Table 1.
Socio-demographic distribution of the sample
| Number | Weighted % | S.E. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age group | |||
| 18–34 | 2264 | 32.4 | - |
| 35–49 | 2308 | 34.7 | - |
| 50–64 | 1401 | 22.6 | - |
| 65+ | 318 | 10.4 | - |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Chinese | 1976 | 77.9 | - |
| Malay | 2145 | 11.4 | - |
| Indian | 1905 | 8.2 | - |
| Others | 265 | 2.5 | - |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 3191 | 48.9 | 0.9 |
| Female | 3100 | 51.1 | 0.9 |
| Marital | |||
| Single | 1787 | 29.4 | 0.7 |
| Married | 4076 | 62.4 | 0.8 |
| Divorced/separated | 248 | 4.2 | 0.4 |
| Widowed | 178 | 3.9 | 0.4 |
| Education | |||
| Primary and below | 203 | 4.7 | 0.4 |
| Secondary | 813 | 14.1 | 0.6 |
| Pre-u/junior-college/diploma | 1905 | 27.9 | 0.8 |
| Vocational | 1331 | 22.9 | 0.7 |
| University | 706 | 8.0 | 0.4 |
| Employment | |||
| Employed | 4464 | 71.8 | 0.8 |
| Economically inactivea | 1365 | 23.8 | 0.7 |
| Unemployed | 285 | 4.4 | 0.4 |
| Income | |||
| Below $SD 20,000 | 3110 | 50.3 | 0.9 |
| $SD 20,000–49,999 | 1900 | 31.8 | 0.8 |
| Above $SD 50,000 | 955 | 17.9 | 0.7 |
| BMI | |||
| Underweight | 446 | 8.4 | 0.5 |
| Normal | 3338 | 60.3 | 0.9 |
| Overweight | 1719 | 23.6 | 0.8 |
| Obese | 788 | 7.8 | 0.4 |
| Smoking | |||
| No | 4891 | 83.7 | 0.6 |
| Yes | 1270 | 16.3 | 0.6 |
aInclude homemakers, students and retirees/pensioners