| Socio-economic Status | Overall total (Unweighted N, %) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QI poorest (%) | QII (%) | QIII (%) | QIV wealthiest (%) | |||||||
2008 | 2012 | 2008 | 2012 | 2008 | 2012 | 2008 | 2012 | 2008 | 2012 | |
Age categories | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1111 | 1619** |
 15 to 19 | 12.1 | 14.2 | 13.1 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 11.1 | 10.2 |
 20 to 29 | 50.4 | 50.8 | 48.6 | 57.8 | 52.4 | 55.3 | 51.4 | 50.6 | 50.5 | 54.0 |
 30 to 39 | 32.8 | 26.2 | 36.2 | 28.9 | 35.5 | 31.4 | 37.0 | 39.8 | 35.0 | 30.4 |
 40 to 55 | 4.7 | 8.8 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 5.3 |
Place of residence | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1115*** | 1619*** |
 Urban formal | 7.8 | 11.3 | 27.6 | 27.1 | 82.0 | 76.8 | 95.7 | 89.7 | 43.2 | 45.7 |
 Urban informal | 20.3 | 11.0 | 16.3 | 12.0 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 13.7 | 9.3 |
 Rural formal | 10.9 | 4.8 | 9.7 | 3.1 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 6 | 8.3 | 3.9 |
 Rural informal | 61.0 | 72.8 | 46.4 | 57.8 | 4.2 | 11.3 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 34.8 | 41.1 |
Province | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1115*** | 1619*** |
 Eastern Cape | 21.2 | 30.9 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 15.0 | 2.3 | 12.8 | 12.6 |
 Free State | 3.5 | 3.2 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 6.9 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
 Gauteng | 10.5 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 18.3 | 41.2 | 40.6 | 40.4 | 50.5 | 21.3 | 26.4 |
 KwaZulu Natal | 23.2 | 20.9 | 28.7 | 26.2 | 16 | 12.3 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 21.7 | 18.4 |
 Limpopo | 22.4 | 19.5 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 12.7 | 11.4 |
 Mpumalanga | 8.0 | 6.5 | 10.4 | 12.9 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 3.7 | 7.5 | 8.1 |
 North West | 7.8 | 6.8 | 13.7 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 9.2 | 6.6 |
 Northern Cape | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 2.7 |
 Western Cape | 2.1 | 2.6 | 7.4 | 4.9 | 12.9 | 14.3 | 16.7 | 15.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 |
Race | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1110*** | 1615*** |
 African | 98.4 | 96.9 | 95 | 95.7 | 77.5 | 82.9 | 60.4 | 49.7 | 88 | 85.7 |
 White | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 2.0 | 17.6 | 23.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
 Coloured | 1.6 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 15.7 | 16.7 | 7.1 | 8.2 |
 Indian | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 10.2 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
Highest education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1111*** | 1471*** |
 No schooling-Gr3 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 2.3 |
 Gr4-Gr7 | 17.8 | 19.0 | 10.1 | 7.9 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 10.4 | 9.2 |
 Gr8-Gr11 | 58.3 | 60.9 | 51.4 | 44.0 | 34.4 | 40.0 | 13.8 | 20.5 | 45.3 | 44.4 |
 Gr12 | 15.2 | 16.4 | 28.6 | 39.9 | 44.0 | 41.6 | 36.2 | 44.1 | 29.7 | 34.2 |
 Tertiary | 1.7 | 0.1 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 14.6 | 13.0 | 47.0 | 32.4 | 10.3 | 10.0 |
Employment | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1096*** | 1589*** |
 Housewife | 26.2 | 17.0 | 21.1 | 11.2 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 11 | 17.5 | 19.6 | 14.2 |
 Unemployed, not seeking work | 9.6 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 |
 Unemployed, seeking work | 44.0 | 51.6 | 33.9 | 49.2 | 36.2 | 35.6 | 28.1 | 12.7 | 37.2 | 40.7 |
 Informal sector, self-employed | 4.6 | 0.6 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 9.6 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 4.2 |
 Scholar or student | 5.6 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 10.1 | 5.6 | 10.1 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 7.7 | 9.8 |
 Part employed | 6.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 14.2 | 4.8 | 6.8 |
 Full employed | 2.4 | 2.5 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 28.9 | 18.3 | 43.0 | 38.4 | 16.2 | 14.7 |
 Pensioner, sick or disabled | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1113** | 1601*** |
 Single | 59.3 | 57.8 | 64.8 | 62 | 55.7 | 50.2 | 41.1 | 36.1 | 58.4 | 53.7 |
 Married/cohabiting | 36.5 | 38.7 | 32.7 | 35.6 | 43.2 | 48.2 | 55.0 | 63.5 | 38.9 | 44.1 |
 Divorced/widow | 4.1 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 2.2 |