Table 1.
Study participant demographics (N:6571)
| Total | Eastern suburbs | Western suburbs | Island City | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 6571 | Percentage | N = 2238 | N = 1808 n(%) | N = 2525 | |
| n | n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Age group | |||||
| ≤20 | 728 | 11.1 | 257 (11.5) | 154 (8.5) | 317 (12.6) |
| 21–25 | 1713 | 26.1 | 605 (27.0) | 436 (24.1) | 672 (26.6) |
| 26–30 | 1807 | 27.5 | 616 (27.5) | 506 (28.0) | 685 (27.1) |
| 31–35 | 1009 | 15.4 | 349 (15.6) | 279 (15.4) | 381 (15.1) |
| ≥36 | 1314 | 20.0 | 411 (18.4) | 433 (23.9) | 470 (18.6) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 716 | 10.9 | 236 (10.6) | 153 (8.5) | 327 (13.0) |
| Married | 5847 | 89.0 | 1999 (89.4) | 1652 (91.4) | 2196 (87.0) |
| Divorced | 4 | 0.1 | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) |
| No response | 4 | 0 | 2 (0.0) | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| Employment status | |||||
| Employed | 417 | 6.3 | 232 (10.4) | 99 (5.5) | 85 (3.4) |
| Unemployed | 6150 | 93.6 | 2003 (89.6) | 1707 (94.5) | 2438 (96.6) |
| No response | 7 | 0.1 | 3 (0) | 2 (0) | 2 (0.1) |
| Highest level of education | |||||
| Did not attend school | 576 | 8.8 | 254 (11.4) | 89 (4.9) | 233 (9.2) |
| Highest level of schooling was below grade 10 | 2603 | 39.6 | 461 (20.6) | 1125 (62.3) | 1015 (40.2) |
| Highest level of schooling was below grade 12 | 2551 | 38.8 | 1066 (47.7) | 456 (25.2) | 1028 (40.7) |
| Highest level of education was simple graduation or less (equivalent to three years in college) | 838 | 12.8 | 453 (20.3) | 136 (7.5) | 249 (9.9) |
| No response | 6 | 0 | 4 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| Household Size | |||||
| ≤2 | 1019 | 15.5 | 155 (6.9) | 352 (19.5) | 511 (20.2) |
| 3–5 | 4461 | 67.9 | 1444 (64.6) | 1244 (68.8) | 1771 (70.1) |
| 6–8 | 908 | 13.8 | 523 (23.4) | 173 (9.6) | 212 (8.4) |
| ≥9 | 183 | 2.8 | 114 (5.1) | 38 (2.1) | 31 (1.2) |
| No response | 3 | 0 | 3 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Number of women aged 18–45 in the household | |||||
| 1 | 5555 | 84.6 | 1756 (78.5) | 1571 (86.9) | 2228 (88.2) |
| 2 | 687 | 10.5 | 294 (13.1) | 170 (9.4) | 223 (8.8) |
| 3 | 257 | 3.9 | 148 (6.6) | 52 (2.9) | 57 (2.3) |
| 4 | 50 | 0.8 | 34 (1.5) | 10 (0.6) | 6 (0.2) |
| >4 | 19 | 0.3 | 4 (0.2) | 4 (0.2) | 11 (0.4) |
| No response | 3 | 0 | 2 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) |