Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents

Variable	Estimated population	Sample	%	95% CI
				Lower	Upper
Gender
Male	1 414 736	4958	78.9	77.4	80.4
Female	1 715 721	6288	97.9	97.2	98.3
Locality
Urban	1 502 455	6741	92.1	91.3	92.9
Rural	1 628 001	4505	85.1	83.6	86.3
Age groups (years)
12 and younger	1 254 433	3782	94.2	93.1	94.9
13–15	1 171 108	4458	85.2	83.4	86.9
16–19	704 916	3008	84.3	82.4	86.0
Ethnicity
Malay	2 007 283	7721	86.2	85.0	87.4
Chinese	452 144	1671	96.8	95.6	97.7
Indian	199 262	694	95.6	93.4	97.1
Bumiputra Sabah	166 972	432	83.8	79.3	87.4
Bumiputra Sarawak	174 355	391	89.3	85.5	92.1
Others	129 189	333	89.5	85.2	92.7