Table 2 Descriptive statistics

Household experienced hunger in the past 7 days

19.4

29.4

-10.0***

13.7

21.8

-8.1***

Hunger frequency over the past 7 days^a

  No one in household experienced hunger

81.9

71.8

10.2***

86.5

78.5

8.0***

  Household experienced hunger 1–2 days

6.7

11.2

-4.5***

6.7

9.4

-2.7*

  Household experienced hunger 3–4 days

6.0

7.8

-1.9*

3.7

6.9

-3.2***

  Household experienced hunger almost every day

3.8

5.5

-1.7**

1.9

2.8

-0.8

  Household experienced hunger every day

1.6

3.7

-2.1***

1.2

2.4

-1.2*

  Household ran out of money to buy food last month

44.7

51.4

-6.7***

36.0

44.9

-8.9***

  Main income source lost/declined^b

38.8

42.6

-3.8*

17.5

25.8

-8.4***

  Male

46.8

48.0

-1.1

47.6

43.5

4.1*

  Not employed

53.2

60.9

-7.7***

48.4

57.1

-8.7***

  Lives in a house or flat (base = traditional/informal/other type of house)

80.6

76.7

3.9**

81.6

73.6

8.1***

Race

  African

73.5

90.3

-16.8***

71.7

92.9

-21.2***

  Coloured

11.8

4.8

6.9***

12.8

4.0

8.8***

  Asian/Indian

2.9

1.6

1.3*

3.4

1.2

2.1**

  White

11.8

3.2

8.6***

12.1

1.9

10.2***

Location

  Traditional location

13.0

16.5

-3.6**

19.0

27.4

-8.4***

  Urban location

83.5

79.6

3.9**

79.3

69.1

10.1***

  Farm location

3.6

3.9

-0.3

1.7

3.4

-1.7**

  Years of schooling

11.4

10.6

0.9

11.6

10.4

1.3***

  Age (in years)

39.9

40.9

-1.1

41.3

42.4

-1.1

  Household size

4.9

5.2

-0.3*

4.6

5.3

-0.7***

Province

  Western Cape

13.0

7.8

5.2***

14.6

4.9

9.7***

  Eastern Cape

11.2

11.7

-0.5

13.3

9.0

4.3***

  Northern Cape

2.8

3.2

-0.4

3.2

2.9

0.3

  Free State

6.2

4.8

1.4*

6.8

3.7

3.1***

  Kwazulu-Natal

16.2

22.1

-5.9***

12.9

25.2

-12.3***

  North-West

3.7

8.8

-5.1***

4.1

9.5

-5.4***

  Gauteng

28.7

22.7

6.0**

27.4

26.4

1.0

  Mpumalanga

8.5

9.0

-0.5

7.6

10.8

-3.2**

  Limpopo

9.7

9.9

-0.1

10.2

7.6

2.6*

Number of observations

4653

1933

3400

1493