Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study populations in Caquba and Lucingweni (OR Tambo District) in the Eastern cape of South Africa
. | Study areas | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Caquba | Lucingweni | ||
Characteristic | N (%) | N (%) | P-value |
#Sex | |||
Male | 14 (60.9) | 8 (53.3) | 0.646 |
Female | 9 (39.1) | 7 (46.7) | |
#Age Group | 0.005* | ||
18–25 | 0 | 5 (33.3) | |
26–45 | 11 (47.8) | 6 (40) | |
46–65 | 8 (34.8) | 4 (26.7) | |
66 + years | 4 (17.4) | 0 | |
Average | 48 | 33 | |
Education Status | 0.005* | ||
Primary and below | 13 (39.1) | 4 (26.7) | |
Secondary and above | 10 (26.1) | 11 (73.3) | |
#Day to day activities | 0.968 | ||
Primarily outdoors | 17 (73.9) | 11 (73.3) | |
Primarily indoors | 6 (26.1) | 4 (26.7) | |
#Livestock owned | |||
Cattle | 13 (56.5) | 6 (40) | 0.319 |
Goats | 2 (8.7) | 6 (40) | 0.544 |
Sheep | 8 (34.8) | 8 (53.3) | 0.002* |
Chickens | 17 (73.9) | 10 (66.7) | 0.632 |
Pigs | 7 (30.4) | 4 (26.7) | 0.802 |
Mean residency (years) | 47 | 17 | |
Monthly income (ZAR) | 0.385 | ||
R0–450 | 14 (60.9) | 7 (46.7) | |
R460–850 | 4 (17.4) | 6 (40) | |
R860–1000 | 1 (4.3) | 0 | |
> R1000 | 2 (8.7) | 2 (13.3) | |