Table 1 Characteristics of the participants (n = 1088)
Item | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Ethnicity | Black | 597 | 54.9 |
White | 468 | 43.0 | |
Other | 23 | 2.1 | |
Sex | Female | 590 | 54.3 |
Male | 496 | 45.7 | |
Age - Years | 5 years | 85 | 8.0 |
6 years | 273 | 25.6 | |
7 years | 364 | 34.1 | |
8 years | 322 | 30.2 | |
9 years | 18 | 1.7 | |
10 years | 4 | 0.4 | |
Home language | Setswana | 390 | 39.2 |
Sesotho | 66 | 6.6 | |
isiZulu | 8 | 0.8 | |
isiXhosa | 61 | 6.1 | |
Afrikaans | 444 | 44.7 | |
English | 17 | 1.7 | |
Other | 8 | 0.8 | |
Grade | R | 161 | 16.3 |
1 | 360 | 36.4 | |
2 | 366 | 37.0 | |
3 | 102 | 10.3 |