Table 4.
Health care and economic behaviors at South African Population Research Infrastructure Network nodes from April to August 2020a.
| Variable | Any member missed daily medication (n=17,277), prevalence ratio (95% CI) | Any member unable to access health care (n=17,272), prevalence ratio (95% CI) | Any member lost earnings (n=17,256), prevalence ratio (95% CI) | |
| Node | ||||
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AHRIb (KwaZulu-Natal) | 1.00 (N/Ac) | 1.00 (N/A) | 1.00 (N/A) |
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Agincourt (Mpumalanga) | 1.20 (1.14-1.27) | 0.34 (0.29-0.40) | 0.90 (0.80-1.01) |
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DIMAMOd (Limpopo) | 1.60 (1.48-1.74) | 1.66 (1.31-2.09) | 0.27 (0.19-0.38) |
| Month of interview | ||||
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April | 1.08 (0.88-1.33) | 0.64 (0.38-1.09) | 1.56 (1.29-1.89) |
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May | 1.00 (N/A) | 1.00 (N/A) | 1.00 (N/A) |
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June | 1.06 (0.99-1.13) | 0.51 (0.41-0.64) | 0.58 (0.52-0.66) |
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July | 1.22 (1.15-1.28) | 0.52 (0.42-0.64) | 0.57 (0.52-0.64) |
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August | 1.10 (1.04-1.17) | 0.35 (0.28-0.44) | 0.57 (0.51-0.64) |
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September | 0.81 (0.76-0.87) | 0.33 (0.26-0.42) | 0.42 (0.37-0.48) |
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October | 0.93 (0.87-1.00) | 0.17 (0.13-0.23) | 0.27 (0.23-0.33) |
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November | 0.98 (0.92-1.05) | 0.48 (0.39-0.59) | 0.27 (0.22-0.32) |
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December | 1.02 (0.94-1.10) | 0.48 (0.37-0.63) | 0.37 (0.31-0.45) |
| Household members (per person) | ||||
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Children | 0.99 (0.98-1.01) | 1.00 (0.96-1.04) | 1.01 (0.97-1.04) |
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Working-aged adults | 0.98 (0.96-0.99) | 1.03 (0.99-1.07) | 1.07 (1.04-1.10) |
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Pension-aged adults | 0.81 (0.76-0.86) | 1.04 (0.91-1.20) | 0.82 (0.72-0.92) |
| Maximum education of household members | ||||
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Less than complete secondary education | 1.00 (N/A) | 1.00 (N/A) | 1.00 (N/A) |
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Complete secondary education | 1.07 (1.00-1.14) | 0.98 (0.82-1.16) | 1.15 (1.00-1.32) |
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Diploma/certificate/degree | 1.08 (0.99-1.18) | 1.02 (0.82-1.28) | 1.03 (0.83 - 1.28) |
| Household income sources in 2019 | ||||
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Full-time and part-time employees | 1.02 (1.00-1.04) | 1.01 (0.96-1.05) | 1.04 (1.00-1.08) |
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Pension grants | 0.92 (0.86-0.98) | 1.21 (1.05-1.40) | 0.92 (0.81-1.05) |
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Nonpension grants | 1.01 (0.99-1.02) | 0.98 (0.94-1.02) | 1.04 (1.00-1.07) |
| Household asset index quintiles | 1.01 (0.99-1.03) | 1.00 (0.95-1.05) | 0.99 (0.95-1.03) | |
aEach column (knowledge, the number of visitors, and members leaving home) is a single Poisson regression with household-level random effects and robust SEs for calculating prevalence ratios and 95% CIs. In total, 17,384 observations have complete covariate data and 5704 observations from 1475 households have missing covariate values; 33 households surveyed by AHRI, 103 surveyed by Agincourt, and 1339 surveyed by DIMAMO are missing data. The remaining missing observations reflect missing outcome values.
bAHRI: Africa Health Research Institute.
cN/A: not applicable.
dDIMAMO: Dikgale-Mamabolo-Mothiba