Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Malaysia is expected to be an aged nation in 2030 when the total elderly population reaches 5.82 million or 15.3% of the total population. The aim of this study is to describe sociodemographic characteristics of older persons by strata in Malaysia. METHODS: A stratified cluster sampling design was used in this survey to ensure national representativeness of the Malaysian older population. A descriptive analysis was done on both continuous and categorical data. RESULTS: There were 3,977 respondents aged 60 years old and above in this study to represent 3.2 million older person population in Malaysia. 42.5% of them resided in urban areas compared to 57.5% in rural areas. Their mean age was 68.30±6.95 years. The results showed a slightly higher proportion of females in the older age groups, compared to males, in line with the feminisation of ageing experienced. Malays (73.8%) and Bumiputras (15.1%) group showed higher proportions in rural areas compared to in urban areas, whereas there were more Chinese (32.6%) and Indian (7.1%) ethnic groups in urban areas compared to in rural areas. Higher education levels were documented by urban dwelling elderly with 11.5% having tertiary education. The results also showed the rural dwelling elderly were still employed (29.8%), whereas 78.2% of the unemployed resided in urban areas. The majority of older person received less than RM1,000 in a month, higher in rural than urban areas. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study will assist healthcare policy making decisions in preparation an aged nation in 2030.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-277,
title = {Sociodemographic Characteristics of Older Persons by Strata in Malaysia: Findings from NHMS 2018},
author = {Norazizah Ibrahim Wong and Rajini Sooryanarayana and Ruhaya Salleh and Sheleaswani Inche Zainal Abidin and Rahimah Ibrahim and Mohd Azahadi Omar and Tahir Aris},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Malaysia is expected to be an aged nation in 2030 when the total elderly population reaches 5.82 million or 15.3% of the total population. The aim of this study is to describe sociodemographic characteristics of older persons by strata in Malaysia. METHODS: A stratified cluster sampling design was used in this survey to ensure national representativeness of the Malaysian older population. A descriptive analysis was done on both continuous and categorical data. RESULTS: There were 3,977 respondents aged 60 years old and above in this study to represent 3.2 million older person population in Malaysia. 42.5% of them resided in urban areas compared to 57.5% in rural areas. Their mean age was 68.30±6.95 years. The results showed a slightly higher proportion of females in the older age groups, compared to males, in line with the feminisation of ageing experienced. Malays (73.8%) and Bumiputras (15.1%) group showed higher proportions in rural areas compared to in urban areas, whereas there were more Chinese (32.6%) and Indian (7.1%) ethnic groups in urban areas compared to in rural areas. Higher education levels were documented by urban dwelling elderly with 11.5% having tertiary education. The results also showed the rural dwelling elderly were still employed (29.8%), whereas 78.2% of the unemployed resided in urban areas. The majority of older person received less than RM1,000 in a month, higher in rural than urban areas. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study will assist healthcare policy making decisions in preparation an aged nation in 2030.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: 1Institute for Public Health (IPH), National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2Family Health Development Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia},
keywords = {Elderly, NHMS 2018, older person, sociodemographic},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}