Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of survey participants, by gender (unweighted).
| Participant characteristic | All 4,007 | Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 2,709 | 67.6 | ||||
| Male | 1,298 | 32.4 | ||||
| Missing | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
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| Age group | ||||||
| 15–29 years | 1,537 | 38.4 | 554 | 42.7 | 983 | 36.3 |
| 30–49 years | 1,640 | 40.9 | 509 | 39.2 | 1,131 | 41.8 |
| 50–69 years | 830 | 20.7 | 235 | 18.1 | 595 | 22.0 |
| Missing | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Median age in year (IQR) | 34 (25–47) | 32 (24–45) | 35 (26–47) | |||
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| Marital status | ||||||
| Never married | 2,600 | 64.9 | 874 | 67.3 | 1,726 | 63.7 |
| Married or cohabiting | 1,171 | 29.2 | 381 | 29.4 | 790 | 29.2 |
| Separated, widowed, or divorced | 231 | 5.8 | 42 | 3.2 | 189 | 7.0 |
| Missing | 5 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.2 |
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| Ethnic group | ||||||
| Motswana | 3,861 | 96.4 | 1,241 | 95.6 | 2,620 | 96.7 |
| Other African | 134 | 3.3 | 52 | 4.0 | 82 | 3.0 |
| European | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Asian | 3 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Other | 6 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.2 |
| Missing | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Education | ||||||
| No formal schooling | 373 | 9.3 | 126 | 9.7 | 247 | 9.1 |
| Primary (1–7 years) | 946 | 23.6 | 265 | 20.4 | 681 | 25.1 |
| Secondary (8–12 years) | 1,985 | 49.5 | 624 | 48.1 | 1,361 | 50.2 |
| Tertiary and higher (>12 years) | 703 | 17.5 | 283 | 21.8 | 420 | 15.5 |
| Missing | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Employment status | ||||||
| Employed | 1,086 | 27.1 | 465 | 35.8 | 621 | 22.9 |
| Self-employed | 483 | 12.1 | 226 | 17.4 | 257 | 9.5 |
| Unpaid homemaker | 603 | 15.1 | 103 | 7.9 | 500 | 18.5 |
| Student or retired | 513 | 12.8 | 195 | 15.0 | 318 | 11.7 |
| Unemployed | 1,320 | 32.9 | 309 | 23.8 | 1,011 | 37.3 |
| Missing | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.1 |
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| Rural district | ||||||
| Urban | 710 | 17.7 | 236 | 18.2 | 474 | 17.5 |
| Rural | 3,297 | 82.3 | 1,062 | 81.8 | 2,235 | 82.5 |
| Missing | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |