Categorical variables | N | % | ||
Race | ||||
African | 15 | 17 | ||
Mixed ancestry | 28 | 31 | ||
Caucasian | 47 | 52 | ||
Marital status | ||||
Unmarried | 62 | 69 | ||
Married | 21 | 23 | ||
Divorced | 6 | 7 | ||
Separated | 1 | 1 | ||
Province | ||||
Eastern cape | 20 | 22 | ||
Free state | 2 | 2 | ||
Gauteng | 12 | 13 | ||
Kwazulu-Natal | 5 | 6 | ||
Limpopo | 1 | 1 | ||
Mpumalanga | 2 | 2 | ||
Northern cape | 3 | 3 | ||
Northwest | 5 | 6 | ||
Western cape | 40 | 44 | ||
Level of injury | ||||
High quadriplegia: (C3-C4) | 7 | 8 | ||
Low quadriplegia: (C5- C8) | 71 | 79 | ||
Paraplegia | 1 | 1 | ||
Ambulant quadriplegia | 11 | 12 | ||
Completeness of injury | ||||
Complete | 37 | 41 | ||
Incomplete | 53 | 59 | ||
Current employment | ||||
Unemployed | 37 | 41 | ||
Employed | 43 | 48 | ||
Student | 8 | 9 | ||
Correctional services | 2 | 2 | ||
Education | ||||
Primary level | 7 | 8 | ||
Secondary (high school not completed) | 30 | 33 | ||
Secondary (high school completed) | 23 | 26 | ||
Tertiary level | 30 | 33 | ||
Income* | ||||
Very low (R1–R2500) | 33 | 37 | ||
Low (R2501–R8000) | 20 | 22 | ||
Medium (R8001–R20000) | 14 | 16 | ||
High (more than R20000) | 14 | 16 | ||
Not provided/missing data | 9 | 10 | ||
Asset indicator score (SES) | ||||
Low SES | 32 | 36 | ||
Medium SES | 17 | 19 | ||
High SES | 41 | 46 | ||
Type of residence | ||||
Care facility: dependent | 12 | 13 | ||
Care facility: independent | 2 | 2 | ||
Private house | 65 | 72 | ||
Block of apartments | 3 | 3 | ||
Wendy house/room in back yard | 4 | 4 | ||
Town house | 2 | 2 | ||
Correctional services | 2 | 2 | ||
Transport | ||||
Has own transport | 48 | 53 | ||
Relies on others/paid transport | 32 | 36 | ||
Relies on care facility transport | 10 | 11 | ||
Type of healthcare | ||||
Public healthcare | 42 | 47 | ||
Private healthcare | 37 | 41 | ||
Both | 11 | 12 | ||
Exercise* | ||||
None | 39 | 43 | ||
1–4 times/week | 17 | 19 | ||
More than five times/week | 33 | 37 | ||
Missing data | 1 | 1 |
*Variable with missing data.
SES, socioeconomic status.