Table 2.
Distribu participantstion of baseline characteristics of study
| Characteristics | Female (n= 1,236), n (%) |
Male (n= 1,041), n (%) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marital status | 0.046 | ||
| Cohabitating | 6 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Divorced | 12 (1.0) | 15 (1.4) | |
| Married | 312 (25.2) | 231 (22.2) | |
| Single | 900 (72.8) | 792 (76.1) | |
| Widowed | 6 (0.5) | 3 (0.3) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.302 | ||
| Black | 1,224 (99.0) | 1,026 (98.6) | |
| Nonblack | 12 (1.0) | 15 (1.4) | |
| Type of dwelling | 0.881 | ||
| Formal house | 231 (18.7) | 192 (18.4) | |
| Informal house | 1,005 (81.3) | 849 (81.6) | |
| Employment status | <0.001 | ||
| Employed | 102 (8.3) | 189 (18.2) | |
| Unemployed | 1,134 (91.7) | 852 (81.8) | |
| Nationality | 0.010 | ||
| Non-South African | 180 (14.6) | 114 (11.0) | |
| South African | 1,056 (85.4) | 927 (89.0) | |
| Age groups | <0.001 | ||
| 20–29 years | 654 (52.9) | 426 (40.9) | |
| 30–39 years | 360 (29.1) | 414 (39.8) | |
| 40–49 years | 171 (13.8) | 129 (12.4) | |
| >49 years | 51 (4.1) | 72 (7.0) | |
| Highest education | <0.001 | ||
| Certificate | 60 (4.9) | 21 (2.0) | |
| Degree | 24 (1.9) | 15 (1.4) | |
| Diploma | 39 (3.2) | 42 (4.0) | |
| Matric | 477 (38.6) | 315 (30.3) | |
| No matric | 636 (51.5) | 648 (62.3) | |
| Monthly income | <0.001 | ||
| <R1,000 | 1,134 (91.7) | 852 (81.8) | |
| R1,000–4,999 | 84 (6.8) | 156 (15.0) | |
| >R4,999 | 18 (1.5) | 33 (3.2) |