Table 1 Selected socio-demographic characteristics of respondents
From: Validity of self-reported weight and height: a cross-sectional study among Malaysian adolescents
| Â | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
School locality | ||
 Urban | 266 | 40.1 |
 Rural | 397 | 59.9 |
Sex | ||
 Male | 302 | 45.6 |
 Female | 361 | 54.4 |
Ethnicity | ||
 Malay | 590 | 89.0 |
 Chinese | 52 | 7.8 |
 Indian | 13 | 2.0 |
 Others | 8 | 1.2 |
Age (year) | ||
 13 | 207 | 31.2 |
 14 | 49 | 7.4 |
 15 | 147 | 22.2 |
 16 | 153 | 23.1 |
 17 | 107 | 16.1 |