Table 1.

Sociodemographic profile of sample

	Sample (mean = 22.25) (N = 2043)
	Unweighted n	Weighted %	SE	Weighted Mean	SE
Age group (years)
60–64	616	33.3	1.44	24.68	0.53
65–69	477	28.0	1.40	23.28	0.50
70–74	277	19.0	1.27	20.72	0.56
75–79	325	11.0	0.50	18.66	0.50
80–84	177	5.9	0.50	18.78	0.74
85+	171	2.8	0.00	14.94	0.60
Gender
Men	949	45.7	1.55	28.27	0.36
Women	1094	54.3	1.55	17.18	0.22
Ethnicity
Chinese	792	82.9	0.03	22.41	0.31
Malay	574	9.3	0.01	20.92	0.42
Indian	641	6.2	0.03	21.60	0.34
Others	36	1.7	0.01	24.41	1.83
Marital status
Never married	114	8.2	0.91	22.47	0.97
Married/cohabiting	1299	66.8	1.45	23.49	0.33
Widowed	530	18.9	1.11	17.51	0.41
Divorced/separated	100	6.2	0.78	23.06	1.31
Education
None	307	13.1	1.00	18.34	0.64
Some, but did not complete primary	489	23.8	1.32	21.07	0.50
Completed primary	542	25.1	1.35	23.11	0.58
Completed secondary	467	24.3	1.35	23.10	0.52
Completed tertiary	235	13.8	1.11	25.10	0.74
Employment status
Paid work (full-time and part-time)	652	37.5	1.50	25.47	0.46
Unemployed	30	1.5	0.39	27.13	2.23
Homemaker	592	24.5	1.32	16.30	0.30
Retired	752	36.4	1.47	22.67	0.43