Sample characteristics by asthma control*
| Adult sample (n=300) | Parent sample† (n=221) | |||||
| Uncontrolled (n=72) | Partly controlled (n=114) | Well controlled (n=114) | Uncontrolled (n=99) | Partly controlled (n=66) | Well controlled (n=56) | |
| Age of survey respondent (mean (SD)) | 33 (8) | 37 (10) | 39 (34) | 37 (8) | 39 (9) | 43 (9) |
| Female (%) | 32 | 40 | 50 | – | – | – |
| Chinese (%) | 75 | 79 | 85 | 84 | 74 | 73 |
| Married (%) | 69 | 63 | 50 | – | – | – |
| Employment status (%) | ||||||
| Employed full time | 18 | 34 | 32 | 7 | 14 | 7 |
| Employed part time | 79 | 57 | 54 | 72 | 53 | 57 |
| Unemployed | 3 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 34 |
| Unknown | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Education level (%) | ||||||
| Employed full time | ||||||
| No formal education | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Primary to junior college‡ | 28 | 41 | 50 | 31 | 38 | 36 |
| University and above | 72 | 58 | 50 | 67 | 62 | 64 |
| Unknown | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Monthly income (%) | ||||||
| Less than $2999 | 14 | 18 | 33 | 13 | 20 | 29 |
| $3000–5999 | 40 | 54 | 38 | 34 | 42 | 30 |
| $6,000–9999 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 32 | 23 | 23 |
| $10 000 and above | 18 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 14 |
| Prefer not to answer | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | – | 4 |
*Columns may not sum up to 100 due to rounding.
†Sample characteristics are representative of the parents who responded on behalf of their children.
‡This includes junior college, the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (A-Level) examination, polytechnic education, diplomas, vocational training, and Institute of Technical Education (ITE) education. The A-Level is a national examination held annually in Singapore. The examination is taken by school candidates on the completion of preuniversity education at junior colleges, centralised institutions, and Integrated Programmes, and is also open to private candidates. ITE is a public vocational education institution agency in Singapore that provides pre-employment training to secondary school graduates, and continuing education and training to working adults.