Table 5.
Working conditions of participating mothers
| All workers N = 247 (%) |
Domestic workers N = 77 (%) |
Informal traders N = 170 (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Main type of work | |||
| Domestic Worker | 77 (31.2) | 77 (100) | 0 |
| Street/ informal vendor (non-cooking) | 91 (36.8) | 0 | 91 (53.5) |
| Street/ informal vendor cooking | 36 (14.6) | 0 | 36 (21.2) |
| Market trader | 39 (15.8) | 0 | 39 (22.9) |
| Waste picker | 8 (3.2) | 0 | 8 (4.7) |
| Home-based worker | 6 (2.4) | 0 | 6 (3.5) |
| Hairdresser | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 1 (0.6) |
| Has more than one job | 11 (4.4) | 0 | 11 (6.5) |
| Has regular working hours | 164 (66.4) | 61 (79.2) | 103 (60.6) |
| Works in the same location every day | 212 (85.8) | 71 (92.2) | 141 (82.9) |
| Duration working in current position | |||
| Less than a year | 42 (17.0) | 12 (15.6) | 30 (17.6) |
| 1-3 years | 79 (32.0) | 32 (41.6) | 47 (27.6) |
| 4 or more years | 126 (51.0) | 33 (42.9) | 93 (54.7) |
| Days per week worked | |||
| 1-3 days | 21 (8.5) | 9 (11.7) | 12 (7.1) |
| 4-5 days | 55 (22.3) | 32 (41.6) | 23 (13.5) |
| 6-7 days | 171 (69.2) | 36 (46.8) | 135 (79.4) |
| Workplace | |||
| Own home | 8 (3.2) | 0 | 8 (4.7) |
| Own premises | 41 (16.6) | 1 (1.3) | 40 (23.5) |
| Employer premises | 93 (37.7) | 76 (98.7) | 17 (10.0) |
| Temporary structure | 30 (12.1) | 0 | 30 (17.6) |
| Fixed or temporary stall in a market | 25 (10.1) | 0 | 25 (14.7) |
| Street stall/vehicle/cart, goods on ground | 36 (14.6) | 0 | 36 (21.2) |
| Landfill site or dump site | 6 (2.4) | 0 | 6 (3.5) |
| No fixed location / mobile | 7 (2.8) | 0 | 7 (4.1) |
| Construction site | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 1 (0.6) |
| Indoor or outdoor work | |||
| Mostly inside | 112 (45.3) | 76 (98.7) | 36 (21.2) |
| Mostly outside with shelter | 50 (20.2) | 1 (1.3) | 49 (28.8) |
| Mostly outside without shelter | 85 (34.4) | 0 | 85 (50.0) |
| Job type | |||
| Own account worker | 120 (48.6) | 0 | 120 (70.6) |
| Employer (informal business) | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 1 (0.6) |
| Employee (informal business) | 126 (51.0) | 77 (100) | 49 (28.8) |
| Money paid per month (excludes own account workers) | N = 126 | N = 77 | N = 49 |
| Do not receive any money (unpaid) | 8 (6.4) | 1 (1.3) | 7 (14.3) |
| Less than R1000.00 (<$70) | 25 (19.8) | 10 (13.0) | 15 (30.6) |
| Between R1000.00 and R3000.00 ($80-240) | 81 (64.3) | 54 (70.1) | 27 (55.1) |
| More than R3000.00 (>$240) | 12 (9.5) | 12 (15.6) | 0 (0.0) |