Table 1:
Participants’ demographic
information.
Pseudonym |
Age |
Ethnicity |
Relationship status |
Children (age in
years) |
Persons in house |
Rooms in house |
Highest school level |
Employment status |
Income p/m |
Anna |
27 |
Coloured |
Boyfriend
of 3 years |
1
(9) |
8 |
3
(Shares a room with 3 other people) |
Gr.
11 |
Sales
clerk |
R2945 |
Chenille |
47 |
Coloured |
Boyfriend
of 6 months |
2
(27 & son, deceased 2005) |
2 |
2
(RDP house. Shares a room with her daughter.) |
Gr.
10 |
Cashier |
R1200 |
Christine |
27 |
Coloured |
Boyfriend
of 7 years |
3
(11, 6, 9-months) and foster child/nephew (5) |
8 |
2
(RDP house. Shares a room with 5 other people.) |
Gr.
8 |
Farm-labourer |
R1900 |
Elizabeth |
69 |
White |
Single
(widower of 30 years) |
3
(33, 36 & son, deceased 1978) |
1 |
3 |
Matric |
Unemployed |
R2000 |
Twela |
38 |
Coloured |
Boyfriend
of 2 years |
1
(13) |
10 |
4
(Shares a room with her son.) |
Matric |
Shop
attendant |
R2500 |
Nina |
34 |
Coloured |
Marital
separation for past 9 months |
3
(13, 10, 8) |
5 |
3
(Sleeps on a couch in the living room/kitchen.) |
Gr.
8 |
Unemployed |
R0
– +/-R400 |
Evergreen
|
51 |
Coloured |
Second
husband of 8 years |
2
(24, 30) |
2 |
2
(RDP house. Shares a room with her husband.) |
Matric |
Unemployed |
R1140
(Disability grant) |
Linkie |
27 |
Coloured |
Girlfriend
of 10 months |
1
(3) |
7 |
4
(Shares a room with 3 other people.) |
Matric |
Unemployed |
R260
(Child support grant) |
Tracey |
32 |
Coloured |
Single |
1
(9), Tracey was 8 months pregnant at time of interview |
8 |
3
(Shares a room with 4 other people.) |
Gr.11 |
Farm
labourer |
R1200 |
Melissa |
36 |
Black |
Husband
of 15 years |
3
(15, 10, 6) |
4 |
2
(Shares a room with 3 other people.) |
Gr.
7 |
Unemployed |
R800
(of which R400 given to her mother) |
“Rooms in
house” indicates the total number of rooms in the house (kitchen, living-room,
bedrooms) but excludes the bathroom. All participants had either one bathroom
or an out-house which functioned as such.
All
participants had at least one electricity/power point in their home.
All
participants cited “Christian” as their religious affiliation. All but three
claimed that they were “actively involved” in their local church.