Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study sample

Age group

 18 to 34 years

1152

34.4

0.04

 35 to 49 years

896

35.2

0.04

 50 to 65 years

958

30.5

0.1

Gender

 Female

1506

49.1

1.3

 Male

1500

50.9

1.3

Ethnicity

 Chinese

1034

74.7

0.04

 Malay

977

12.8

0.01

 Indian

963

9.1

0.01

 Others

32

3.3

0.04

Marital status

 Married

1916

64.0

1.0

 Never married

927

31.4

0.9

 Others (Divorced,Widowed,Separated)

162

4.6

0.5

Education

 6 years of education and below

431

13.4

0.8

 Secondary education

820

25.8

1.0

 A level, polytechnic and other diploma

999

31.3

1.1

 University

756

29.6

1.1

Employment status

 Employed

2227

77.6

1.0

 Housewife/homemaker

378

8.7

0.6

 Retired

78

3.0

0.4

 Student

203

6.7

0.5

 Unemployed

120

3.9

0.5

Income

  < SGD2000

1346

40.5

1.2

 SGD2000-5999

1162

46.4

1.3

 SGD6000 and above

2802

13.1

0.9