Table 4.
Current childcare practices
| All Mothers N = 247 (%) | Domestic Workers N = 77 (%) |
Informal traders N = 170 (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Mother was working when child was born? | 198 (80.2) | 65 (84.4) | 133 (78.2) |
| Mothers working when child was born: | N = 198 (%) | N = 65 (%) | N = 133 (%) |
| Working in their current job at time of birth | 186 (93.4) | 58 (89.2) | 128 (96.2) |
| Mother took time off when the baby was born | 174 (87.8) | 58 (89.2) | 116 (87.2) |
| Means of support among mothers who took time off when the baby was born: | N = 174(%) | N = 58 (%) | N = 116 (%) |
| Child support grant | 84 (34.0) | 32 (41.6) | 52 (30.6) |
| Father supported | 66 (26.7) | 26 (33.8) | 40 (23.5) |
| Other family member supported | 46 (18.6) | 14 (18.2) | 32 (18.8) |
| Savings | 95 (38.5) | 38 (49.4) | 57 (33.5) |
| Other | 21 (8.5) | 10 (13.0) | 11 (6.5) |
| Age of the child when the mother returned to work | |||
| Not working at the time of birth | 49 (19.8) | 12 (15.6) | 37 (21.8) |
| Did not take any time off | 24 (9.7) | 7 (9.1) | 17 (10.0) |
| Less than 1 month | 4 (1.6) | 1 (1.3) | 3 (1.8) |
| 1 to < 2 months | 18 (7.3) | 3 (3.9) | 15 (8.8) |
| 2 to < 3 months | 37 (15.0) | 10 (13.0) | 27 (15.9) |
| 3 to < 4 months | 60 (24.3) | 26 (33.8) | 34 (20.0) |
| 4 to < 5 months | 32 (13.0) | 11 (14.3) | 21 (12.4) |
| 5 to < 6 months | 10 (4.1) | 5 (6.5) | 5 (2.9) |
| More than 6 months | 11 (4.5) | 1 (1.3) | 10 (5.9) |
| All Mothers | |||
| Person who usually cares for the child while mother is working | |||
| Childs grandmother | 65 (26.3) | 16 (20.8) | 49 (28.8) |
| Childs father | 1 (.4) | 1 (1.3) | 0 |
| Childs sibling | 8 (3.2) | 2 (2.6) | 6 (3.5) |
| Other relative | 29 (11.7) | 13 (16.9) | 16 (9.4) |
| Non relative | 52 (21.1) | 19 (24.7) | 33 (19.4) |
| Mother herself (takes child to work / works at home) | 70 (28.3) | 15 (19.4) | 55 (32.4) |
| Child not living with the mother | 22 (8.9) | 11 (14.3) | 11 (6.5) |
| Place where child is cared for while mother is working | |||
| At mothers current residence | 98 (39.7) | 28 (36.4) | 70 (41.2) |
| At the carers home | 35 (14.2) | 13 (16.9) | 22 (12.9) |
| At a crèche or school | 22 (8.9) | 10 (13.0) | 12 (7.1) |
| Mother takes child to work | 70 (28.3) | 15 (19.5) | 55 (32.4) |
| Mother pays for childcare | 71 (28.7) | 29 (37.7) | 42 (24.7) |
| Water source at the place where the child is cared for | |||
| Piped – inside the house or yard | 102 (41.3) | 37 (48.1) | 65 (38.2) |
| Piped – outside the yard | 41 (16.6) | 13 (16.9) | 28 (16.5) |
| Other | 12 (4.9) | 1 (1.3) | 11 (6.5) |
| Do not know | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 1 (0.6) |
| Brings child to work; water available | 82 (33.2) | 26 (33.8) | 56 (32.9) |
| Brings child to work; water not available | 9 (3.6) | 0 | 9 (5.3) |