An assessment of survivalist enterprises in the Capricorn District Municipality

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Table 1: Contingency/cross-tabulation table used for data analyses

Categorical variable B		Categorical variable A
		Observation A1	Observation A2	Observation A3, etc.	Total
Observation B1
Observation B2
Observation B3, etc.
Total

Source: Adapted from Field (2009).

Table 2: Educational attainment of survivalists in the local municipalities of the Capricorn District, Limpopo Province in South Africa, 2013

Description	Local municipality					Total
	Aganang	Blouberg	Lepelle Nkumpi	Molemole	Polokwane
Number holding primary education and below	18	19	77	29	109	252
% holding primary education and below	3.2%	3.4%	13.6%	5.1%	19.3%	44.5%
Number holding secondary education and above	26	34	124	27	103	314
% holding secondary education and above	4.6%	6.0%	21.9%	4.8%	18.2%	55.5%
Total for both education levels	44	53	201	56	212	566
% for each education level	7.8%	9.4%	35.5%	9.9%	37.5%	100.0%

Note: N = 566.

Source: From research results, 2013.

Table 3: Food and non-food trading by survivalists in the local municipalities of the Capricorn District, Limpopo Province in South Africa, 2013

	Local municipality
Trading activities	Aganang	Blouberg	Lepelle Nkumpi	Molemole	Polokwane	Total
Number selling food items (meat, vegetables, etc.)	20	50	117	42	188	417
% selling food items	3.5%	8.8%	20.7%	7.4%	33.2%	73.7%
Number selling non-food items (clothing, air time, etc.)	24	3	84	14	24	149
% selling non-food items	4.2%	.5%	14.8%	2.5%	4.2%	26.3%
Total selling both food and non-food items	44	53	201	56	212	566
% selling both food and non-food items	7.8%	9.4%	35.5%	9.9%	37.5%	100.0%

Note: N = 566.

Source: From research results, 2013.

Table 4: Gender of survivalists in the local municipalities of the Capricorn District, Limpopo Province in South Africa

	Local municipality
Gender	Aganang	Blouberg	Lepelle Nkumpi	Molemole	Polokwane	District total
Number of females in sample	35	36	156	43	162	432
% of females in sample	6.2%	6.4%	27.6%	7.6%	28.6%	76.3%
Number of males in sample	9	17	45	13	50	134
% of males in sample	1.6%	3.0%	8.0%	2.3%	8.8%	23.7%
Gender total	44	53	201	56	212	566

Note: N = 566.

Source: From research results, 2013.

Figure 1: Age spread of survivalists in the Capricorn District (N = 566)

Source: Study results, 2013.

Field, A, 2009. Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics. 3rd edn. Sage, Los Angeles.

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