Table 1. Socio-demographic Characteristics of Respondents.
Characteristic | Frequency | Percentage | |
Age group | 20–29 | 252 | 21.2 |
30–39 | 224 | 18.8 | |
40–49 | 230 | 19.3 | |
50–59 | 326 | 27.4 | |
60–69 | 159 | 13.4 | |
Ethnicity | Malay | 863 | 72.4 |
Chinese | 103 | 8.6 | |
Indian | 112 | 9.4 | |
Orang Asli | 101 | 8.5 | |
Others | 13 | 1.1 | |
Education level | Primary | 354 | 32.7 |
Secondary | 527 | 48.6 | |
Tertiary | 203 | 18.7 | |
Marital status | Single | 144 | 12.3 |
Partner | 1031 | 87.7 | |
Parity | Nulliparous | 53 | 4.4 |
Parous | 1139 | 95.6 | |
Occupational status | Unemployed | 738 | 62.9 |
Employed | 435 | 37.1 | |
Body mass index | Underweight | 110 | 9.3 |
Normal weight | 377 | 32.0 | |
Overweight | 368 | 31.3 | |
Obese | 322 | 27.4 | |
Ever smoke | Yes | 56 | 5.0 |
No | 1067 | 95.0 | |
On Oral Contraceptive Pill | Yes | 150 | 13.4 |
No | 969 | 86.6 |