Table 1.

Sample characteristics (n=2895)

	N	Weighted	Non-diabetic (n=2459)		Diabetic (n=436)
			N	Weighted	N	Weighted
Age group
18–34	823	29.90%	817	32.70%	6	1.80%
35–49	719	28.20%	670	29.80%	49	12.30%
50–64	774	26.80%	591	24.50%	183	49.10%
65 and above	579	15.10%	381	13.00%	198	36.90%
Gender
Female	1474	51.60%	1258	52.20%	216	44.90%
Male	1421	48.50%	1201	47.80%	220	55.20%
Ethnicity
Chinese	796	75.80%	731	76.90%	65	64.90%
Malay	974	12.70%	811	12.10%	163	18.70%
Indian	918	8.60%	725	7.90%	193	15.10%
Others	207	2.90%	192	3.00%	15	1.40%
Education
Primary and below	637	20.40%	456	18.30%	181	40.80%
Secondary school	684	20.30%	552	19.70%	132	26.60%
Pre-university/junior college	126	4.80%	112	5.00%	14	2.30%
Vocational institute/ITE	267	6.60%	241	6.80%	26	5.20%
Diploma	479	18.50%	442	19.00%	37	12.80%
Degree and above	702	29.50%	656	31.20%	46	12.50%
Marital status
Married/cohabiting	1860	61.70%	1531	60.00%	329	78.10%
Single	731	29.20%	704	31.70%	27	4.70%
Divorced/separated	154	5.00%	131	5.00%	23	4.90%
Widowed	149	4.10%	92	3.30%	57	12.30%
Employment
Employed	1933	70.50%	1731	72.40%	202	51.10%
Economically inactive*	829	25.40%	617	23.70%	212	41.80%
Unemployed	133	4.10%	111	3.80%	22	7.10%
Monthly income (in SGD)
Below S$2000	1455	45.30%	1155	43.30%	300	65.00%
S$2000–S$3999	698	23.90%	627	24.60%	71	17.30%
S$4000–S$5999	318	12.80%	295	13.20%	23	8.30%
S$6000–S$9999	183	7.80%	167	8.20%	16	4.00%
S$10 000 and above	117	5.70%	104	5.90%	13	3.30%
Undisclosed	124	4.50%	111	4.70%	13	2.10%

Frequencies and percentages may not tally to 100% due to missing data.

*Economically inactive includes retired, homemaker, student and the physically disabled.

ITE, Institute of Technical Education.