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Table 3 Overview of informal work conditions of participants

From: Addressing the interaction between food insecurity, depression risk and informal work: findings of a cross-sectional survey among informal women workers with young children in South Africa

Conditions of informal work

All workers

n = 265 (%)

Length of time in the same job

 Less than 1 year

93 (35.1%)

 1–3 years

114 (43.0%)

 4 or more years

58 (21.9%)

Number of days worked per week

 3–4 days

94 (35.5%)

 5–6 days

119 (44.9%)

 7 days

52 (19.6%)

Works in same location every day

208 (78.5%)

Regular hours of work

201 (75.8%)

Work setting

 Mostly indoors

220 (83.0%)

 Mostly outdoors with shelter

22 (8.3%)

 Mostly outdoors without shelter

23 (8.7%)

Wage is fixed or variable

 Receives a fixed wage

101 (38.1%)

 Not fixed / depends on work done

164 (61.9%)

How often receives wages

 Weekly

42 (15.8%)

 Monthly

176 (66.4%)

 Irregularly

40 (15.1%)

 Other

7 (2.6%)