81% of South African households with daily per capita income of R500 or more have debt; for those below R500, 53% have debt. (Source: IES 2005/6)

This week’s theme: Can your system do this?

LSM 1 households spend on average approximately R400 per month of food, this accounts for 39% of their household income. For LSM 10 households, the average food expenditure is approximately R1250 per month, which is 4% of their household income. (Source: IES 2005/6, Eighty20 LSM proxy)

This week’s theme: Can your system do this?

Male headed households spend an average of R1,690 per annum on alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics. For female headed households the average is R1,058 per annum. (This effect persists even after allowing for differences in household size. Households with no spend in this category excluded). (IES 2005/6)

This week’s theme: Can your system do this?

7.8 million South Africans say they smoked a cigarette yesterday. Of those, nearly 180,000 were aged between 16 and 18. (AMPS2007B)

This week’s theme: Can your system do this?

83% of South Africans agree (63% strongly) that dispite our problems they have no desire to leave South Africa. (FutureFact 2007)

This week’s theme: Looking into the FutureFact 2

69% of our population claim to have been tested for HIV; 80% agree that if they were infected, they would want to know; and 62% indicate that they would be likely to disclose their status. (FutureFact 2007)

This week’s theme: Looking into the FutureFact 2

77% of township dwellers say they are happier living in a township now than they were a year previously. (FutureFact 2007)

This week’s theme: Looking into the FutureFact 2

88% of South Africans agree (51% strongly) that while the government has made a lot of mistakes they have done more good things for our country. (FutureFact 2007)

This week’s theme: Looking into the FutureFact 2

60% say that if their house was being robbed, they are more likely to call a member of their community, neighbour or their security company than call the police. (FutureFact 2007)

This week’s theme: Looking into the FutureFact 2

25 million of South Africa’s adults say that music is an essential part of their culture. 83% of them do not play any musical instruments. (Source: AMPS2007B)

This week’s theme: Music in South Africa