Table 1. Travel time and time spent on activities in Sedibeng and uMzinyathi as well as share of time per activity.
Health District: Sedibeng | ||||||
Travel and time spent on activities | Share of time per activity | |||||
Median Travel Time (Minutes) | Median Activity Time (Minutes) | Peri-urban | Rural | |||
Activity | Peri-urban | Rural | Peri-urban | Rural | ||
Household Registration | 15 | 15 | 19* | 24* | 66%* | 57%* |
Household Screening | 15 | 17 | 15* | 23* | ||
Home Visits (other) | 15 | 15 | 20 | 20 | ||
Health Post/Clinic/CHC | 15* | 30* | 25 | 30 | 23%* | 29%* |
Support Groups | 28 | 16 | 10 | 34 | 0% | 1% |
Creche, ECD inst | 20 | 15 | 0% | 1% | ||
Other institution | 10 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 0% | 0% |
Health days | 15 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 0% | 0% |
School Health F/U | 18 | 10 | 53 | 21 | 0% | 0% |
Meeting | 30 | 165 | 330 | 225 | 1% | 3% |
Other | 17* | 9* | 24* | 30* | 8% | 8% |
Health District: Umzinyathi | ||||||
Travel and time spent on activities | Share of time per activity | |||||
Median Travel Time (Minutes) | Median Activity Time (Minutes) | Peri-urban | Rural | |||
Activity | Peri-urban | Rural | Peri-urban | Rural | ||
Home visits | 15* | 20* | 40* | 60* | 55%* | 49%* |
Clinic/CHC/Mtg w supervisor | 25* | 30* | 120 | 115 | 18%* | 13% |
Phila Mtwana | 30 | 30 | 360* | 425* | 15%* | 16%* |
Creches and other institutions | 27 | 23 | 50 | 73 | 1% | 2% |
Campaigns | 20 | 20 | 150 | 235 | 2% | 3% |
Meeting with community/other | 20 | 30 | 40 | 100 | 3%* | 4%* |
War Room | 30 | 35 | 122 | 188 | 2% | 2% |
Training | 35 | 30 | 51* | 120* | 2% | 5% |
Support Groups | 30 | 30 | 55 | 95 | 1% | 1% |
Other | 16 | 15 | 43 | 40 | 1% | 5% |
Median values (in minutes) are reported here for comparison purposes as the data was not normally distributed. Significance testing on the median travel and activity times were conducted through quantile regression for individual activities. Significance testing between the proportions of time spent on activities across geographical areas was conducted through a test of proportions.
CHC: community health centre, ECD: Early childhood development, F/U: follow up, Mtg: meeting
*Values in bold in the table indicates that differences in medians were statistically significant.