Table 1: Respondents’ demographic characteristics

Characteristics		Mean Knowledge Score ± S.D	p value	Mean Attitude Score ± S.D	p value
Gender	Female (n = 256)	6.31 ± 2.45	0.012	5.79 ± 1.53	0.002
	Male (n = 145)	5.64 ± 2.59		5.23 ± 1.84
Age (years old)	> 60 (n = 37)	6.73 ± 2.92	0.329	6.27 ± 1.74	0.062
	46 – 60 (n = 107)	6.16 ± 2.37		5.61 ± 1.62
	31 – 45 (n = 144)	5.96 ± 2.42		5.49 ± 1.73
	18 – 30 (n = 113)	5.90 ± 2.64		5.47 ± 1.57
Race	Malay (n = 309)	6.00 ± 2.46	0.353	5.46 ± 1.64	0.003
	Chinese (n = 46)	6.67 ± 2.44		6.39 ± 1.42
	Indian (n = 31) 6.03	6.03 ± 2.83		5.81 ± 1.92
	Others (n = 15)	5.67 ± 3.2		5.27 ± 1.67
Highest Educat -ion Level	College / University (n = 249)	6.62 ± 2.41	0.000	5.86 ± 1.56	0.000
	Secondary School (n = 128)	5.21 ± 2.35		5.10 ± 1.72
	Primary School (n = 17)	4.53 ± 2.53		5.35 ± 1.69
	None (n = 7)	5.86 ± 3.98		5.29 ± 2.63
Employment Status	Employed for Wages (n = 259)	6.11 ± 2.48	0.643	5.61 ± 1.66	0.031
	Self employed (n = 29)	5.48 ± 2.69		4.79 ± 1.50
	Housewife / Househusband (n = 32)	6.41 ± 2.30		5.88 ± 1.68
	Retired / Unemployed (n = 60)	6.10 ± 2.73		5.85 ± 1.70
	Student (n = 21)	5.76 ± 2.55		5.14 ± 1.62
Is your occupation related to health-care?	Yes (n = 44)	7.34 ± 3.06	0.004	6.43 ± 1.42	0.000
	No (n = 357)	5.91 ± 2.41		5.48 ± 1.67
Is your family’s occupation related to health-care?	Yes (n = 96)	6.49 ± 2.47	0.058	5.86 ± 1.67	0.062
	No (n = 305)	5.93 ± 2.53		5.50 ± 1.66
What is your most common location seeking health-care?	Govt. Clinic / Hospital (n = 289)	6.08 ± 2.51	0.268	5.56 ± 1.69	0.182
	Private Clinic / Hospital (n = 92)	5.85 ±2.64		5.51 ± 1.53
	Pharmacy (n = 20)	6.85 ± 2.08		6.25 ±1.89
	Others (n = 0)	-		-
Do you have any chronic disease?	Yes (n = 142)	6.16 ± 2.58	0.582	5.73 ± 1.56	0.181
	No (n = 259)	6.02 ± 2.50		5.51 ± 1.72