Table 2.

Demographics of survey respondents by unmet healthcare needs over the past calendar year

	Total		Unmet healthcare need(s) over the past calendar year				P value
			Yes		No
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total	2754	100.0	39	1.4	2715	98.6
Gender
Female	1456	52.9	25	1.7	1431	98.3	<0.001
Male	1298	47.1	14	1.1	1284	98.9
Age (years)
Under 5	237	8.6	0	0.0	237	100.0	0.099
6–10	365	13.3	3	0.8	362	99.2
11–20	475	17.2	3	0.6	472	99.4
21–30	474	17.2	8	1.7	466	98.3
31–40	357	13.0	9	2.5	348	97.5
41–50	274	10.0	4	1.5	270	98.5
51–60	317	11.5	5	1.6	312	98.4
61–70	167	6.1	5	3.0	162	97.0
71+	84	3.1	2	2.4	82	97.6
Median (IQR)	27 (12–47)		36 (26–55)		26 (12–46)		0.004
Health insurance
No	2712	98.5	39	1.4	2673	98.6	0.257
Yes	42	1.5	1	2.4	41	97.6
Highest grade of education
0–7	1160	43.6	16	1.4	1144	98.6	0.913
8–10	497	18.7	7	1.4	490	98.6
11 or higher	1004	37.7	12	1.2	992	98.8
Employment status
Full-time	509	18.5	3	0.6	506	99.4	<0.001
Part-time	131	4.7	3	2.3	128	97.7
Pensioner	253	9.2	8	3.2	245	96.8
Preschool	311	11.3	1	0.3	310	99.7
Scholar currently	656	23.8	4	0.6	652	99.4
Student	2	0.1	0	0.0	2	100.0
Unemployed	892	32.4	20	2.2	872	97.8
Social grants received
None	1841	66.8	26	1.4	1815	98.6	<0.001
Child support	581	21.1	3	0.5	578	99.5
Disability	77	2.8	2	2.6	75	97.4
Foster grant	5	0.2	0	0.0	5	100.0
Old age pension	250	9.1	8	3.2	242	96.8
Home language
Afrikaans	155	5.6	6	3.9	149	96.1	0.002
English and Afrikaans	2591	94.1	33	1.3	2558	98.7
English	8	0.3	0	0.0	8	100.0
Number of household members
1–2	199	7.2	8	4.0	191	96.0	0.018
3–6	1600	58.1	21	1.3	1579	98.7
7–10	811	29.4	9	1.1	802	98.9
11–14	123	4.5	1	0.8	122	99.2
15 or more	21	0.8	0	0.0	21	100.0
Median (IQR)	5 (4–7)		4 (3–7)		5 (4–7)
Dwelling type
Formal	2042	74.1	28	37.8	2014	98.6	0.114
Informal	712	25.9	11	6472.7	701	98.5