Table 3 Characteristics of participants included in the cause of death analysis
From: Coming home to die? the association between migration and mortality in rural South Africa
Variable | Total no. (%) | AIDS deaths (%) | Other deaths (%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | ||||
Male | 599 (49.4) | 340 (56.8) | 259 (43.2) | <0.001 |
Female | 613 (50.6) | 455 (74.2) | 158 (25.8) | |
Migration status | ||||
External in-migrants | 148 (12.2) | 116 (78.4) | 32 (21.6) | |
Internal migrants | 44 (3.6) | 32 (72.7) | 12 (27.3) | 0.003 |
Out-migrants | 97 (8.0) | 61 (62.9) | 36 (37.1) | |
residents | 923 (76.2) | 586 (63.5) | 337 (36.5) | |
Education | ||||
Grade 1 to 4 | 301 (24.8) | 178 (59.1) | 123 (40.1) | |
Grade 5 to 12 | 412 (34.0) | 282 (68.5) | 130 (31.5) | 0.005 |
Tertiary | 19 (1.6) | 8 (42.1) | 11 (57.9) | |
Missing | 480 (39.6) | 327 (68.1) | 153 (31.9) | |
Age category: | ||||
18 to 25 | 162 (13.4) | 88 (54.3) | 74 (45.7) | |
26 to 40 | 612 (50.5) | 468 (76.5) | 144 (23.5) | <0.001 |
41 to 60 | 438 (36.1) | 239 (54.6) | 199 (45.4) | |
Economic status | ||||
< 7 household assets | 563 (46.5) | 377 (67.0) | 186 (33.0) | |
>= 7 household assets | 433 (35.7) | 266 (61.4) | 167 (38.6) | 0.050 |
Missing | 216 (17.8) | 152 (70.4) | 64 (29.6) | |
Total | 1,212 | 795 (65.6) | 417 (34.4) |