TABLE 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics.

Sociodemographic characteristics	2017		2016		pa
	n	%	n	%
Sex
Female	560	47.26	1,481	49.10	0.281
Male	625	52.74	1,535	50.90
Age
15–34	511	43.12	1,280	42.44	0.940
35–54	441	37.22	1,136	37.67
55–64	136	11.48	339	11.24
≥65	97	8.19	261	8.65
Religious belief
No religion	821	69.28	1,920	63.98	0.001
Christian or Catholic	243	20.51	656	21.86
Buddhism	93	7.85	290	9.66
Others	28	2.36	135	4.50
Educational level
Post-secondary or above	665	56.12	1,571	52.09	0.013
Secondary	461	38.9	1,235	40.95
Primary or below	59	4.98	210	6.96
Household income
≤$12,999	94	8.31	379	14.41	<0.001
13,000–$24,999	182	16.09	506	19.24
25,000–$79,999	664	58.71	1336	50.78
≥$80,000	191	16.89	410	15.58
Altruistic behaviors	M	SD	M	SD	pb
Formal volunteering (0–2)	0.68	0.80	0.72	0.79	0.076
Formal monetary donation (0–1)	0.83	0.37	0.85	0.36	0.314
Blood and organ donation (0–2)	0.70	0.74	0.66	0.74	0.042
Informal helping (0–5)	2.90	1.23	3.01	1.23	0.011

M, mean; SD, standard deviation. ^aBivariate comparisons using Chi-square (χ²). ^bBivariate comparisons using t-test.