Characteristics | Number of respondents (%) |
---|---|
Sex | |
Female | 264 (62.9%) |
Male | 156 (37.1%) |
Age group | |
21-29 | 80 (19.0%) |
30-39 | 150 (35.7%) |
40-49 | 118 (28.1%) |
50-59 | 57 (13.6%) |
60 and above | 15 (3.6%) |
Ethnic group | |
Malay | 84 (20.0%) |
Chinese | 309 (73.6%) |
Indian | 16 (3.8%) |
Othersa | 11 (2.6%) |
Highest pharmacy related education level | |
Basic pharmacy degree | 399 (95.0%) |
Master’s degree | 21 (5.0%) |
Ph.D in Pharmacy | 0 (0.0%) |
Country of basic degree | |
Malaysia | 244 (58.1%) |
Overseas | 176 (41.9%) |
Years of practice in Malaysia | |
Less than 5 | 124 (29.5%) |
5 to 9 | 77 (18.3%) |
10 to 14 | 53 (12.6%) |
15 to 19 | 67 (16.0%) |
20 to 24 | 62 (14.8%) |
25 and above | 37 (8.8%) |
Type of Employment | |
Self-employed / Shareholder | 187 (44.5%) |
Full time employee | 233 (55.5%) |
Premise location (state) | |
Selangor | 94 (22.4%) |
Johor | 55 (13.1%) |
Kuala Lumpur | 51 (12.1%) |
Sarawak | 45 (10.7%) |
Penang | 37 (8.8%) |
Sabah | 30 (7.1%) |
Perak | 27 (6.4%) |
Negeri Sembilan | 21 (5.0%) |
Pahang | 15 (3.6%) |
Malacca | 13 (3.1%) |
Kedah | 10 (2.4%) |
Kelantan | 7 (1.7%) |
Terengganu | 7 (1.7%) |
Putrajaya | 5 (1.2%) |
Perlis | 2 (0.5%) |
Labuan | 1 (0.2%) |
Number of prescriptions/year | |
0 | 21 (5.0%) |
1-50 | 302 (72.0%) |
51-100 | 45 (10.7%) |
101-500 | 42 (10.0%) |
501-1,000 | 3 (0.7%) |
1,000-5,000 | 6 (1.4%) |
5,001-10,000 | 1 (0.2%) |