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Table 2 Bivariate results of non-communicable diseases

From: The prevalence and contextual correlates of non-communicable diseases among inter-provincial migrants and non-migrants in South Africa

Variables

Migrants

Non-Migrants

No (%)

Chi-square

No (%)

Chi-square

Gender

 

53.95***

 

235.9***

 Male

292 (14.82)

 

788 (11.43)

 

 Female

621 (23.54)

 

1954 (20.48)

 

Age

 

648.8***

 

2.231***

 15–24 years

24 (3.30)

 

163 (3.26)

 

 25–64 years

586 (17.36)

 

1800 (17.94)

 

 65 + years

303 (59.88)

 

779 (55.80)

 

Race

 

169.4***

 

265.3***

 Blacks

600 (16.10)

 

1880 (14.31)

 

 Non-Blacks

312 (35.58)

 

862 (26.14)

 

Income (Rands)

 

12.95**

 

20.81***

  < 5000

116 (12.11)

 

403 (14.55)

 

 5000–10000

53 (13.15)

 

125 (16.71)

 

  > 10000

80 (19.37)

 

127 (22.16)

 

Education

 

173.4***

 

849.8***

 Primary

302 (35.66)

 

1203 (31.85)

 

 Secondary

353 (14.74)

 

1095 (11.07)

 

 Tertiary

255 (18.86)

 

438 (16.13)

 

Marital Status

 

276.1***

 

15.87***

 Never married

253 (9.81)

 

1030 (8.98)

 

 Married

382 (30.29)

 

926 (32.31)

 

 Div/wid/seperated

67 (30.32)

 

158 (33.05)

 

Household Size

 

4.684

 

70.98***

 1–3 persons

446 (18.90)

 

979 (19.94)

 

 4–6 persons

337 (21.59)

 

1054 (16.61)

 

 7+ persons

130 (18.92)

 

709 (13.69)

 

Exercise

 

17.12***

 

106.4***

 No

647 (21.60)

 

2080 (18.77)

 

 Yes

266 (16.50)

 

662 (12.37)

 

Smoking

 

4.978*

 

0.815

 No

768 (20.44)

 

2266 (16.81)

 

 Yes

145 (17.06)

 

476 (16.12)

 

Coastal Region

 

8.512**

 

34.35***

 No

460 (18.25)

 

902 (14.50)

 

 Yes

453 (21.70)

 

1840 (18.02)

 

Residence

 

4.209*

 

27.06***

 Rural

248 (17.97)

 

1276 (15.20)

 

 Urban

665 (20.60)

 

1466 (18.23)

 

Province

 

64.24***

 

167.3***

 Western Cape

148 (27.06)

 

412 (23.97)

 

 Eastern Cape

88 (23.16)

 

367 (18.64)

 

 Northern Cape

61 (29.19)

 

297 (21.79)

 

 Free State

79 (25.82)

 

160 (18.82)

 

 KwaZulu-Natal

156 (16.39)

 

764 (14.80

 

 North West

52 (19.55)

 

189 (18.31)

 

 Gauteng

179 (15.52)

 

243 (14.23)

 

 Mpumalanga

97 (21.37)

 

134 (11.78)

 

 Limpopo

53 (15.54)

 

176 (11.80)

 
  1. *p<0.05; **p<0.002; ***p<0.001