Gaborone is a city of approximately 208,000 people (2005). The Urban Food Security Baseline Survey was undertaken in October 2008, with a sample of 400 households drawn from three poorer areas of the Gaborone: Old Naledi (150 households), White City (125 households) and Broadhurst (125 households). Although there were an equal number of female and male headed households, there were significantly more female-centred households (47%) than male-centred households (23%). The sample had a low level of formal education with 71% either having no formal education or primary education, 17% had some form of high school education and 11.8 % had post secondary education. About a third of the sample (38%) was full time employees, 10% were part-time/casual workers, with a further 16% were actively looking for work. Monthly incomes ranged from P50 to P11349 with an average of P1344 and a median of P800. Only 24 % of households had a steady income.
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