Salt Used for the National School Nutrition Program (NSNP) in Rural Schools of Limpopo Province, South Africa, has Adequate Levels of Iodine

Table 1

Sociodemographic information of participants.

Sociodemographic information	Mopani district		Vhembe district
	N	%	N	%
Age
18–25	6	3	3	1.9
26–35	60	30	52	32.7
36–45	82	41	68	42.8
46 and above	52	26	36	22.6
Level of education
Never attended	13	6.5	6	3.8
Grade 1–7	51	25.5	14	8.8
Grade 8–12	128	64	131	82.4
College/tertiary	8	4	8	5
Marital status
Single	88	44	66	41.5
Married	96	48	69	43.4
Divorced	4	2	11	6.9
Living with partner	12	6	13	8.2
Household income
Less than R1000	3	1.5	3	1.9
R1001-R2000	165	82.5	105	66
R2001-R3000	31	15.5	40	25.2
R3001-R4000	0	0	6	3.8
R4001-R5000	1	0.5	5	3.1
Do you have the child at this school you are working?
Yes	188	94	152	95.6
No	12	6	7	4.4
How many children do you have?
None	7	3.5	3	1.9
1-2	58	29	48	30.2
3-4	89	44.5	76	47.8
5 or more	46	23	32	20.1
Were you given nutrition training before working as a food handler?
Yes	147	73.5	93	58.2
No	53	26.5	66	41.8
How long was the training?
1 day	47	23.5	69	43.4
2 days	13	6.5	12	7.5
3 days	11	5.5	1	0.6
A week	54	27	9	5.7
Other	24	12	3	1.9
Do not know	51	25.5	65	40.9
Topic covered during training
Food handling	93	46.5	55	34.6
Food safety and hygiene	5	2.5	37	23
Nutrition	1	0.5	1	0.6
Other	0	0	1	0.6
Do not know	101	50.5	65	40.9