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This study was carried out in 13 states and 3 federal territories (Johor, Kedah,

Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor,
Terengganu, Sabah & Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan, Sarawak; Wilayah

Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur and Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya). There is a higher
proportion of respondents from urban areas (59.1%) compared to rural areas

(40.9%) and female respondents (51.9%) compared to male respondents (48.1%).

There were homogenous distributions of the age range of respondents. In
association to ethnicity, Malay respondents form the biggest group (62.7%),

followed by Chinese (16.5%), Indian (6.4%), other Bumiputera (8.3%) and others
(6.1%). More than half of the respondents are married, while 21.9% are not married

and 11.3% are widow/widower/divorcee. Most of the respondents have had formal

education background (Table 2).

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