Table 1.

Proportion of participants who were somewhat or very satisfied with the most recent visit to the usual healthcare provider by population group (race/ethnicity), monthly household income, and provider type (public or private)

Provider Type	Income	Black African		White		Coloured		Asian / Indian		Total
		n	% sat.	n	% sat.	n	% sat.	n	% sat.	n	%
Public	≤ 2499	9089	85.2	63	84.1	520	88.3	84	81.0	9756	85.3
	R2500-4999	3086	83.6	29	89.7	330	88.8	51	82.4	3496	84.2
	R5000-7999	912	82.3	29	82.8	156	87.2	22	72.7	1119	82.8
	≥ R8000	831	82.1	97	83.5	139	83.5	33	72.7	1100	82.1
	Total	14,378	84.5	254	87.0	1185	87.0	208	80.3	16,026	84.6
Private	≤ 2499	733	96.5	123	93.5	76	97.4	35	94.3	967	96.1
	R2500-4999	579	98.3	113	92.9	74	94.6	24	100.0	790	97.2
	R5000-7999	487	97.1	189	98.4	104	95.2	29	96.6	809	97.2
	≥ R8000	1309	98.5	1557	97.3	407	99.3	213	93.4	3486	97.8
	Total	3290	97.8	2485	96.9	743	97.7	386	95.6	6904	97.3
Total	≤ 2499	9822	86.0	186	90.3	596	89.4	119	84.9	10,723	86.3
	R2500-4999	3665	85.9	142	92.3	404	89.9	75	88.0	4286	86.6
	R5000-7999	1399	87.5	218	96.3	260	90.4	51	86.3	1928	88.8
	≥ R8000	2140	92.1	1654	96.5	546	95.2	246	90.7	4586	94.0
	Total	17,668	87.0	2744	96.0	1933	91.1	594	90.2	22,959	88.5