Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants
| Â | population | |
|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Forest-aboriginal (n = 100) n (%) | Rural (n = 123) n (%) |
Age | Â | Â |
   18-40 | 76 (76.0) | 75 (61.0) |
   >40 | 24 (24.0) | 48 (39.0) |
Sex | Â | Â |
   Male | 38 (38.0) | 46 (37.4) |
   Female | 62 (62.0) | 77 (62.6) |
Religion | Â | Â |
   Non-religious | 99 (99.0) | 0 (0.0) |
   Muslim | 1 (1.0) | 74 (60.1) |
   Buddhist | 0 (0.0) | 36 (29.3) |
   Hindu | 0 (0.0) | 13 (10.6) |
Education | Â | Â |
   None | 38 (38.0) | 6 (4.9) |
   Kindergarten | 5 (5.0) | 2 (1.6) |
   Primary school | 49 (49.0) | 57 (46.3) |
   Secondary school | 8 (8.0) | 51 (41.5) |
   Tertiary | 0 (0.0) | 5 (4.1) |
   University | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.6) |
Occupation | Â | Â |
   Working | 31 (31.0) | 38 (30.9) |
   Non-working | 35 (35.0) | 36 (29.3) |
   Housewife | 34 (34.0) | 47 (38.2) |
   Students | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.6) |
Races | Â | Â |
   Aborigine | 100 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
   Malay | 0 (0.0) | 74 (60.1) |
   Chinese | 0 (0.0) | 36 (29.3) |
   Indian | 0 (0.0) | 13 (10.6) |