Patterns and Determinants of Attitudes towards Genetic Risk of Cancer: Case Study in a Malaysian Public University

Table 1

Sociodemographic distribution of the sample of university students (N=272).

Variable		n (%)
Age	Mean in years (SD)	22.2 (1.2)
	Range	20-25
Gender (n %)	Female	208 (76.5%)
	Male	64 (23.5%)
Ethnic group (n %)	Malay	144 (52.9%)
	Chinese	45 (16.6%)
	Indigenous	75 (27.6%)
	Indian	8 (2.9%)
Secondary school background (n %)	Science	218 (80.1%)
	Art	54 (19.9%)
Socio-economic status (n %)	Low class (below RM3,000 per month)	146 (53.7%)
	Middle class (RM3,000-RM30,000)	126 (46.3%)