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The Intention of Using Battery Energy Storage System in Malaysia – Demographic Analysis

Table 1: Descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis

No Demographic Categories n % INTENT p-value
Panel A: General demographic profiles
1 Gender Male 196 51.0 3.64 0.363
Female 188 49.0 3.56
2 Age (years) Below 20 4 1.0 3.75 0.340
20-30 119 31.0 3.67
31-40 133 34.6 3.52
41-50 97 25.3 3.56
51 and above 31 8.1 3.77
3 Ethnicity Malay/Bumiputra 285 74.2 3.66 0.089*
Chinese 61 15.9 3.43
Indian 35 9.1 3.43
Others 3 0.8 3.67
Panel B: Socioeconomic profiles
1 Level of education Secondary school 8 2.1 3.63 0.005***
Certificate/Diploma 28 7.3 3.46
Bachelor’s degree 192 50.0 3.47
Master’s/PhD degree 153 39.8 3.77
Others 3 0.8 4.00
2 Employment Professionals 138 35.9 3.66 0.509
Top/middle mgmt./supervisory 84 21.9 3.48
Administrative/technical 53 13.8 3.49
Retiree 5 1.3 3.60
Housewife 5 1.3 3.70
Full-time student 85 22.1 3.69
Others 14 3.6 3.61
3 Industry Education 139 36.2 3.66 0.237
Other industries 245 63.8 3.57
4 Role Industry player/regulator 53 13.8 3.72 0.234
Public at large 331 86.2 3.58
5 Monthly income RM4,849 and below (B40) 127 33.1 3.59 0.126
RM4,850 – RM10,959 (M40) 166 43.2 3.53
RM10,960 and above (T20) 91 23.7 3.74
6 Household size 1 to 3 101 26.3 3.74 0.012**
4 to 6 229 59.6 3.50
7 and above 54 14.1 3.74
Panel C: Residential profiles
1 Geo. location Central region 259 67.4 3.65 0.000***
Northern region 72 18.8 3.17
Southern region 21 5.5 3.69
East Coast/Malaysia region 32 8.3 4.09
2 Settlement area Rural area 62 16.1 3.68 0.211
Suburban area 76 19.8 3.70
Urban area 246 64.1 3.55
3 Property type Landed 275 71.6 3.68 0.002***
High-rise 109 28.4 3.41
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