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. 2014 Feb 27;14:56. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-56

Table 2.

Demographic differences between cases and controls

    Cases Controls Total
Gender
 Male
 22 (69)
 19 (79)
 41 (73)
Female
 10 (31)
 5 (21)
 15 (27)
Total:
 32 (100)
 24 (100)
 56 (100)
Ethnicity
 Caucasian
 1 (3)
 0 (0)
 1 (2)
Coloured
 30 (94)
 21 (88)
 51 (91)
Xhosa
 1 (3)
 3 (13)
 4 (7)
Total:
 32 (100)
 24 (100)
 56 (100)
Marital status
 Single
 27 (84)
 18 (75)
 45 (80)
Married
 3 (9)
 2 (8)
 5 (9)
Divorced
 2 (6)
 4 (17)
 6 (11)
Total:
 32 (100)
 24 (25)
 56 (100)
Language
 Afrikaans
 29 (94)
 21 (88)
 50 (91)
English
 1 (3)
 0 (0)
 1 (2)
Xhosa
 1 (3)
 3 (13)
 4 (7)
Total:
 31 (100)
 24 (100)
 55 (100)
Employment
 Unemployed
 31 (97)
 24 (100)
 55 (98)
Casual
 1 (3)
 0 (0)
 1 (2)
Total:
 32 (100)
 24 (100)
 56 (100)
Residence**
 Metro
 32 (100)
 19 (79)
 51 (91)
Rural
 0 (0)
 5 (21)
 5 (9)
Total:
 32 (100)
 24 (100)
 56 (100)
Accommodation
 Family
 32 (100)
 24 (100)
 56 (100)
Total:
 32 (100)
 24 (100)
 56 (100)
Highest Level of Education
 Elementary
 14 (44)
 5 (21)
 19 (34)
Secondary
 14 (44)
 14 (58)
 28 (50)
Matric
 4 (13)
 4 (17)
 8 (14)
None
 0 (0)
 1 (4)
 1 (2)
Total:
 32 (100)
 24 (100)
 56 (100)
Adverse events
 None
 30 (94)
 24 (100)
 54 (96)
Pregnancy
 1 (3)
 0 (0)
 1 (2)
Death
 1 (3)
 0 (0)
 1 (2)
Total:
 32 (100)
 24 (100)
 56 (100)
Status changes
 No change
 27 (84)
 20 (83)
 47 (84)
Discharge from Intervention
 2 (6)
 0 (0)
 2 (4)
Included in Intervention
 2 (6)
 4 (17)
 6 (11)
Death
 1 (3)
 0 (0)
 1 (2)
Total:
 32 (100)
 24 (100)
 56 (100)
Disability grant
 Yes
 28 (88)
 22 (92)
 50 (89)
No
 4 (13)
 2 (8)
 6 (11)
  Total: 32 (100) 24 (100) 56 (100)

**Significant difference detected (Fisher’s test: p-value = 0.01).