Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of the studied participants (N = 449).
| Characteristic | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 69 (9.9) |
| Female | 380 (90.1) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Malay | 429 (95.5) |
| Others (Sabah/Sarawak) | 20 (4.5) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 449 (100.0) |
| In a relationship/Engaged/Married | 0 (0.0) |
| Geographical location | |
| Central region | 113 (25.2) |
| Northern region | 96 (21.4) |
| East-coast region | 100 (22.3) |
| Southern region | 93 (20.7) |
| Sabah/Sarawak | 37 (8.2) |
| Did not mentioned | 10 (2.2) |
| Year of study | |
| First | 136 (30.3) |
| Second | 109 (24.3) |
| Third | 136 (30.3) |
| Fourth | 68 (15.1) |
| Academic majors | |
| Medical Laboratory Sciences | 227 (50.6) |
| Medical Imaging | 104 (23.2) |
| Nursing | 118 (26.2) |
| University CGPA | |
| >3.50 | 108 (24.1) |
| 3.00 to 3,49 | 261 (58.1) |
| <3.00 | 43 (9.6) |
| Did not report | 37 (8.2) |
| Education fund | |
| Scholarship | 256 (57.0) |
| Self-fund | 184 (41.0) |
| Did not report | 9 (2.0) |
| Monthly family income | |
| More than RM 3000 | 196 (43.7) |
| RM 2000 to RM 2999 | 77 (17.1) |
| Less than RM 19999 | 159 (35.4) |
| Did not report | 17 (3.8) |
| Cigarette smoking status | |
| Non-smoker | 425 (94.7) |
| Current smoker | 24 (5.3) |
RM = Malaysian Ringgit (US$ 1 = RM 4.04 on 14 January 2021).