4.2. Demographic Profile
Table 2 summarizes the demographic profile of the respondents. Slightly more than half of the
respondents were between the age of 40 to 60 years, 85.2 percent were Malays / Bumiputera, 12.6 percent
were Indians and 7 percent were Chinese. Marital status showed that almost 70 percent were married
while 8.8 percent were either divorced or separated. In terms of academic qualification, 48.4 percent had
completed secondary education, 21.5 percent had only primary education while 6 percent claimed had no
formal education. As for household income, 35 percent earning less than RM1000 per month, while 54
percent earning less than RM3000 per month. Almost 30 percent of the respondents had a household size
of 7 or more and majority (91.4%) did not own a house; 38.7 percent were in public housing and 52.7
percent renting from private individuals.