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Table 2 Socio-economic indicators

From: Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention: shortened interrupted time series evaluation of a behavioural and structural health promotion and violence prevention intervention for young people in informal settlements in Durban, South Africa

 

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

  
 

Baseline

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Male

Female

 

Male

(n = 110)

Female

(n = 123)

Male

(n = 93)

Female

(n = 113)

Male

(n = 105)

Female

(n = 116)

Male

(n = 94)

Female

(n = 111)

pvalue*

pvalue

Mean earnings last month (Rands)

411

174

296

113

738

323

1015

484

<0.0001

<0.0001

Currently studying

10.9

11.4

13

8.8

11.4

12

17.9

15.3

0.133

0.127

Frequency of livelihood strenghtening efforts (score)

17.1

20.3

18

20.7

18.2

19.4

19.3

20.1

<0.0001

0.29

Work stress

Work stress mean score (high = less stress)

7.43

8.01

7.76

8.05

7.64

8.46

8.18

7.88

0.039

0.94

Feelings about work situation mean score (high = feeling better)

9

9.8

10.3

9.6

10.36

10.63

11.04

10.75

<0.0001

<0.0001

Ability to support children

Financially supporting kids

40

54.1

44.1

53.1

44.76

58.97

46.88

61.26

0.42

0.03

Receiving a grant

9.3

48.8

14.1

46.9

16.35

52.99

10.53

56.88

0.46

0.009

economic hardship & crime

Hungry every day or week:

24.5

24.4

38.7

35.4

28.85

21.37

21.88

31.82

0.545

0.7

Borrowing food or money weekly or more often

17.4

27.6

18.5

17.7

15.24

18.97

12.37

24.32

0.26

0.5

Stole in last month due to lack of food or money

33.9

47.2

33.7

45.1

26.67

35.04

24.74

35.14

0.039

0.005

Crime participation score (high = more crime)

0.982

0.76

1.34

0.885

0.97

0.76

1.15

0.77

0.51

0.85

Very diffficult to find R 200 in an emergency

40.9

68.3

35.5

57.5

36.19

46.15

22.68

42.34

0.002

<0.0001

Social capital

Any club or group involvement

48.2

22.8

45.7

22.1

36.19

26.5

52.1

31.2

0.77

0.07

Active in church

50

41.4

40.2

38.9

42.86

39.32

41.7

33.6

0.27

0.16

Community cohesion score (high = less social cohesion)

8.96

9.28

9.68

9.57

9.5

9.47

9.42

9.67

0.12

0.21

  1. *P value is from a random effects regression model with each individual as the cluster, and measured the slope of the line across the time points to determine trend.