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National Health And Morbidity Survey 2016 : Maternal And Child Health (MCH) Volume II : Findings

Table 6.4.2.2 : Support for learning as seen by percentage of children age 36-59 months with whom adult household
members have engaged in four or more activities that promote learning and school readiness during
the last 3 days, NHMS 2016 (N=3,630)

95% CI
Unweighted Estimated Percentage
Sociodemographic characteristics
count population (%) Lower Upper
MALAYSIA 837 242,096 24.6 21.03 28.47
Locality
Urban 483 153,995 24.3 21.60 27.20
Rural 354 88,102 25.1 22.40 27.90

Sex
Male 429 127,534 24.9 20.88 29.32
Female 408 114,562 24.2 19.84 29.24

Age of child
36-47 months 415 116,785 23.2 19.97 26.77
48-59 months 422 125,312 26.0 21.27 31.33

Ethnicity
Malay 613 152,184 25.2 21.01 29.88
Chinese 66 35,467 22.5 15.50 31.39
Indians 34 9,215 17.3 11.63 25.06
Other Bumiputera 111 38,155 26.2 20.23 33.29
Others 13 7,076 31.2 20.39 44.60

Citizenship
Malaysian citizen 828 236,655 24.5 20.94 28.54
Permanent Resident 1 78 4.1 0.40 30.98
Non-Malaysian 8 5,363 30.6 17.28 48.27

Marital status of mother
Never married/Separated/
Divorced/Widowed 21 5,362 34.8 21.47 51.11
Married/Cohabiting 801 231,587 24.2 20.62 28.22
Mother's education
None 17 5,553 29.9 14.42 51.83
Primary 91 32,270 30.0 23.92 36.90
Secondary 393 111,109 23.1 20.28 26.10
Higher 320 87,940 24.2 18.02 31.76

Father's education
None 11 3,871 21.7 11.42 37.42
Primary 91 31,819 26.1 19.16 34.56
Secondary 399 114,719 23.3 20.31 26.61
Higher 268 71,524 24.1 17.88 31.55
Occupation of mother
Public Sector 236 49,338 23.1 16.56 31.27
Private Sector 128 44,724 20.6 14.97 27.63
Self-employed 58 18,566 24.9 17.78 33.63
Unemployed 400 124,320 26.7 23.25 30.41

Occupation of father
Public Sector 208 36,443 19.5 14.31 25.91
Private Sector 344 116,561 24.9 20.66 29.69
Self-employed 217 67,084 25.1 20.95 29.84
Unemployed 3 2,429 22.8 5.89 58.17
Household income
Less than RM1000 97 27,236 26.1 20.55 32.54
RM1000 – RM1999 144 40,437 28.1 22.36 34.66
RM2000 – RM2999 128 34,905 24.2 17.94 31.78
RM3000 – RM3999 105 35,789 26.6 19.81 34.67
RM4000 – RM4999 78 18,683 19.9 13.64 28.01
RM5000 and above 285 85,047 23.4 18.49 29.04

Some cells have respondent count <30. Results should be interpreted with caution.