Table 1.
Sample characteristics
| Variable | Total N (%) Mean (STD) |
Men (n = 239) N (%) Mean (STD) |
Women (N = 239) N (%) Mean (STD) |
t Test/χ2 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, range 18–53 | 28.2 (7.1) | 30.3 (7.3) | 26.2 (6.4) | 6.56 | 0.000 |
| Education | |||||
| Grade 7 or less | 23 (4.8) | 10 (4.2) | 13 (5.4) | 0.41 | 0.521 |
| Grade 8–11 | 230 (48.1) | 105 (43.9) | 125 (52.3) | 3.35 | 0.067 |
| Grade 12 or more | 225 (47.1) | 124 (51.9) | 101 (42.3) | 4.44 | 0.035 |
| Employment status | |||||
| Housewife/househusband | 36 (7.5) | 2 (0.8) | 34 (14.3) | 31.08 | 0.000 |
| Unemployed | 275 (57.7) | 129 (54.0) | 146 (61.3) | 2.86 | 0.091 |
| Employed | 134 (28.1) | 99 (41.4) | 35 (14.7) | 41.87 | 0.000 |
| Student/learner | 29 (6.1) | 8 (3.3) | 21 (8.8) | 6.33 | 0.012 |
| Sick/disabled to work | 3 (0.6) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.8) | ||
| Type of household income | |||||
| No income (other than social grant) | 147 (30.8) | 67 (28.0) | 80 (33.5) | 1.66 | 0.198 |
| Formal salary | 114 (23.8) | 85 (35.6) | 29 (12.1) | 36.12 | 0.000 |
| Family member contributions | 112 (23.4) | 53 (22.2) | 59 (24.7) | 0.42 | 0.517 |
| Social grants | 75 (15.7) | 14 (5.9) | 61 (25.5) | 34.95 | 0.000 |
| Other | 30 (6.3) | 20 (8.4) | 10 (4.2) | ||
| Your personal monthly income | |||||
| 0 (None) | 232 (48.5) | 104 (43.5) | 128 (58.5) | 4.82 | 0.028 |
| 1–1500 R | 164 (34.3) | 67 (28.0) | 97 (40.6) | 35.08 | 0.000 |
| 1501 R or more | 82 (17.2) | 68 (28.5) | 68 (28.5) | 39.08 | 0.000 |
| Average R | 888 (1758) | 1331 (2259) | 445 (838) | 5.68 | 0.000 |
| Residence | |||||
| Rural | 340 (71.1) | 167 (69.9) | 173 (72.4) | 0.37 | 0.545 |
| Urban | 138 (28.9) | 72 (30.1) | 66 (27.6) | ||
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Ndebele | 129 (27.0) | 62 (25.9) | 67 (28.0) | 0.27 | 0.606 |
| Zulu | 195 (40.8) | 102 (42.7) | 93 (38.9) | 0.70 | 0.402 |
| Northern Sotho | 68 (14.2) | 34 (14.2) | 34 (14.2) | 0.00 | 1.000 |
| Swati | 26 (5.4) | 10 (4.2) | 16 (6.7) | 1.46 | 0.226 |
| Other | 60 (12.4) | 31 (13.0) | 29 (12.1) | 0.08 | 0.782 |
| Number of own children, range 0–6 | 0.9 (1.2) | 1.0 (1.3) | 0.9 (1.1) | 0.78 | 0.438 |