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Table 1 shows that the responses largely came from Malay adults, which was 84 of them, 2
respondents were from Indian and other ethnic groups while only 1 response was obtained from a person
of Chinese ethnic group which makes it a total of 89 respondents.

Table 2
Demographic of Respondents and Level of Education

Grand
Ethnicity SPM/STPM Certificate Diploma Degree Masters PhD
Total

Chinese 1 1

Indian 1 1 2

Malay 14 1 13 35 13 7 84
Others 1 1 2

Total 15 1 13 37 15 7 89

From Table 2, it can be seen that most of the respondents consisted of 37 persons who have a
bachelor’s degree, followed by 15 persons who got the Malaysian Certificate of Education for high school
leavers and Master’s degrees, respectively. There were 7 Ph.D. holders and 1 from the certificate level of
education.

Table 3
The Demographic of Respondents and Income Group

RM6 000- RM 11 000- Over RM 15 Grand
Ethnicity RM1 000-5000
10 000 15 000 000 Total

Chinese 1 1

Indian 2 2
Malay 39 27 11 7 84

Others 1 1 2

Total 40 28 14 7 89

Table 3 shows that the largest group of respondents which was 40 of them were from the RM1
000-5000 income group. The second largest consisting of 28 respondents were from the RM6 000-10 000

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