Table 3 Characteristics of individuals (15+) who needed AT: Frequencies
From: Access to assistive technology in two Southern African countries
Botswana | Swaziland | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |
Total N | 486 | 100.0 | 332 | 100.0 |
AT access (Dependent variable) | ||||
Received AT | 272 | 56.0 | 104 | 31.3 |
Did not receive AT | 214 | 44.0 | 222 | 66.9 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.8 |
Gender | ||||
Female | 216 | 44.4 | 180 | 54.2 |
Male | 263 | 54.1 | 152 | 45.8 |
Missing | 7 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
Locality | ||||
Urban/City | 311 | 64.0 | 89 | 26.8 |
Rural | 174 | 35.8 | 243 | 73.2 |
Missing | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Received a formal primary education | ||||
Received | 289 | 59.5 | 113 | 34.0 |
Did not receive | 188 | 38.7 | 132 | 39.8 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 87 | 26.2 |
Employed or receiving social grant a | ||||
Yes | 217 | 44.7 | 74 | 22.3 |
No | 267 | 54.9 | 256 | 77.1 |
Missing | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.6 |
Difficulty in: a | ||||
Seeing | 169 | 34.8 | 73 | 22.0 |
Hearing | 99 | 20.4 | 62 | 18.7 |
Walking/climbing steps | 324 | 66.7 | 216 | 65.1 |
Remembering/concentrating | 111 | 22.8 | 121 | 36.4 |
Self-care | 214 | 44.0 | 119 | 35.8 |
Communicating | 98 | 20.2 | 87 | 26.2 |