Table 4.

Percentage of children living in different household types by reported status of biological parents (2005 General Household Survey).

	Both alive (%)	Mother dead father alive (%)	Father dead mother alive (%)	Both dead (%)
Significance		∗	∗	∗
No adult – only children	0.6	0.9	0.9	2
Skip-generation	1.9	6.4	3	6.8
Young adult (18–25) with children	1.9	4.4	2.8	7
Single adult with children	10	10	19	9.7
‘Other’	85.6	78.3	74.3	74.5
Total	100	100	100	100

Notes: 1. Significance of difference in distribution across household types relative to category ‘both alive’; ∗denotes significant at 5% level. Source: Own calculations based on Stats SA data.