Table 2.

Demographic characteristics.

Source: Author-generated data analysis.

	n	%		n	%
Gender			Education
Male	529	48.4	Secondary school certificate	192	17.6
Female	565	51.6	Diploma/technical school certificate	255	23.3
Total	1094	100.0	Bachelor degree or equivalent	620	56.7
Age group			Master degree or equivalent	21	1.9
			Doctoral degree	6	0.5
18–21 years	531	48.5	Total	1094	100.0
21–25 years	463	42.3	Income
26–30 years	54	4.9
31–35 years	18	1.6
36–40 years	28	2.6	Less than RM 2500	883	80.7
Total	1094	100.0	RM 2500–RM 5000	150	13.7
Ethnicity			RM 5001–RM 7500	24	2.2
			RM 7501–RM 10,000	15	1.4
Malay	36	3.3	RM 10,001–RM 12,500	7	0.6
Chinese	899	82.2	More than RM 12,500	15	1.4
Indian	106	9.7	Total	1094	100.0
Others	53	4.8	Living area
Total	1094	100.0
Marital status
Single	1032	94.3	Urban	964	88.1
Married	60	5.5	Rural	130	11.9
Divorced	1	0.1	Total	1094	100.0
Widowed	1	0.1
Total	1094	100.0