Table 1.
Respondents’ characteristics and descriptive statistics (N=25)
| Respondents’ characteristics | Frequency (%) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 20(80) |
| Male | 5(20) |
| Age | |
| 31-40 | 1(4) |
| 41-50 | 9(36) |
| 51-60 | 9(36) |
| over 60 | 6(24) |
| Race | |
| Malay | 0(0) |
| Chinese | 24(96) |
| Indian | 0(0) |
| Others | 1(4) |
| Highest Education Level | |
| No formal education | 1(4) |
| Primary school | 10(40) |
| Secondary school | 8(32) |
| Form 6/A Level (or equivalent) | 3(12) |
| Degree | 2(8) |
| Postgraduate | 1(4) |
| Work | |
| Private sector | 1(4) |
| Government | 0(0) |
| Own business | 1(4) |
| Housewife | 15(60) |
| Student | 0(0) |
| Retired | 7(28) |
| Others | 1(4) |
| Monthly Salary | |
| No income/not relevant | 20(80) |
| MYR 1- MYR 2000 | 4(16) |
| MYR 2001- MYR 4000 | 0(0) |
| MYR 4001- MYR 6000 | 1(4) |
| > MYR 6000 | 0(0) |
| Number of medicine items | |
| 1-3 items | 23(92) |
| 4-6 items | 2(8) |
| 7-9 items | 0(0) |
| MYR = Malaysian ringgit | |