Table 3 Demographic characteristics
Prevalence of adult reported Child Hunger | ||||||||||
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Socio-demographic Characteristics | Wave 1 N = 5,619 (19.00) | Wave 2 N = 4,586 (13.76) | Wave 3 N = 4,419 (18.60) | Wave 4 N = 4,030 (15.68) | Wave 5 N = 4,118 (15.30) | |||||
N (%) | Pearson Chi2 | N (%) | Pearson Chi2 | N (%) | Pearson Chi2 | N (%) | Pearson Chi2 | N (%) | Pearson Chi2 | |
Employment status | ||||||||||
Not Economically Active | 242 (23.34) | 0.00 | 159 (25.77) | 0.00 | 195 (22.73) | 0.00 | 152 (23.64) | 0.00 | 173 (26.02) | 0.00 |
Unemployed | 481 (46.38) | 279 (45.22) | 324 (37.76) | 278 (43.23) | 263 (39.55) | |||||
Employed | 314 (30.28) | 179 (29.01) | 339 (39.51) | 213 (33.13) | 229 (34.44) | |||||
Residence status | ||||||||||
Urban | 765 (71.70) | 0.00 | 383 (62.89) | 0.04 | 533 (64.84) | 0.88 | 402 (63.61) | 0.04 | 396 (62.86) | 0.04 |
Rural | 302 (28.30) | 226 (37.11) | 289 (35.16) | 230 (36.39) | 234 (37.14) | |||||
Race | ||||||||||
African/Black | 1,008 (94.38) | 0.00 | 606 (96.04) | 0.00 | 833 (96.52) | 0.00 | 630 (95.45) | 0.00 | 652 (97.17) | 0.00 |
Coloured | 53 (4.96) | 24 (3.80) | 27 (3.13) | 29 (4.39) | 18 (2.68) | |||||
Asian/Indian | 2 (0.19) | 1 (0.16) | 2 (0.23) | 1 (0.15) | 1 (0.15) | |||||
White | 5 (0.47) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.12) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | |||||
Socioeconomic Status (SES) | ||||||||||
Poorest | 185 (26.28) | 0.00 | 97 (23.83) | 0.00 | 59 (34.91) | 0.00 | 172 (33.08) | 0.00 | 184 (35.52) | 0.00 |
Poorer | 227 (32.24) | 122 (29.98) | 49 (28.99) | 127 (24.42) | 144 (27.80) | |||||
Middle | 123 (17.47) | 86 (21.13) | 33 (19.53) | 114 (21.92) | 106 (20.46) | |||||
Richer | 111 (15.77) | 72 (17.69) | 22 (13.02) | 82 (15.77) | 63 (12.16) | |||||
Richest | 58 (8.24) | 30 (7.37) | 6 (3.55) | 25 (4.81) | 21 (4.05) | |||||
Dwelling Type | ||||||||||
House/Flat | (69.73) | 0.00 | 430 (69.24) | 0.00 | 593 (71.10) | 0.00 | 428 (67.30) | 0.00 | 429 (66.41) | 0.00 |
Tradition/Mud | (18.54) | 137 (22.06) | 164 (19.66) | 126 (19.81) | 142 (21.98) | |||||
Informal-Shack | (11.73) | 54 (8.70) | 77 (9.23) | 82 (12.89) | 75 (11.61) | |||||
Electricity access | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,002 (93.91) | 0.13 | 591 (93.66) | 0.16 | 806 (93.72) | 0.10 | 610 (92.99) | 0.07 | 622 (93.53) | 0.06 |
No | 65 (6.09) | 40 (6.34) | 54 (6.28) | 46 (7.01) | 43 (6.47) | |||||
Piped-water access | ||||||||||
Yes | 701 (65.64) | 0.00 | 391 (61.97) | 0.00 | 521 (60.72) | 0.00 | 395 (60.21) | 0.00 | 399 (60.00) | 0.00 |
No | 367 (34.36) | 240 (38.03) | 337 (39.28) | 261 (39.79) | 266 (40.00) | |||||
Respondent's Education Level | ||||||||||
No schooling | 41 (3.87) | 0.00 | 28 (4.44) | 0.00 | 37 (4.30) | 0.00 | 41 (6.27) | 0.00 | 42 (6.30) | 0.00 |
Primary Education | 353 (33.30) | 206 (32.70) | 277 (32.21) | 193 (29.51) | 194 (29.09) | |||||
Secondary Education | 658 (62.08) | 393 (62.38) | 536 (62.33) | 415 (63.46) | 420 (62.97) | |||||
Tertiary Education | 8(0.75) | 3 (0.48) | 10 (1.16) | 5 (0.76) | 11 (1.65) | |||||
Respondent’s Gender | ||||||||||
Male | 355 (33.24) | 0.02 | 215 (34.07) | 0.24 | 269 (31.17) | 0.05 | 182 (27.58) | 0.00 | 170 (25.34) | 0.00 |
Female | 713 (66.76) | 416 (65.93) | 594 (68.83) | 478 (72.42) | 501 (74.66) | |||||