Variable (n) | Uninsured (342) | Privately Insured (574) | GEMS (408) | GEMS OPTIONS | Total sample (1330)* | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sapphire/ Beryl/Ruby ‘low-cost’ (67) | Emerald ‘mid-cost’ (305) | Onyx ‘high-cost’ (36) | ||||||
 |  | Row % | Col % | |||||
Age | 20–29 (141) | 46.1 | 22.0 | 31.9 | 13.3 | 84.4 | 2.2 | 10.6 |
30–39 (402) | 25.6 | 40.8 | 33.6 | 16.4 | 78.4 | 5.2 | 30.3 | |
40–49 (468) | 21.4 | 49.2 | 29.5 | 17.5 | 75.9 | 6.6 | 35.3 | |
50–69 (314) | 22.9 | 46.8 | 30.3* | 16.5 | 62.6 | 20.9* | 23.7 | |
Gender | Female (778) | 21.2 | 46.0 | 32.8 | 14.2 | 78.4 | 7.5 | 58.7 |
Male (548) | 32.3 | 38.9 | 28.8 | 20.3 | 68.6 | 11.1** | 41.3 | |
Race | Black (858) | 28.9 | 39.9 | 31.2 | 16.7 | 80.3 | 3.0 | 65.0 |
Indian (77) | 13.0 | 52.0 | 35.1 | 21.3 | 69.3 | 9.3 | 5.8 | |
Mixed ancestry (253) | 29.3 | 40.3 | 30.4 | 11.1 | 70.4 | 18.5 | 19.2 | |
White (132) | 6.1 | 63.6 | 30.3* | 10.0 | 50.0 | 40.0* | 10.0 | |
Marital status | Married/cohabiting (806) | 22.1 | 48.3 | 29.5 | 16.7 | 73.0 | 10.3 | 60.6 |
Divorce/widow/separate (149) | 22.8 | 40.9 | 36.2 | 24.1 | 59.3 | 16.7 | 11.2 | |
Single (375) | 34.4 | 33.1 | 32.5* | 12.4 | 85.1 | 2.5* | 28.2 | |
Education | None-primary complete (168) | 51.2 | 25.0 | 23.8 | 44.7 | 55.3 | 0 | 12.6 |
Incomplete secondary (102) | 33.3 | 34.3 | 32.4 | 21.2 | 78.8 | 0 | 7.7 | |
Completed secondary (184) | 37.0 | 23.4 | 39.7 | 19.4 | 72.2 | 8.3 | 13.8 | |
Tertiary (876) | 17.6 | 51.8 | 30.6* | 10.9 | 77.7 | 11.3* | 65.9 | |
Sector | Health (486) | 35.0 | 34.4 | 30.7 | 17.8 | 76.7 | 5.5 | 36.5 |
Education (844) | 20.4 | 48.2 | 31.4* | 15.7 | 73.7 | 10.7 | 63.5 | |
Province | Western Cape (343) | 27.1 | 42.6 | 30.0 | 20.8 | 63.4 | 15.8 | 25.8 |
KwaZulu Natal (310) | 27.4 | 41.9 | 30.7 | 13.7 | 83.2 | 3.2 | 23.3 | |
North West (331) | 18.1 | 53.2 | 28.7 | 18.1 | 76.6 | 10.2 | 24.9 | |
Gauteng (345) | 29.9 | 35.1 | 35.1* | 13.6 | 76.3 | 10.2* | 26.0 | |
Household income | Median per month Interquartile range | 400 267–667 | 667 400–1333 | 547* 293–933 | 400 213–667 | 647 353–933 | 933* 400–1667 | 533 333–1067 |
Salary grade | Lower-skilled (168) | 57.7 | 19.6 | 22.6 | 44.4 | 55.6 | 0 | 12.6 |
Skilled (246) | 39.4 | 21.1 | 39.4 | 21.9 | 75.0 | 3.1 | 18.5 | |
Highly skilled (709) | 18.8 | 50.5 | 30.8 | 12.0 | 80.6 | 7.4 | 53.4 | |
Management (206) | 7.3 | 63.1 | 29.6* | 6.7 | 65.0 | 28.3* | 15.5 | |
Total | Â | 25.8 | 43.4 | 30.8 | 16.4 | 74.8 | 8.8 | 100 |