Peter Stuyvesant is the most popular brand of cigarette, with 55% of smokers having smoked one yesterday (APMS 2006 RA)

This week’s theme: South Africa’s vices

36% of men smoke at least one cigarette per day. 10% of women smoke at least one cigarette per day. (AMPS2006A)

This week’s theme: South Africa’s vices

53% of adult South Africans have had either a chocolate coated bar or a chocolate slab in the past 7 days. For those who go on diet regularly, the proportion is 73% (AMPS2006A)

This week’s theme: South Africans and chocolate

64% of adult South Africans under the age of 35 have had either a chocolate coated bar or a chocolate slab in the past 7 days. For those older than 35, the proportion is 43% (AMPS2006A)

This week’s theme: South Africans and chocolate

49% of South African women (7.6 million) have had a chocolate coated bar in the past 7 days, compared to 42% of men (6.4 million). (AMPS2006A)

This week’s theme: South Africans and chocolate

Cadbury’s slabs are the most popular in South Africa, with 20% of the adult population having had some in the past 7 days. For Cape Town, the proportion is 28%, for Joburg it is 25%, and Soweto 27%. (AMPS2006A)

This week’s theme: South Africans and chocolate

The most popular chocolate bar in South Africa is Cadbury’s P.S., with 14% of adults having had one in the past seven days. Lunch Bar and Kit-Kat are close behind. (AMPS2006A)

This week’s theme: South Africans and chocolate

62% of people with a personal income of less than R11,000 per month agree with the statement ‘So far I have got the important things I want in life.’ For higher income earners the percentage is 73%. (FutureFact2006)

This week’s theme: Are South Africans happy?

51% of people who do not identify with any religion agree with the statement ‘If I could live my life over I would change almost nothing.’ The corresponding figure for the more failthful is 43%. (FutureFact2006)

This week’s theme: Are South Africans happy?

55% of those who are between the ages of 16 and 34 say the statement ‘I am satisfied with my life’ applies to them. The corresponding percentage for those age 65 or more is 71%. (FutureFact 2006)

This week’s theme: Are South Africans happy?