Table 4.
Socio-demographic variance of knowledge score on warning signs and risk factors (N = 2379)
| |
Warning signs |
Risk factors |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (95% confidence interval) | Analysis of variance (ANOVA) | Mean (95% confidence interval) | Analysis of variance (ANOVA) | |
|
Age |
|
|
|
|
| 18–19 (n = 75) |
2.77 (2.08 – 3.46) |
F (30.13) |
3.00 (2.27 – 3.72) |
F (19.11) |
| 20–29 (n = 279) |
3.51 (3.14 – 3.88) |
P < 0.001 |
4.08 (3.71 – 4.45) |
P < 0.001 |
| 30–39 (n = 275) |
3.82 (3.47 – 4.17) |
|
4.18 (3.82 – 4.53) |
|
| 40–49 (n = 431) |
3.52 (3.14 – 3.80) |
|
4.09 (3.80 – 4.39) |
|
| 50–59 (n = 539) |
3.00 (2.75 – 3.25) |
|
3.59 (3.32 – 3.86) |
|
| >60 (n = 780) |
1.93 (1.74 – 2.11) |
|
2.67 (2.45 – 2.89) |
|
|
Gender |
|
|
|
|
| Male (n = 1030) |
2.82 (2.65 – 3.00) |
F (0.99) |
3.53 (3.33 – 3.72) |
F (0.31) |
| Female (n = 1349) |
2.94 (2.78 – 3.11) |
P > 0.05 |
3.46 (3.29 – 3.63) |
P > 0.05 |
|
Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
| Malay (n = 1863) |
3.09 (2.96- 3.23) |
F (21.77) |
3.70 (3.55 – 3.84) |
F (19.70) |
| Chinese (n = 332) |
2.32 (2.02 – 2.62) |
P < 0.001 |
2.62 (2.31 – 2.94) |
P < 0.001 |
| Indian/Others (n = 184) |
1.87 (1.47 – 2.27) |
|
2.91 (2.43 – 3.38) |
|
|
Marital status |
|
|
|
|
| Single (n = 330) |
3.19 (2.85 – 3.52) |
F (8.2) |
3.60 (3.25 – 3.95) |
F (6.7) |
| Married (n = 1815) |
2.95 (2.82 – 3.09) |
P < 0.001 |
3.59 (3.44 – 3.75) |
P < 0.001 |
| Divorce/separated (n = 21) |
1.80 (0.49 – 3.12) |
|
1.85 (0.73 – 2.97) |
|
| Widowed (n = 204) |
2.02 (1.63 – 2.42) |
|
2.71 (2.29 – 3.12) |
|
|
Education |
|
|
|
|
| Primary & secondary (n = 2222) |
2.77 (2.65 – 2.90) |
F (55.43) |
3.38 (3.25 – 3.51) |
F (38.04) |
| Post-Secondary (n = 157) |
4.54 (4.08 – 5.00) |
P < 0.001 |
4.99 (4.51 – 5.47) |
P < 0.001 |
|
Income |
|
|
|
|
| < RM 1000 (n = 1783) |
2.62 (2.49 – 2.76) |
F (58.53) |
3.24 (3.09 – 3.38) |
F (45.34) |
| ≥ RM 1000 (n = 596) | 3.68 (3.45 – 3.92) | P < 0.001 | 4.24 (3.99 – 4.49) | P < 0.001 |