Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents (N = 432)

Variables	Frequency (N)	Percentage (%)
Gender
Male Female	244 188	56.5 43.5
Ethnicity
Malay Chinese Indian Other	366 48 15 4	84.7 11.1 3.2 0.9
Marital status
Single Married Divorce Widower Widow	25 303 12 22 69	5.8 70.1 2.8 5.1 16.0
Education
SPM STPM Diploma Degree Post-graduate studies	351 21 29 22 9	81.3 4.9 6.7 5.1 2.1
Working status
Not working Self-working Work with employer Pensioner	66 68 11 287	15.3 15.7 2.5 66.4
Disease
Cancer Arthritis Hypertension Diabetes No disease Other	9 67 250 157 77 196	2.1 15.5 57.9 36.3 17.8 45.4
Exercise
Yes No	141 291	32.6 67.4
Smoking
Yes No	63 369	14.6 85.4
Alcohol
Yes No	3 429	0.7 99.3

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