Table 1. Sociodemographic information for Langa survey of adults aged 18–39 years.

Variable​	Pre-tax (n = 2,459)	Post-tax (n = 2,489)
Male	34.8%	34.8%
Female	65​.2%	65​.2%
LSM category1
LSM 3	1.2%	1.6%
LSM 4	13.1%	19.1%*
LSM 5	34.4%	49.7%*
LSM 6	34.9%	27.2%*
Missing/incomplete data	16.4%	2.5
Age (years)	27.9 (6.0)	27.8 (6.2)
Male BMI​ (kg/m2)	22.8 (4.4)​	22.6 (4.1)​
Female BMI (kg/m2)	29.6 (7.3)​	30.3 (7.5)​

Data given as percent or mean (SD).

¹South African Living Standards Measure (LSM) [30].

*Indicates statistically significant difference (p < 0.001) from pre-tax using Fisher exact test.