Research Article
Preliminary Study on the Skin Lightening Practice and Health Symptoms among Female Students in Malaysia
Table 1
Sociodemographic background (
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| | Variables | Undergraduate
(%) | Postgraduate
(%) | Total
(%) |
| | Age (years) | | | | | 20–24 | 55 (98.2) | 19 (39.6) | 74 (71.2) | | 25–30 | 1 (1.8) | 29 (60.4) | 30 (28.8) | | Race | | | | | Malay | 47 (83.9) | 41 (85.4) | 88 (84.6) | | Chinese | 1 (1.8) | 3 (6.3) | 4 (3.8) | | Indian | 7 (12.5) | 2 (4.2) | 9 (8.7) | | Others | 1 (1.8) | 2 (4.2) | 3 (2.9) | | Monthly income or allowance | | | | | <MYR 500 | 49 (87.5) | 10 (20.8) | 59 (56.7) | | MYR 500–MYR 1000 | 5 (8.9) | 7 (14.6) | 12 (11.5) | | MYR 1001–MYR 2000 | 2 (3.6) | 24 (50) | 26 (25) | | MYR 2001–MYR 3000 | 0 (0) | 4 (8.3) | 4 (3.8) | | >MYR 3000 | 0 (0) | 3 (6.3) | 3 (2.8) | | Use of skin lightening products | | | | | Yes | 39 (69.6) | 24 (50) | 63 (60.6) | | No | 17 (30.4) | 24 (50) | 41 (39.4) |
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Note. Total respondent () = 56, , , significant difference by chi-square test, significant at , and significant at .
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