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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J HIV AIDS Soc Serv. 2013 Sep 5;12(3-4):404–423. doi: 10.1080/15381501.2013.819312

Table 2.

Demographic Characteristics

Variable N (%)
Median age (IQR) 17 (16-18) 506 (100)
Median no. of people living in
household (IQR)
5 (4-7) 506 (100)
Median no. of rooms in household
(IQR)
4 (4-6) 506 (100)
Gender Male 208 (41)
Female 298 (59)
Schooling area In Soweto 449 (90)
Out of Soweto 49 (10)
Schooling history Repeated classes 158 (31)
Not repeated 348 (69)
Parental status Both parents alive 299 (59)
Single parent 167 (33)
Orphan 40 (8)
Parental marital status Married 174 (39)
Never married 182 (40)
Other 95 (21)
Head of household (Age bracket
in years)
Female (18-60) 253 (50)
Male (18-60) 167 (33)
Female (>60) 62 (12)
Male (>60) 22 (5)
Housing Brick house or flat 423 (83)
RDP house or flat 30 (5)
Shack 45 (8)
Source of drinking water Tap water in home 497 (99)
Community tap 7 (1)
Other 0 (0)
Sexual orientation Heterosexual 464 (92)
Bisexual 23 (5)
Homosexual 8 (2)
Undecided 23 (5)

Note: The totals may not be equal to sample size due to missing values