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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents

From: The Malay version of the attitudes and beliefs about cardiovascular disease (ABCD-M) risk questionnaire: a translation, reliability and validation study

Variables

n (%)

Mean (SD)

Range

Age

–

36.82 (12.17)

18–66

Gender

 Male

57 (31.84)

–

–

 Female

122 (68.16)

Status

 Single

39 (22.03)

–

–

 Married

133 (75.14)

 Divorced

5 (2.82)

Education

 Primary

5 (2.81)

–

–

 Secondary

91 (51.12)

 College/Uni

82 (46.07)

Occupation

 Unemployed

12 (6.70)

–

–

 Student

16 (8.94)

 Housewife

31 (17.32)

 Self-employed

39 (21.79)

 Government

56 (31.28)

 Private

25 (13.97)

Income

  < RM1000

41 (25.47)

–

–

 RM1001 – RM3000

81 (50.31)

 RM3001 – RM5000

22 (13.66)

  > RM5000

17 (10.56)

Awareness (80 marks)

49.26 (9.31)

6–77

 Knowledge (8 marks)

5.82 (1.58)

–

 Perceived Risk (32 marks)

14.97 (6.01)

–

 Perceived Benefits (16 marks)

12.26 (2.86)

–

 Intention to Change (24 marks)

16.21 (3.43)

–