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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of adolescents

From: Predictors of sexual risk behaviour among adolescents from welfare institutions in Malaysia: a cross sectional study

Characteristics

Overall (N = 1,082)

N %

Male (N = 483)

N %

Female (N = 599)

N %

Ethnicity*

   

  Malay

939 (86.9)

410 (84.9)

529 (88.5)

  Chinese

38 (3.5)

25 (5.2)

13 (2.2)

  Indian

92 (8.5)

46 (9.5)

46 (7.7)

  Others

12 (1.1)

2 (0.4)

10 (1.7)

Age group (years)

   

  12-14

258 (23.8)

116 (24.0)

142 (23.7)

  15-17

699 (64.6)

288 (59.6)

411 (68.6)

  18-19

125 (11.6)

79 (16.4)

46 (7.7)

Religion*

   

  Islam

974 (90.1)

429 (88.8)

545 (91.1)

  Buddhism

23 (2.1)

14 (2.9)

9 (1.5)

  Christianity

17 (1.6)

9 (1.9)

8 (1.3)

  Hinduism

59 (5.5)

26 (5.4)

33 (5.5)

  Others

4 (0.4)

2 (0.4)

2 (0.3)

  No religion

4 (0.4)

3 (0.6)

1 (0.2)

Family structure**

   

  Mother &

Father

587 (56.0)

264 (57.0)

323 (55.2)

  Mother only

211 (20.1)

97 (21.0)

114 (19.5)

  Father only

55 (5.2)

18 (3.9)

37 (6.3)

  Mother or father & new partner

13 (1.2)

3 (0.6)

10 (1.7)

  Others

182 (17.4)

81 (17.5)

101 (17.3)

Highest level of education***

   

  Primary

Education

154 (14.6)

97 (20.6)

57 (9.7)

  Secondary

Education

875 (82.7)

354 (75.3)

521 (88.6)

  Tertiary

Education

10 (0.9)

7 (1.5)

3 (0.5)

  1. *Data is missing for 1 case. **Data is missing for 34 cases. Data is missing for 43 cases. Note: *, **, ***percentages are calculated based on less than 1082 respondents due to missing data