perception (%good/ excellent)	Final Perception (%good/ excellent)
Total	37.4	40.3	54.5	45.4
Sex
Female	36.3	39.3	52.7	43.0
Male	38.7	41.5	56.7**	48.1**
Marital Status
Married	36.1	39.0	52.4	44.0
Unmarried	38.7	41.6	56.8**	46.8
Age
18–34	36.3	41.4	56.6	48.2
35–49	40.4	39.6	53.4	42.5
50–64	37.5	41.2	54.4	44.4
65+	30.4*	30.2*	41.3***	36.4***
Education
None	34.5	33.7	45.9	37.2
Grade 1–7	35.5	32.3	48.7	42.3
Grade 8–11	38.8	39.0	54.6	45.9
Grade 12	39.4	46.3	60.8	49.7
Grade 13+	34.8	46.7***	55.8***	44.9**
Employment
Employed	37.9	42.5	56.7	46.0
Unemployed	37.2	39.3	53.6	45.1
Race
White	22.5	44.2	35.1	29.5
Black	39.0	39.0	57.4	47.6
Coloured	38.8	43.5	52.7	43.4
Indian	40.8***	48.4*	52.9***	48.4***
Income
None	32.3	37.2	57.0	43.9
R 1–2,999	39.1	40.6	56.9	47.1
R 3,000–5,999	38.9	42.5	56.2	48.3
R 6,000–11,999	42.9	45.3	63.2	56.7
R 12,000+	36.8	39.8	51.1***	42.7***
Area
Rural	37.2	39.4	55.0	47.3
Urban	37.5	40.9	54.3	44.2

Chi-square was used to test for significance against the reference group (first row in each section)

^*p<=.05;

^**p<.01;

^***p<.001