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Table 2 Residents’ responses on whether they thought they might end up in a situation of self-isolation or quarantine

From: Preparedness for self-isolation or quarantine and lockdown in South Africa: results from a rapid online survey

Demographics

Total

Yes

No

I don’t know

P value

n

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

Total

53,503

40.1

[38.9–41.3]

32.5

[31.3–33.7]

27.4

[26.2–28.6]

 

Sex

0.032

 Male

15,475

40.4

[38.4–42.5]

28.7

[26.7–30.7]

30.9

[29.0–32.9]

 

 Female

33,729

39.6

[38.1–41.1]

26.3

[24.9–27.8]

34.1

[32.6–35.7]

 

Age group (years)

0.157

 18–29

8813

42.6

[40.4–44.8]

27.1

[25.2–29.1]

30.3

[28.3–32.4]

 

 30–39

13,075

40.4

[38.4–42.4]

26.8

[24.9–28.7]

32.8

[30.9–34.8]

 

 40–49

13,093

39.1

[36.7–41.5]

25.9

[23.9–28.2]

34.9

[32.7–37.3]

 

 50–59

10,678

36.6

[33.6–39.7]

28.7

[25.7–31.8]

34.7

[31.8–37.8]

 

 60–69

5882

36.9

[32.6–41.4]

33.4

[28.7–38.5]

29.7

[25.6–34.1]

 

 70+

1862

40.8

[31.1–51.2]

24.1

[15.7–35.1]

35.1

[25.4–46.2]

 

Race group

< 0.001

 Black African

7907

38.8

[37.2–40.4]

29.1

[27.5–30.6]

32.2

[30.6–33.8]

 

 Coloured

4380

40.1

[38.2–42.1]

22.8

[21.1–24.6]

37.1

[35.2–39.0]

 

 White

36,310

47.7

[46.7–48.6]

20.7

[20.0–21.5]

31.6

[30.8–32.5]

 

 Indian/Asian

3873

41

[38.6–43.4]

24.9

[22.6–27.3]

34.1

[31.9–36.5]

 

Employment

0.425

 Employed full time

28,198

40.6

[39.0–42.1]

26.9

[25.4–28.3]

32.6

[31.1–34.1]

 

 Employed informal/part time

3779

40.6

[36.4–44.9]

27.2

[22.9–31.9]

32.2

[28.4–36.4]

 

 Student

2937

41.5

[37.9–45.2]

26.8

[23.6–30.3]

31.7

[28.3–35.3]

 

 Unemployed

8138

36.2

[32.8–39.6]

29.2

[25.6–33.0]

34.6

[31.1–38.4]

 

 Self employed

10,341

41.2

[37.0–45.6]

27.7

[24.4–31.2]

31.1

[26.9–35.6]

 

Dwelling type

0.110

 Formal dwelling

52,890

40.2

[39.0–41.5]

32.2

[31.0–33.5]

27.5

[26.3–28.8]

 

 Informal dwelling

604

37.4

[31.8–43.3]

38.4

[32.7–44.5]

24.2

[19.4–29.8]

 

Province

< 0.001

 Eastern Cape

2468

37

[33.0–41.3]

32.8

[28.8–37.0]

30.2

[26.3–34.4]

 

 Free State

1258

44.1

[38.4–50.0]

24.0

[19.5–29.2]

31.9

[26.5–37.7]

 

 Gauteng

24,549

40.7

[39.3–42.1]

32.4

[31.0–33.8]

26.9

[25.6–28.3]

 

 KwaZulu-Natal

6403

40.1

[37.2–43.0]

34.9

[32.3–37.6]

25.0

[22.7–27.5]

 

 Limpopo

1020

32.2

[26.3–38.8]

30.2

[24.6–36.4]

37.6

[31.0–44.6]

 

 Mpumalanga

960

40.4

[34.4–46.7]

33.8

[28.1–40.1]

25.8

[20.7–31.6]

 

 North West

973

40.3

[33.6–47.4]

29.5

[22.0–38.4]

30.2

[24.2–36.9]

 

 Northern Cape

478

44.3

[36.2–52.7]

34.8

[27.4–42.9]

20.9

[14.8–28.7]

 

 Western Cape

15,394

44.3

[42.6–46.1]

34.4

[32.7–36.0]

21.3

[19.8–22.9]

 
  1. Sub-totals are not always equal to the overall total due to non-response or missing data
  2. CI Confidence Interval