Table 1.

Characteristics of all participating child carers

	N (4172)	%	95% CI
Relationship with the child
Mother	3659	87.7	(86.7–88.7)
Grandmother	196	4.7	(4.1–5.4)
Father	36	0.9	(0.6–1.2)
Other relative	203	4.9	(4.3–5.6)
Non relative caregiver	78	1.9	(1.5–2.3)
Population group
African	4094	98.1	(97.7–98.5)
Coloured	19	0.5	(0.3–0.7)
Indian origin	46	1.1	(0.8–1.5)
White	13	0.3	(0.2–0.54)
Sex of baby (% male)	2045	49.0	(47.5–50.5)
Geographic area (rural)	2845	68.2	(66.8–69.6)