Table 1.
Sociodemographic features
| Variables | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 182 (44.4) |
| Female | 228 (55.6) |
| Age | |
| ≤25 | 289 (70.5) |
| 26–30 | 80 (19.5) |
| 31–35 | 37 (9.0) |
| 36–40 | 3 (0.7) |
| ≥41 | 1 (0.2) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Malay | 108 (26.3) |
| Chinese | 179 (43.7) |
| Indian | 93 (22.7) |
| Others | 30 (7.3) |
| Religion | |
| Islam | 108 (26.3) |
| Buddhism | 136 (33.2) |
| Hinduism | 83 (20.2) |
| Christians | 81 (19.8) |
| Others | 2 (0.5) |
| Place of living | |
| Rural | 87 (21.2) |
| Urban | 323 (78.8) |
| Employment status | |
| Government | 62 (15.1) |
| Private | 135 (32.9) |
| Unemployed | 213 (52.0) |
| Education level | |
| No formal education | 6 (1.5) |
| Primary | 4 (1.0) |
| Secondary | 68 (16.6) |
| Undergraduate | 297 (72.4) |
| Postgraduate | 35 (8.5) |
| Family income | |
| ≤RM 2000 | 120 (29.3) |
| RM 2001–4000 | 95 (23.2) |
| ≥RM 4001 | 195 (47.6) |