| Factor | Male | Female | ||||||||
| N | n | % | 95% CI | N | n | % | 95% CI | |||
| Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |||||||
| Age | ||||||||||
| ≤13 year old | 231624 | 2793 | 20.6 | 18.7 | 22.6 | 243969 | 2588 | 21.8 | 19.8 | 23.9 |
| 14 years old | 232912 | 2743 | 20.7 | 18.3 | 23.3 | 228473 | 2605 | 20.4 | 18.1 | 23.0 |
| 15 years old | 223669 | 2796 | 19.9 | 18.2 | 21.6 | 229756 | 2752 | 20.5 | 18.6 | 22.6 |
| 16 years old | 219518 | 2181 | 19.5 | 17.5 | 21.7 | 212116 | 2375 | 19.0 | 16.6 | 21.5 |
| 17 years old | 217897 | 2210 | 19.4 | 17.4 | 21.5 | 204378 | 2407 | 18.3 | 16.0 | 20.8 |
| Form | ||||||||||
| Lower secondary (12 - 15 years old) | 692041 | 8367 | 61.6 | 59.6 | 63.6 | 704025 | 7962 | 63.0 | 61.0 | 64.9 |
| Upper secondary (16 - 17 years old) | 430599 | 4332 | 38.4 | 36.4 | 40.4 | 413801 | 4749 | 37.0 | 35.1 | 39.0 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Malay | 682231 | 8525 | 60.7 | 55.8 | 65.4 | 681512 | 8537 | 61.0 | 56.8 | 65.0 |
| Chinese | 236792 | 2365 | 21.1 | 16.9 | 26.0 | 216502 | 2138 | 19.4 | 16.0 | 23.2 |
| Indian | 76348 | 703 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 9.0 | 77604 | 737 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 8.4 |
| Bumiputera Sabah | 52496 | 464 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 58151 | 527 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 6.4 |
| Bumiputera Sarawak | 57622 | 448 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 64420 | 572 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 7.4 |
| Others | 18892 | 203 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 19680 | 205 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 2.8 |
| Parents marital status | ||||||||||
| Married and living together | 965082 | 10926 | 86.0 | 85.0 | 86.9 | 935920 | 10708 | 83.8 | 82.6 | 84.9 |
| Single parents | 157576 | 1761 | 14.0 | 13.1 | 15.0 | 181052 | 1995 | 16.2 | 15.1 | 17.4 |