From: Overcrowding and health in two impoverished suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa
Characteristics | N = 3121 |
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n (%) | |
Sex (head of household) | |
Female | 2017 (64.6) |
Male | 1104 (35.4) |
Level of education (head of household) | |
None | 186 (6.0) |
Primary | 773 (24.8) |
Secondary | 1844 (59.2) |
Tertiary | 294 (9.4) |
Missing | 20 (0.6) |
Household total monthly income | |
No income | 765 (24.5) |
R1001 – R5000 | 1589 (50.9) |
R5001 – R 10000 | 346 (11.1) |
> R10000 | 246 (7.9) |
Missing | 175 (5.6) |
Any member of the household smokes at home | |
Yes | 1082 (34.7) |
No | 2039 (65.3) |
Households with children under 5 years of age | |
Yes | 1356 (43.4) |
No | 1765 (56.6) |
Period of residence in the current dwelling | |
< 10 years | 1660 (53.2) |
> 10 years | 1461 (46.8) |
Perception of overcrowding in own dwelling | |
No problem | 2352 (75.4) |
Moderate problem | 373 (12.0) |
Major problem | 395 (12.7) |
Missing | 1 (0.03) |
Perception of overcrowding in the suburb | |
No problem | 1509 (48.4) |
Moderate problem | 620 (19.9) |
Major problem | 992 (31.8) |
Degree of overcrowding in own dwelling by UN HABITAT definition | |
Not overcrowdeda | 1322 (42.4) |
Moderately overcrowdedb | 1518 (48.6) |
Extremely overcrowdedc | 281 (9.0) |