TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the amathwasa (n = 42).
| Demographic variables | |||
| Mean | SD | ||
| Age (years) | 34.2 | 7.0 | |
| n | % | ||
| Gender | Female | 25 | 60 |
| Marital status | Single | 36 | 86 |
| Married | 4 | 10 | |
| Divorced or widowed | 2 | 5 | |
| Education | Elementary school grades 1–6 | 3 | 7 |
| Middle school grades 7–8 | 6 | 14 | |
| High school grades 9–11 | 16 | 38 | |
| High school grade 12 or graduated | 17 | 41 | |
| Ukuthwasa | Ongoing | 2 | 5 |
| Finished, not yet graduated | 10 | 24 | |
| Graduated | 30 | 71 | |
| Occupation | THP, no other job | 31 | 74 |
| THP and other job | 8 | 19 | |
| Other job (not as THP) | 2 | 5 | |
| Unemployed | 1 | 2 | |