Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents (N = 653)

Indicator	Categories	Frequency	Percentagea
Age range	Teenagers: 17–19 years	50	7.7
	Young mothers:20–24 years	201	30.8
	Adult mothers: 25–34 years	334	51.1
	Older mothers: 35 and above	66	10.1
	Unknown	2	0.3
Province/Country of birth	Gauteng Province	315	48.2
	Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces	148	22.7
	Other provinces (Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, North West, Western Cape)	49	7.5
	Neighbouring countries (Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi and other)	140	21.4
	Unknown	1	0.2
Living in Tshwane	Temporary: year <1	85	13.0
	Short term: 1 ≤ year <5	118	18.1
	Medium term: 5 ≤ year <20	194	29.7
	Long term: 20 ≤ year ≤ 45	226	34.6
	Unknown	30	4.6
Languages	Sotho (predominantly Setswana)	267	40.9
	Nguni (isiZulu, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, Seswati)	111	17.0
	Other local languages (Xitsonga, Tshivenda)	107	16.4
	Non-local African languages	132	20.2
	English, Afrikaans	28	4.3
	Unknown	8	1.2
School education	No school and primary education (Gr 0–7)	52	8.0
	Grades 8–11	240	36.8
	Grade 12 and post-school	346	53.0
	Unknown	15	2.3

^aRaw percentages (no weighting)