Variable | Frequency | Percent |
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Education |
College/university | 13 | 52.0 |
Grade 12 | 8 | 32.0 |
Grade 9 | 3 | 12.0 |
Grade 7 | 1 | 4.0 |
Never been to school | 0 | 0.0 |
Employment status |
Employed | 9 | 36.0 |
Unemployed | 10 | 40.0 |
Self employed | 6 | 24.0 |
Income level |
No income | 10 | 40.0 |
K1000 above | 6 | 24.0 |
K510–K900 | 5 | 20.0 |
K250–K500 | 3 | 12.0 |
Below 250 | 1 | 4.0 |
- Illustrated in Table 1 above are employment status, educational status and the monthly income levels of parents/caregivers. The majority of parents/caregivers had a College/University education level. Those that neither reached Grade 12 nor went to school accounted to 48% of the population. Only 52% of the parents/caregivers had obtained a college/university education. The results of the present study revealed that the majority (40%) of the parents/caregivers were unemployed and having no income at all during the time of data collection. A total of 36% had to care for their child with cerebral palsy while having a full time job