Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics of the study sample.

- Sample Weighted % 95% CI
Total 19,933 100 -
- - -
Sex - - -
Female 12,004 52.1 [51.1-53.1]
Male 7,693 47.9 [46.9-48.9]
Population group - - -
Black African 10,110 78.4 [77.8-78.9]
White 6,408 9.6 [9.3-10.0]
Coloured1 2,314 9.0 [8.6-9.4]
Indian/Asian 1,101 3.0 [2.8-3.2]
Age group - - -
18-29 6,784 31.5 [30.7-32.3]
30-39 5,599 25.9 [25.1-26.7]
40-49 3,637 17.0 [16.3-17.7]
50-59 2,241 12.1 [11.4-12.8]
60+ 1,539 13.6 [12.6-14.6]
Education - - -
None/Primary 664 6.0 [5.4-6.6]
Secondary 2,810 15.4 [14.7-16.1]
Matric 6,938 35.1 [34.1-36.0]
Tertiary 9,521 43.6 [42.6-44.6]
Employment - - -
Employed full time 7,874 35.6 [34.7-36.5]
Employed informal/part time 1,968 10.1 [9.6-10.7]
Student 1,634 8.1 [7.6-8.5]
Unemployed 6,327 37.7 [36.7-38.7]
Self employed 2,130 8.5 [7.9-9.1]
Community type - - -
City 2,749 10.2 [9.6-10.7]
Suburb 7,926 27.2 [26.4-28.1]
Township 4,959 35.3 [34.4-36.2]
Informal settlement 762 4.6 [4.2-5.0]
Rural (Traditional tribal area) 2,829 20.6 [19.8-21.4]
Farm 708 2.1 [1.9-2.4]
Province - - -
Western Cape 3,839 12.4 [12.1-12.8]
Eastern Cape 1,634 10.5 [10.0-11.0]
Northern Cape 297 2.1 [2.0-2.3]
Free State 741 4.9 [4.6-5.2]
KwaZulu-Natal 3,530 18.3 [17.8-18.7]
North-West 614 6.7 [6.4-7.1]
Gauteng 6,547 28.0 [27.5-28.6]
Mpumalanga 1,922 7.6 [7.3-8.0]
Limpopo 809 9.4 [8.9-9.9]

1‘Coloured’ is a constructed racial category, similar to ‘white’ and ‘black’ designated onto South Africans during the system of legislated racial segregation. Sub-totals are not always equal to the overall total due to non-response or missing data. CI = Confidence Interval.