Perpetuation of household food insecurity during COVID-19 in South Africa

Table 1 Percentage distribution of participant demographic and socioeconomic characteristics by food insecurity in the 1st round of data collection

Respondent characteristics	Food insecure
	Yes		No		Total
	n	%	n	%	n
Total	1249	26.11	3534	73.89	4783
Gender*
Man	469	25.91	1341	74.09	1810
Woman	780	26.24	2193	73.76	2973
Population group*
African	1170	28.41	2948	71.59	4118
Coloured	70	16.71	349	83.29	419
Asian/Indian	3	8.57	32	91.43	35
White	8	3.86	199	96.14	207
Other	0	0	7	100	7
Age group*
18–24	130	19.79	527	80.21	657
25–34	334	26.61	921	73.39	1255
35–44	371	30.36	851	69.64	1222
45–54	225	27.21	602	72.79	827
55–64	117	27.46	309	72.54	426
65 +	73	18.43	323	81.57	396
Highest level of education*
None	33	29.46	79	70.54	112
Primary	239	34.44	455	65.56	694
Secondary	979	24.6	3001	75.4	3980
Employment status*
Employed	167	16.55	842	83.45	1009
Unemployed	1084	28.7	2693	71.3	3777
Number of household members*
≤ 6	825	24.58	2531	75.42	3356
≥ 7	426	29.81	1003	70.19	1429
Type of dwelling*
House	880	23.54	2859	76.46	3739
Traditional	197	35.95	351	64.05	548
Informal/other	174	34.87	325	65.13	499
Accessing a social grant*
Yes	267	26.7	733	73.3	1000
No	984	25.99	2802	74.01	3786
Access to water and electricity*
Water only	29	30.85	65	69.15	94
Electricity only	336	33.80	658	66.20	994
Both	839	23.61	2715	76.41	3553
Neither	47	33.10	95	66.90	142

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