Table 2.

Demographic information of the respondents in five local municipalities, KwaZulu-Natal (n = 500), South Africa.

Demographics	KZN Overall (%)	Greater Kokstad	Richmond	UMshwathi	uMsinga	eThekwini
Age category (years)
Under 18	8	9	8	9	9	6
18–24 years	18	13	9	24	23	23
25–34	15	19	22	10	13	11
35–44	10.6	14	9	7	11	12
45–54	11.2	10	10	12	11	13
55–64	15.8	15	23	15	15	11
65–74	11.8	12	13	13	8	13
75 years and above	9	8	6	10	10	11
Sex
Male	40	41	40	42	40	37
Female	60	59	60	58	60	63
Level of education
No formal education	23	20	27	14	26	30
Primary education	37	39	44	34	33	34
Secondary education	32	26	26	44	32	33
Tertiary education	8	15	3	8	9	3
Occupation
Unemployed	32	30	35	22	28	46
Self employed	11	9	15	12	13	6
Pensioner	32	34	37	34	25	29
Employed	15	18	8	19	21	10
Student	10	9	5	13	13	9