Personal characteristics of participants

Number (percentage)

Highest level of formal education of participants

Doctoral degree: 11 (1.34%)

Master’s degree: 50 (6.08%)

Bachelor’s or Honour’s degree: 289 (35.16%)

Diploma: 303 (36.86%)

Certificate: 69 (8.39%)

Grade 12 or less: 100 (12.17%)

Age categories of participants

30 years or less: 54 (6.57%)

31 to 40 years: 445 (54.14%)

41 to 50 years: 140 (17.03%)

51 to 60 years: 138 (16.79%)

61 years or more: 45 (5.47%)

Gender of participants

Male: 542 (65.94%)

Female: 280 (34.06%)

Race categories of participants

African: 433 (52.68%)

White: 232 (28.22%)

Coloured: 139 (16.91%)

Asian: 18 (2.19%)