Table 1.
Sociodemographic information.
| n | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Age of mother (n = 799*) | ||
| <19 years | 82 | 10.3 |
| 19–35 years | 640 | 80.1 |
| >35 years | 77 | 9.6 |
| Marital status (n = 800) | ||
| Married | 359 | 44.9 |
| Home language (n = 800) | ||
| Afrikaans | 416 | 52 |
| English | 20 | 2.5 |
| Setswana | 305 | 38.1 |
| IsiXhosa | 31 | 3.9 |
| Other African languages | 16 | 1.9 |
| Foreign languages | 12 | 1.7 |
| Level of education (n = 797*) | ||
| Grade 1–7 | 79 | 9.9 |
| Grade 8–11 | 379 | 57.5 |
| Grade 12 | 229 | 28.7 |
| Still at school | 19 | 2.4 |
| Tertiary | 91 | 11.4 |
| Main source of income (n = 799*) | ||
| Permanent salary | 355 | 44.4 |
| Temporary/contract/piece job | 94 | 11.8 |
| Grant/pension | 312 | 39.1 |
| Support from family | 38 | 4.8 |
| Type of water in the household (n = 799*) | ||
| Piped water within the dwelling | 362 | 45.3 |
| Piped water within the stand | 255 | 31.9 |
| Piped water within 200 m from the stand | 147 | 18.4 |
| Piped water more than 200 m from the stand | 34 | 4.3 |
| No access to piped water | 1 | 0.1 |
| Type of house (n = 799*) | ||
| Formal house or flat | 393 | 49.2 |
| Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) house | 238 | 29.8 |
| Shanty or tin | 165 | 20.7 |
| Wendy house or mud house | 3 | 0.4 |
| Toilet facilities (n = 800) | ||
| Flush toilet in the house | 364 | 45.5 |
| Flush toilet outside the house | 362 | 45.3 |
| Bucket | 33 | 4.1 |
| Hole or veld | 12 | 1.5 |
| Pit toilet | 27 | 3.4 |
| Sakkies (used in Platfontein by the Bushmen) | 2 | 0.3 |
| In the past 4 weeks, no food to eat of any kind in the house because of a lack of resources to obtain food (n = 800) | 180 | 22.5 |
*
If a participant was unsure of a particular response to a question, this was indicated as missing, hence the difference in numbers who answered.