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. 2009 Nov 23;9:429. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-429

Table 4.

Percentage of women* and men§ in each demographic according to survey mode

Women Men
CATI FTFI CATI FTFI
Age group
 18-24 17.4a 13.7a 22.4 25.5
 25-34 23.9b 28.2b 22.0 26.3
 35-44 41.6 39.0 29.0 27.0
 >44 17.1 19.1 26.6 21.2
Ethnicity
 Chinese 70.6c 66.3c 70.2 65.8
 Malay 15.8 15.5 15.5 18.3
 Indian 9.8d 14.7d 11.3 13.2
 Other 3.8 3.5 3.0 2.8
Language
 English 31.8 29.6 30.5 37.6
 Mandarin 41.8 41.7 34.9 30.4
 Malay 11.0 12.1 11.3 12.7
 Tamil 4.7 7.4 5.4 6.6
 Other Chinese 7.9 6.0 14.4 10.0
 Other 2.9 3.3 3.5 2.8
Education
 Primary 13.6e 22.3e 11.3 13.0
 Secondary 31.9f 35.9f 24.8m 31.2m
 Vocational qualification 3.4 3.3 8.3 7.0
 Pre-university 13.9 11.0 18.1 15.5
 Professional diploma 17.9g 13.3g 17.9 22.7
 University degree 22.7h 17.3h 27.9n 17.6n
Occupation
 White collar 51.0i 41.2i 50.5 46.1
 Blue collar 8.2 9.0 24.8 27.6
 Self-employed 1.1 1.9 3.5 5.1
 Student 11.4j 7.1j 14.4 13.8
 Home duties 26.7k 38.8k 0.4 0.0
 National service 0.0 0.1 3.7 5.5
Other 1.6 1.9 2.6 1.9
Children <16 years old 61.9l 67.6l 49.6 46.8

*N = 2145. §N = 930. CATI = computer assisted telephone interview. FTFI = face to face interview. Proportions that share the same superscript differ at p < .05 using chi-square tests