Variable | All | Boys | Girls | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
2538 | Â | 1214 | 47.8 | 1324 | 52.2 | |
Ethnicity | ||||||
 Malay | 2014 | 79.4 | 943 | 77.7 | 1071 | 80.9 |
 Non-Malay | 524 | 20.6 | 271 | 22.3 | 253 | 19.1 |
Father’s Occupation | ||||||
 Management and clerical | 504 | 22.2 | 222 | 20.6 | 282 | 23.7 |
 Manual workers | 1670 | 73.7 | 807 | 74.9 | 863 | 72.5 |
 Not working | 93 | 4.1 | 48 | 4.5 | 45 | 3.8 |
Mother’s Occupation | ||||||
 Management and clerical | 501 | 21.6 | 212 | 19.5 | 289 | 23.5 |
 Manual workers | 294 | 12.7 | 143 | 13.2 | 151 | 12.3 |
 Not working | 1520 | 65.7 | 732 | 67.3 | 788 | 64.2 |
Father’s Education Level | ||||||
 No formal education | 52 | 2.1 | 22 | 1.9 | 30 | 2.3 |
 Primary | 215 | 8.7 | 84 | 7.1 | 131 | 10.2 |
 Secondary | 1464 | 59.4 | 717 | 61.0 | 747 | 58.0 |
 Tertiary | 733 | 29.7 | 352 | 30.0 | 381 | 29.6 |
Mother’s Education Level | ||||||
 No formal education | 55 | 2.2 | 31 | 2.6 | 24 | 1.9 |
 Primary | 224 | 9.1 | 102 | 8.7 | 122 | 9.4 |
 Secondary | 1609 | 65.0 | 780 | 66.2 | 829 | 64.0 |
 Tertiary | 586 | 23.7 | 266 | 22.6 | 320 | 24.7 |
Parents’ Marital Status | ||||||
 Married | 2377 | 94.6 | 1137 | 94.5 | 1240 | 94.6 |
 Divorced | 137 | 5.4 | 66 | 5.5 | 71 | 5.4 |
Academic Performance | ||||||
 Poor/Fair | 972 | 38.5 | 538 | 44.4 | 434 | 33.0 |
 Good | 1555 | 61.5 | 674 | 55.6 | 881 | 67.0 |
Number of Close Friend | ||||||
 Fewer than 3 | 370 | 14.6 | 145 | 12.0 | 225 | 17.1 |
 At least 3 | 2158 | 85.4 | 1064 | 88.0 | 1094 | 82.9 |
Lifestyle Risk Behaviour | ||||||
 Smoking | 371 | 14.6 | 337 | 27.8 | 34 | 2.6 |
 Alcohol use | 127 | 5.0 | 80 | 6.6 | 47 | 3.5 |
 Physical inactivity | 2171 | 85.5 | 983 | 81.0 | 1188 | 89.7 |
 Sedentary behaviour | 1422 | 56.0 | 656 | 54.0 | 766 | 57.9 |
 Low food/vegetable intake | 1787 | 70.4 | 850 | 70.0 | 937 | 70.8 |
Number of Risk Factor/Risk Score | ||||||
 0 | 50 | 2.0 | 28 | 2.3 | 22 | 1.7 |
 1 | 378 | 14.9 | 179 | 14.7 | 199 | 15.0 |
 2 | 1007 | 39.7 | 434 | 35.7 | 573 | 43.3 |
 3 | 941 | 37.1 | 442 | 36.4 | 499 | 37.7 |
 4 | 147 | 5.8 | 122 | 10.0 | 25 | 1.9 |
 5 | 15 | 0.6 | 9 | 0.7 | 6 | 0.5 |