| 1 Very important |
| 2 Relatively important |
| 3 Relatively unimportant |
| 4 Not important at all |
| 8 Other (Please specify: ________________________________________) |
| 9 DK |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | ||
| total | 35.8 | 45.1 | 12.8 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
| gender | Male | 36.7 | 46.2 | 10.9 | 5.3 | - | 0.9 |
| Female | 35.1 | 44.3 | 14.3 | 4.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | |
| Age | 20-24yrs | 30.9 | 54.6 | 9.3 | 3.1 | 1 | 1 |
| 25-29yrs | 30.1 | 57.3 | 8.7 | 2.9 | 1 | - | |
| 30-34yrs | 34.8 | 50.8 | 11.4 | 1.5 | - | 1.5 | |
| 35-39yrs | 31.9 | 48.8 | 11.9 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
| 40-44yrs | 32.2 | 45 | 14.1 | 7.4 | - | 1.3 | |
| 45-49yrs | 48.8 | 38 | 9.9 | 3.3 | - | - | |
| 50-54yrs | 36.8 | 39.1 | 13.8 | 8 | - | 2.3 | |
| 55-59yrs | 41.1 | 39.3 | 16.1 | 3.6 | - | - | |
| 60-64yrs | 38.5 | 30.8 | 25.6 | 5.1 | - | - | |
| 65-69yrs | 45 | 30 | 15 | 10 | - | - | |
| 70yrs- | 34 | 34 | 20.8 | 5.7 | - | 5.7 | |
| Race | Chinese | 31.5 | 47 | 14 | 5.8 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| Malay | 50.4 | 39.2 | 8.8 | 1.6 | - | - | |
| Indian | 52.2 | 33.7 | 9.8 | 3.3 | - | 1.1 | |
| Others | 37 | 55.6 | 7.4 | - | - | - |