Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the sample in the baseline 2010–11 wave, South African National Income Dynamics Study (N = 4,993).
| Characteristics | No. or mean (% or SD) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 50.5 (14.0) |
| Women | 3,432 (68.7) |
| Race | |
| African | 4,226 (84.6) |
| Coloured | 628 (12.6) |
| Asian/Indian | 52 (1.0) |
| White | 87 (1.7) |
| Marital status | |
| Married or living with partner | 2,530 (50.7) |
| Widow, divorced or separated | 980 (19.6) |
| Never married | 1,483 (29.7) |
| Completed schooling | |
| No schooling | 1,162 (23.3) |
| Primary and secondary | 3,399 (68.1) |
| Tertiary | 432 (8.7) |
| Geography type | |
| Urban | 2,191 (43.9) |
| Traditional | 2,394 (47.9) |
| Farms | 408 (8.2) |
| Province | |
| Western Cape | 395 (7.9) |
| Eastern Cape | 686 (13.7) |
| Northern Cape | 396 (7.9) |
| Free State | 294 (5.9) |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 1,492 (29.9) |
| North West | 351 (7.0) |
| Gauteng | 497 (10.0) |
| Mpumalanga | 396 (7.9) |
| Limpopo | 486 (9.7) |
| Self-reported health status | |
| Excellent | 1,351 (27.1) |
| Very good | 1,390 (27.8) |
| Good | 1,261 (25.3) |
| Fair | 679 (13.6) |
| Poor | 312 (6.2) |
| Current smoker | 807 (16.2) |
| Number of days of alcohol use per week | |
| < 1 | 4,664 (93.4) |
| 1–2 | 204 (4.1) |
| ≥ 3 | 125 (2.5) |
| Reported frequency of exercising per week | |
| < 1 | 4,446 (89.0) |
| 1–2 | 332 (6.6) |
| ≥ 3 | 215 (4.3) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 28.4 (7.6) |