Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of respondents (parents).
| Study sample N = 151 |
Percentage (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Age group | 18 – 29 years | 64 | 42.4 |
| ≥ 30 years | 87 | 57.6 | |
| Relationship to child |
Mother | 133 | 88.1 |
| Father | 18 | 11.9 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | |
| Firstborn child | Yes | 84 | 55.6 |
| No | 67 | 44.4 | |
| Number of children | One | 74 | 49.0 |
| Two | 36 | 23.8 | |
| Three | 30 | 19.9 | |
| Four or more | 11 | 7.3 | |
| Ethnicity | Malay | 134 | 88.7 |
| Chinese | 5 | 3.3 | |
| Indian | 9 | 6.0 | |
| Others | 3 | 2.0 | |
| Religion | Islam | 135 | 89.4 |
| Christian | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Buddha | 5 | 3.3 | |
| Hindu | 9 | 6.0 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | |
| Personal status | Single | 3 | 2.0 |
| Married | 147 | 97.4 | |
| Living with a partner | 0 | 0 | |
| Widowed | 0 | 0 | |
| Separated | 0 | 0 | |
| Divorced | 1 | 0.7 | |
| Highest formal education | No formal education | 0 | 0 |
| Primary School | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Secondary School | 36 | 23.8 | |
| Certificate/Diploma/STPM | 54 | 35.8 | |
| Degree | 58 | 38.4 | |
| Postgraduate | 1 | 0.7 | |
| Household income (per month) |
≤ RM 580 | 0 | 0 |
| RM 581 – RM 940 | 4 | 2.6 | |
| RM 941 – RM 3000 | 57 | 37.7 | |
| RM 3001 – RM 10,000 | 78 | 51.7 | |
| ≥ RM 10,001 | 10 | 6.6 | |
| Vaccination record | Up to age | 117 | 77.5 |
| Missed vaccinations | 0 | 0 | |
| Missing data | 34 | 22.5 |