Table 1 Key indicators for South African Provinces
From: Inequities in under-five child malnutrition in South Africa
Key indicators | Province | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eastern Cape | Free State | Gauteng | KwaZulu-Natal | Mpumalanga | Northern Cape | Northern Province | North West | Western Cape | Total | |
Rural as % population | 63.4 | 31.4 | 3.0 | 56.9 | 60.9 | 29.9 | 89.0 | 65.1 | 11.1 | 46.3 |
% population < 5 years old | 12.0 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 13.1 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 10.9 |
Poverty rates | 78.0 | 66.0 | 19.0 | 53.0 | 52.0 | 57.0 | 77.0 | 57.0 | 23.0 | 53.0 |
% population over 20 years with no schooling | 20.9 | 16.1 | 9.5 | 22.9 | 29.4 | 21.7 | 36.9 | 22.7 | 6.7 | 19.3 |
% women over 20 years with no schooling | 21.8 | 16.7 | 9.3 | 25.2 | 32.4 | 21.5 | 41.8 | 22.6 | 6.3 | 21.1 |
% economically active population unemployed | 48.5 | 30.0 | 28.2 | 39.1 | 32.9 | 28.5 | 46.0 | 37.9 | 17.9 | 33.9 |
% using electricity for cooking | 23.4 | 42.2 | 73.5 | 46.1 | 35.9 | 52.7 | 19.6 | 34.0 | 77.0 | 47.4 |
% with water tap in house or yard | 35.4 | 70.9 | 85.6 | 48.7 | 63.4 | 83.2 | 35.9 | 51.6 | 90.4 | 61.4 |
% with flush or chemical toilet | 30.8 | 45.3 | 83.3 | 42.0 | 38.0 | 59.7 | 13.2 | 32.1 | 86.0 | 50.5 |