Table 1. Descriptive Statistics of Participants (N = 770) (Reproduced, with permission, from [12]- Tam et al., 2014.).
| Variable | Frequency (Percentage) | Mean Age |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Male | 308 (40%) | 32.38 |
| Female | 462 (60%) | 29.56 |
| Nationality | ||
| Malaysian | 728 (94.5%) | 30.76 |
| Non-Malaysian | 40 (5.2%) | 29.88 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Malay | 266 (34.5%) | 27.28 |
| Chinese | 315 (40.9%) | 29.65 |
| Indian | 149 (19.4%) | 39.69 |
| Others | 29 (3.8%) | 26.55 |
| Marital Status | ||
| Single | 490 (63.6%) | 24.49 |
| Married | 249 (32.3%) | 41.81 |
| Divorced | 14 (1.8%) | 41.86 |
| Widow/widower | 13 (1.7%) | 42.38 |
| Others | 2 (0.3%) | 21.00 |
| Occupation | ||
| Housewife | 56 (7.4%) | 45.38 |
| Student | 185 (24.0%) | 20.59 |
| Business Owner | 58 (7.5%) | 42.00 |
| Professional | 44 (5.7%) | 34.32 |
| Administrator | 20 (2.6%) | 36.80 |
| Sales/service | 280 (36.4%) | 29.20 |
| Others | 116 (15.2%) | 35.74 |
| Education | ||
| Primary School | 45 (5.8%) | 40.73 |
| High school | 386 (50.1%) | 32.31 |
| Pre-university | 137 (17.8%) | 29.25 |
| University Degree & above | 185 (24.0%) | 26.06 |
| Others | 11 (1.4%) | 33.00 |
| Family History of Diabetes | ||
| Yes | 242 (31.4%) | 30.39 |
| No | 526 (68.3%) | 31.27 |