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Table 1 Characteristics of respondents (N = 11,155)

From: Determinants of community pharmacy utilisation among the adult population in Malaysia: findings from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019

Characteristic

Count, n (Unweighted)

Percentage (%)

Demographic and socioeconomic

 Sex:

  Male

5,237

49.5

  Female

5,918

50.5

 Age (years):

  18–30

2,631

34.4

  31–40

2,323

22.7

  41–50

2,031

15.6

  51–60

1,945

13.8

  60+

2,225

13.6

 Education level:

  No formal education

657

5.4

  Primary

2,445

19.9

  Secondary

5,298

48.7

  Tertiary

2,755

26.0

 Marital status:

  Married

7,589

63.0

  Singlea

3,566

37.0

 Employment status:

  Active

6,469

61.9

  Inactive

4,686

38.1

 Income category:

  Bottom 40 (B40)

7,809

70.4

  Middle 40 (M40)

2,437

21.7

  Top 20 (T20)

909

7.9

 Locality:

  Urban

6,709

75.5

  Rural

4,446

24.5

Health

 Self-reported health problems:

  Yes

2,645

21.1

  No

8,510

78.9

 Self-rated health:

  Excellent - Good

8,417

79.2

  Fair

2,467

18.7

  Poor – Very Poor

271

2.1

 Presence of DM, HPT or HPC

  No

7,954

77.9

  Yes

3,201

22.1

  1. DM Diabetes Mellitus, HPT Hypertension, HPC Hypercholesterolemia
  2. aIncludes divorced, separated or never married