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Table 1 Sample Distribution

From: Establishing the HLS-M-Q18 short version of the European health literacy survey questionnaire for the Malaysian context

State

Locality

Ethnicity

n

Area

Selangor

Urban

Malay

299

Shah Alam

 Seksyen 1–5

 Seksyen 31

 Seksyen U9

 Seksyen U13

(6.298mil = 58.2%)

(93.3%)

Chinese

103

n = 466

n = 435

Indian

33

 

Rural

Malay

21

Hulu Langat

 Sesapan Kelubi Village

 Sesapan Batu Rembau Village

 Sungai Jai Village

 Taman Indah PKNS

 

(6.7%)

Chinese

7

 

n = 31

Indian

3

Kuala Lumpur

Urban

Malay

82

Segambut, Lembah Pantai

(1.782mil = 16.5%)

(100%)

Chinese

38

n = 132

n = 132

Indian

12

Sarawak

Urban

Bumiputera

91

Kuching

(2.741mil = 25.3%)

(57.8%)

Chinese

26

n = 202

n = 117

Indian

0

 

Rural

(42.2%)

Bumiputera

66

Sarikei (Maradong), Samarahan (Simunjan)

 

n = 85

Chinese

19

  

Indian

0

  1. Location of study is determined by population density and racial distribution