Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample (n = 6126), and crosstabulation of language by ethnicity
| Variable | Category | n | Unweighted % | Weighted % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 18 to 34 | 1707 | 27.9 | 30.4 |
| 35 to 49 | 1496 | 24.4 | 29.6 | |
| 50 to 64 | 1626 | 26.5 | 26.9 | |
| 65 and above | 1297 | 21.2 | 13.1 | |
| Gender | Male | 3068 | 50.1 | 49.6 |
| Female | 3058 | 49.9 | 50.4 | |
| Ethnicity | Chinese | 1782 | 29.1 | 75.7 |
| Malay | 1990 | 32.5 | 12.5 | |
| Indian | 1844 | 30.1 | 8.7 | |
| Others | 510 | 8.3 | 3.1 | |
| Language | English | 4916 | 80.3 | 75.6 |
| Mandarin | 557 | 9.1 | 21.2 | |
| Malay | 646 | 10.6 | 3.1 | |
| Missinga | 7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Chronic Physical Conditions | None | 2552 | 41.7 | 46.1 |
| At least one | 3562 | 58.2 | 53.7 | |
| Missing | 12 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Language, n (weighted %) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Mandarin | Malay | Missing | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Chinese | 1230 (71.7%) | 546 (27.9%) | 4 (0.2%) | 2 (0.1%) |
| Malay | 1420 (78.7%) | 0 | 566 (21.2%) | 4 (0.1%) |
| Indian | 1782 (97.7%) | 0 | 61 (2.2%) | 1 (0.04%) |
| Others | 484 (94.2%) | 11 (2.6%) | 15 (3.2%) | 0 |
aParticipants in this group did not answer any of the questions on the SF-12v2