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above children per household. The household heads with tertiary qualification, tended to
have comparatively most children ofall the categories.
Against expectation, the study acknowledges that the more educated household heads are said
to have more children and the less educated have less children. This is an important variable
in this research as the educational status ofan individual will mostly have a direct bearing on
his or her employability, and hence his or her ability to support children.
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Primary
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Secondary
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Tertiary
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Above
Figure 6.3: The relationship between the level of education and the size of
households of Ulundi in 2007
In Table 6.8, the chi-square tests on the level ofeducation and the number ofchildren per
Table 6.8: Chi-Square Tests on the level of education and number of children per
household head ofUlundi in 2007
Value
Degree of Level ofsignificance
Freedom (2-sided)
Chi-Square 46.8(a) 12 .00
Likelihood Ratio 50.6 12 .00
Linear-by-Linear
Association
N ofValid Cases 276
15.7 I .00
144