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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample (n = 6126), and crosstabulation of language by ethnicity

From: Confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance of the English, Mandarin, and Malay versions of the SF-12v2 within a representative sample of the multi-ethnic Singapore population

Variable

Category

n

Unweighted %

Weighted %

Age

18 to 34

1707

27.9

30.4

 

35 to 49

1496

24.4

29.6

 

50 to 64

1626

26.5

26.9

 

65 and above

1297

21.2

13.1

Gender

Male

3068

50.1

49.6

 

Female

3058

49.9

50.4

Ethnicity

Chinese

1782

29.1

75.7

 

Malay

1990

32.5

12.5

 

Indian

1844

30.1

8.7

 

Others

510

8.3

3.1

Language

English

4916

80.3

75.6

 

Mandarin

557

9.1

21.2

 

Malay

646

10.6

3.1

 

Missinga

7

0.1

0.1

Chronic Physical Conditions

None

2552

41.7

46.1

 

At least one

3562

58.2

53.7

 

Missing

12

0.2

0.1

 

Language, n (weighted %)

English

Mandarin

Malay

Missing

Ethnicity

 Chinese

1230 (71.7%)

546 (27.9%)

4 (0.2%)

2 (0.1%)

 Malay

1420 (78.7%)

0

566 (21.2%)

4 (0.1%)

 Indian

1782 (97.7%)

0

61 (2.2%)

1 (0.04%)

 Others

484 (94.2%)

11 (2.6%)

15 (3.2%)

0

  1. aParticipants in this group did not answer any of the questions on the SF-12v2