Table 5.
Socio-demographic characteristics of participants who presented for clinic screening.
| Socio-Demographic Characteristics (N = 316) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Population | Black 177 (54.2%) | Mixed-Ancestry 141 (45.7%) | ||
| Age, mean (SD) | 51.8 (8.9) | 49 (9.5) | 54 (7.7) ** | |
| Gender | N | % | N (%) | |
| Male | 60 | 19.0 | 30 (17.5) | 30 (20.8) |
| Female | 253 | 80.1 | 141 (82.5) | 114 (79.5) |
| NA | 3 | 0.9 | ||
| Education | ||||
| Never went to school | 2 | 0.6 | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.7) |
| Primary school (grades 1–7) | 76 | 24.1 | 36 (21.4) | 41 (28.3) |
| High school (grades 8–12) | 136 | 43.0 | 67 (39.9) | 69 (47.6) * |
| Less than grade 12 + FET*/certificate/diploma | 11 | 3.5 | 6 (36.) | 5 (3.4) |
| Grade 12 | 36 | 11.5 | 20 (11.9) | 16 (11) |
| Tertiary/diploma/degree | 51 | 16.3 | 38 (22.6) | 13 (9) * |
| Not Assigned | 5 | 1.6 | ||
| Occupation | ||||
| Employed (full- or part-time/self-employed) | 93 | 29.4 | 53 (29.9) | 40 (28.6) |
| Unemployed | 133 | 42 | 87 (49.1) | 46 (32.8) |
| Full-time homemaker | 21 | 6.6 | 2 (1.1) | 19 (13.5) |
| Pensioner | 58 | 18.4 | 21 (11.9) | 37 (26.2) |
| On a disability grant | 13 | 4.1 | 5 | 8 |
| Child grant | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 1 |
| Income | ||||
| No income | 32 | 10.2 | 23 (13.7) | 9 (6.2) ** |
| R1–R400 | 12 | 3.8 | 12 (7.1) | 0 |
| R401–R800 | 27 | 8.6 | 18 (10.7) | 9 (8.6) |
| R801–R1600 | 75 | 24 | 41 (24.4) | 34 (23.4) ** |
| R1601–R3200 | 95 | 30.4 | 51 (30.4 | 44 (30.3) |
| R3201–R6400 | 42 | 13.2 | 16 (9.5) | 26 (17.9) ** |
| R6401–R12,800 | 19 | 6.1 | 4 (2.4) | 15 (10.3) ** |
| R12,801–R25,600 | 10 | 3.2 | 3 (1.8) | 7(4.8) ** |
| R25,601–R51,200 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 (0.7) |
FET*–Further education and training. * p-value < 0.5; ** p-value ≤ 0.001.