Mengubah Destini Anak Bangsa (MDAB) program : The knowledge and awareness level of parents and secondary school students at Simpang Sapinah, Kampung Bubul Batu 2, Semporna / Mohd Karnain Masbati ... [et al.]

The focus of this study is to study analyze what is the level of knowledge and awareness of the
parents and secondary school students on the MDAB. Does their demographic backgrounds
associated with their level of knowledge and awareness on the MDAB and is the level of
knowledge related with awareness? There are five domains of demographic backgrounds that
included in this study: marital status, ethnicity, occupation, education and family income. A total
of 226 villagers (N=226) are chosen randomly to represent the population of this study. The
data are analyzed using both descriptive (mean, frequency and percent) and inference methods
(Pearson Correlation) by using a Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0
for Windows. Data analysis indicated that the overall knowledge and awareness level of
respondent are low. The results indicated that there are no significant correlation between
knowledge and their awareness level.