Table 1a.
Participant demographic characteristics by site.
|
Mbekweni |
TC Newman |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD, range) | Total n (%) | Mean (SD, range) | Total n (%) | Two-sample t-test statistic (p) | |
| Demographics | |||||
| Age | 27.26 (5.90, 18–44) | 25.79 (5.29, 18–42) | 3.97 (<0.001) | ||
| Race/ethnicity (self-report), % | −128.31 (<0.001) | ||||
| Black African | 504 (98.82) | 6 (1.45) | |||
| Mixed-ancestry | 6 (1.18) | 407 (98.55) | |||
| Socioeconomic status composite | |||||
| Housing | −3.56 (<0.01) | ||||
| House or flat | 292 (57.25) | 283 (68.52) | |||
| Shack, wendy house, or backyard dwelling | 218 (42.75) | 130 (31.48) | |||
| Home ownership | −7.45 (<0.001) | ||||
| Owned | 125 (24.51) | 197 (47.70) | |||
| Rented or informal | 385 (75.49) | 216 (52.30) | |||
| Home assets | |||||
| Electricity | 463 (90.78) | 405 (98.06) | −5.02 (<0.001) | ||
| Tap or running water | 308 (60.39) | 315 (76.27) | −5.27 (<0.001) | ||
| Domestic servant | 6 (1.18) | 6 (1.45) | −0.36 (0.72) | ||
| Flush toilet inside | 267 (52.35) | 302 (73.12) | −6.68 (<0.001) | ||
| Built-in kitchen sink | 202 (39.61) | 306 (74.09) | −11.27 (<0.001) | ||
| Electric stove or hotplate | 424 (83.14) | 398 (96.37) | −6.97 (<0.001) | ||
| Working telephone | 471 (92.35) | 334 (80.87) | 5.06 (<0.001) | ||
| Motor vehicle | 44 (8.63) | 89 (21.55) | −5.44 (<0.001) | ||
| Motorcycle | 10 (1.96) | 5 (1.21) | 0.92 (0.36) | ||
| Bicycle | 19 (3.73) | 37 (8.96) | −3.19 (<0.01) | ||
| Schooling | −0.52 (0.60) | ||||
| Completed university/college | 2 (0.39) | 6 (1.45) | |||
| Some university/college | 31 (6.08) | 14 (3.39) | |||
| Completed high school | 155 (30.39) | 145 (35.11) | |||
| Some high school | 283 (55.49) | 216 (52.30) | |||
| Completed grades 6–7 | 29 (5.69) | 25 (6.05) | |||
| Completed grades 1–5 | 10 (1.96) | 7 (1.69) | |||
| Employment | −10.64 (<0.001) | ||||
| Working now | 114 (22.35) | 123 (29.78) | |||
| Self-employed | 4 (0.78) | 2 (0.48) | |||
| Looking for work | 114 (22.35) | 240 (58.11) | |||
| Temporarily laid off | 9 (1.77) | 2 (0.48) | |||
| Homemaker | 217 (42.55) | 34 (8.23) | |||
| Student | 52 (10.20) | 12 (2.91) | |||
| Receives government aid | 259 (50.78) | 204 (49.39) | 0.42 (0.68) | ||
| Individual average income/month | −2.06 (0.04) | ||||
| More than R10,000 [$649.31 in USD] | 0 (0) | 1 (0.24) | |||
| R5,000 or more [$324.66 in USD] | 3 (0.59) | 9 (2.18) | |||
| R1,000 or more [$64.93 in USD] | 102 (20.00) | 93 (22.52) | |||
| Less than R1,000 [$64.93 in USD] | 405 (79.41) | 310 (75.06) | |||
| Household average income/month | −6.06 (<0.001) | ||||
| More than R15,000 [$989.71 in USD] | 1 (0.20) | 6 (1.45) | |||
| R10,000 or more [$649.31 in USD] | 1 (0.20) | 13 (3.15) | |||
| R5,000 or more [$324.66 in USD] | 50 (9.80) | 61 (14.77) | |||
| R1,000 or more [$64.93 in USD] | 229 (44.90) | 214 (51.82) | |||
| Less than R1,000 [$64.93 in USD] | 229 (44.90) | 119 (28.81) | |||