Table 8.
Main source of income percentage distribution by household type (2005 General Household Survey).
| Income source | No adult – only children (%) | Skip-generation (%) | Young adult with children (%) | Single adult with children (%) | ‘Other’ (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig. | ∗ | ∗ | ∗ | ∗ | |
| Salaries/wages | 10 | 4 | 29 | 37 | 58 |
| Remittances | 73 | 5 | 55 | 27 | 8 |
| Pensions/grants | 6 | 87 | 12 | 25 | 27 |
| Sales of farm products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Other non-farm income | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| No-income | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Unspecified | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | – |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Notes: Significance of distribution relative to category ‘other’ households, ∗denotes 5% significance. Source: Own calculations based on Stats SA data.