Pretoria – The 2010 General Household Survey (GHS) has found that grants were prevalent as a source of income in four provinces across South Africa.<\/p>\n
The survey, which was released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), found that grants were prevalent as a source of income in Limpopo at 58.2%, followed by the Eastern Cape at 56.2%, the Northern Cape at 52.2% and the Free State at 51.5%.<\/p>\n
Stats SA said 44.9% households across South Africa are dependent on grants, while 62.4% of households are dependent on incomes from salaries.<\/p>\n
“About a third of households in Eastern Cape (37.6%) and Limpopo (33.1%) selected social grants as their households’ main source of income,” read the report.<\/p>\n
The Western Cape at 74.7% and Gauteng at 74.2% had the highest percentage of households who earned an income from salaries.<\/p>\n
When coming to access for food, an estimated 21.9% of South African households had inadequate or severely inadequate access to food. The most serious food access problems were in North West at 33.3% followed by KwaZulu-Natal at 26.9%, the Northern Cape at 26% and the Free State at 23.6%.<\/p>\n
When coming to education nationally, 72.8% of people aged seven to 24 were attending educational institutions.<\/p>\n
According to the survey, following a steady increase in attendance rates between 2002 and 2007, there was a slight decline in attendance rates relative to 2007 in all provinces except in Gauteng.<\/p>\n
This, said Stats SA, could be a reflection of the poor state of the economy. “A lack of money for fees remains the primary reason for a large proportion of individuals in this age group who were not studying,” said Stats SA.<\/p>\n
The survey found that at 60.8% public clinics were the most frequently used health facilities, followed by a private doctor at 24.3% and a public hospital at 9.4%. The majority of households used the nearest facility of its kind, while nearly a quarter (24.3%) of South African households had at least one member who belonged to a medical aid scheme.<\/p>\n
“While almost 71% of the white population belonged to some medical scheme, only 46.8% of the Indian, 21.8% of the coloured and 10.3% of the black African population groups were covered by such schemes at the time the survey was conducted in 2010,” it read.<\/p>\n
Gauteng and the Western Cape had the highest percentage of medical aid membership. – BuaNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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