Table 1.

Profile of participants included in individual interviews (n=40)

	Mount Frere (n=20)	Langa (n=20)
Household size range	2–6	2–14
Average household size	4.3	5.6
Age range of caregivers	18–70	18–65
Number of CSGs per household (range)	1–5	1–7
CSG caregivers in formal employment	0	3
Caregivers who have not completed secondary school	17	6
Caregivers who have completed secondary school	3	14
Relationship of caregiver to child	Mother (n=13) Grandmother (n=7)	Mother (n=18) Grandmother (n=2)

CSG, Child Support Grant.