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Table 6.4: The relationship between occupation and education level per household head
ofurban U1undi in 2007
I
Left Left
I Higb LeftHigb
Never Primary primary tertiary
Occupation I Scbool Scbool Tertiary Freq.
I been to I sebool sebool education
types I
level- before education
Total
I sebool ) education before
before
I
Matric finishing
I
I I finisbing I finisbing
Teacher I I 1 4 I 52 3 60
, I
Nurse I i 1 3 1 13 1 19
Police 2
i
I
2 18 I 23
Doctor I 1 I 2 3
Lawyer I, 4 4
Manager 1 I 1 1 5 I 7
I
Adm. Clerk
Driver I, 1
,
I 1 !
I 18
2 i
I
I
10 1
i
,
i
28
4
Domestic
worker
Artisan
Community
work
Politician
I
I
4
1
i
I
!
,
:
5
I
I
I
2
I
I, 2
1
1
1
2
1
!
I
I
I
I
I
I
i
I
2
I
i
I
!
I, i
I
!
I
i
i
i
i
,
!
15
I
4
3
I
Unemployed
Selfemployed
i
Accountant ,
10
.
6
i
:
3
I
,
i
! :
,
2
15
2
,
5
I
I
;
i
3
2
2
i
I
!
.
,
5
42
5 ,
Other
Farmer I
12
.
3
1
!
,
I
18
1
4
I
6 , 7
1
i
,
50
3
I
Total . 28 17 7 ! 74 16
, I
!
121 I 13 276
i
Ulundi and its surrounding rural areas are subsistence in orientation and have little formal
training in agriculture. Few professionals like doctors, lawyers, managers and accountants
operate in Ulundi since they require a relatively high threshold population to sustain their
businesses.
Table 6.5 demonstrates the chi-square tests on the level of education and the types of
occupation of household heads of Ulundi in 2007. In testing for the relationship between
occupation types of household heads and their respective levels of education. a chi-square
result of59.132 with a significance level of0.00 (i.e.. less than 0.05). was obtained indicating
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