Table 4 Socio-demographic characteristics: differences in mean total contraceptive knowledge score of all participants, female participants and male participants
Socio-demographic variables | Frequency of overall participants (%) | Mean 卤 SD | 听 | Frequency (Female) | Mean 卤 SD | 听 | Frequency (Male) | Mean 卤 SD | 听 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 听 | N (483) | (0-5) | p | N (226) | (0-5) | p | N(257) | (0-5) | p |
Age | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
18-25 | 363 | 3.10 (1.54) | NS | 169 | 3.21 (1.50) | NS | 194 | 2.99 (1.59) | NS |
26-35 | 120 | 3.13 (1.59) | 听 | 57 | 3.24 (1.29) | 听 | 63 | 3.02 (1.50) | 听 |
Gender | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
Male | 257 | 3.02 (1.60) | 0.03 | 鈭� | 鈭� | 听 | 鈭� | 鈭� | 听 |
Female | 226 | 3.28 (1.48) | 听 | 鈭� | 鈭� | 听 | 鈭� | 鈭� | 听 |
Ethnicity | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
Malay | 403 | 3.14 (1.56) | NS | 189 | 3.29 (1.40) | NS | 214 | 2.99 (1.49) | NS |
Non-Malay | 80 | 3.07 (1.48) | 听 | 37 | 3.11 (1.52) | 听 | 43 | 3.02 (1.52) | 听 |
Religion | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
Muslim | 409 | 3.12 (1.54) | NS | 192 | 3.28 (1.56) | NS | 217 | 2.97 (1.62) | NS |
Non-Muslim | 74 | 3.09 (1.49) | 听 | 34 | 3.15 (1.45) | 听 | 40 | 3.03 (1.50) | 听 |
Level of education * | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | |
Primary school | 192 | 3.08 (1.57) | NS | 97 | 3.27 (1.51) | NS | 95 | 2.89 (1.59) | NS |
secondary school | 281 | 3.17 (1.54) | 听 | 129 | 3.26 (1.48) | 听 | 152 | 3.09 (1.61) | 听 |
Average monthly household income | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | ||
<2000 | 351 | 3.12 (1.57) | NS | 164 | 3.22 (1.57) | NS | 187 | 3.02 (1.54) | NS |
鈮�2000 | 132 | 3.01 (1.51) | 听 | 听 | 62 | 3.10 (1.26) | 听 | 70 | 2.92 (1.63) |