Twenty seven consecutive black male patients who were admitted as acute admissions to FEH were examined in this thesis. The following demographic information characterized the sample group. a) Age: Bimodal distribution with peaks at 21-25 years and 31-35 years. Five patients were older than 35 years. b) Marital Status: In the sample. 59.2% were single. 11.1 % married and 29.6% the marital status was unknown. c) Number of Children: In the sample. 75% did not know how many children they had. Numbers ranged from no children (14.3%) to 2 children (7.1% of the sample). d) Employment Status: In the sample 81 .1 % were unemployed. e) Level of Schooling: In one third of cases, level of schooling was unknown. Most men did reach secondary level of education.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/25840 |
Date | 21 April 2017 |
Creators | Fanshawe, Nigel Charles |
Publisher | University of Cape Town, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health |
Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Master Thesis, Masters, MMed |
Format | application/pdf |
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