Socio-Demographic Factors and Evaluation of the Degree of Public Risk of Developing Diabetes Type 2 in Relation to Takaful Policy

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10.2991/978-94-6463-014-5_22How to use a DOI?

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diabetes type 2; risk factors; socio-demographics; takaful

Abstract

The alarming increase in type 2 diabetes have not only impacted the public with mental and physical distress but have also increased anxiety and burden on financial aspects in relation to preventing and treating the disease. This has mostly been a result of increasing health care costs and unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity on a consistent basis; therefore, causing people to be unaware of their health status which may have already developed into the early onset of such disease. This study aims to evaluate the degree of the Malaysian public’s risk in developing diabetes type 2; and further investigate the relationship of socio-demographic factors in explaining the variation in risk categories. The study employs both descriptive as well as inferential statistics such as the multinomial logistic regression in achieving the objectives. Findings from the sample of 860 Malaysians in the study reveal that almost half of the respondents are in the intermediate risk category of developing diabetes type 2; while results from the regression portray that, factors such as marital status, household income, and education levels play significant roles in the willingness to pay for takaful policy related to diabetes. Finally, the study also provides an evaluation of the degree of risk among three scenarios to show their degree of risk in terms of probabilities.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sharifah Fairuz Syed Mohamad
AU  - Mohd Radzniwan A. Rashid
AU  - Zurina Kefeli
AU  - Nurul Aini Muhamed
AU  - Azrul Azlan Iskandar Mirza
AU  - Junaidah Abu Seman
AU  - Saharuddin Ahmad
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/12
TI  - Socio-Demographic Factors and Evaluation of the Degree of Public Risk of Developing Diabetes Type 2 in Relation to Takaful Policy
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematical Sciences and Statistics 2022 (ICMSS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 228
EP  - 240
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-014-5_22
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-014-5_22
ID  - Mohamad2022
ER  -