Table 2 Demographics of the Chinese Malayan junior reporters and the distribution of articles published.

From: Reception of Hong Kong’s Modern Children magazine (1946–1951) in Malaya through the lens of intercultural and transcultural communication

Region

Gender

Age

Number of articles published

Topic

Perak (11)

Female (5)

13 (1)

14 (3)

15 (1)

3

Opinions about Children’s Day (1)

Situations of underprivileged children (1)

Fishing (1)

Male (6)

13 (1)

14 (1)

15 (4)

1

Situations of underprivileged children (1)

Singapore (9)

Female (2)

13 (2)

1

Friends (1)

Male (7)

13 (2)

14 (1)

15 (1)

16 (2)

17 (1)

4

Malayan culture (1)

Situations of underprivileged children (1)

Helping others (1)

Reporting school event (1)

Kedah (2)

Female (0)

N/A

0

N/A

Male (2)

15 (1)

16 (1)

1

Situations of underprivileged children (1)

Melaka (2)

Female (1)

12 (1)

1

Malayan culture (1)

Male (0)

N/A

0

N/A

Unknown (1)

Unknown (1)

4

Malayan culture (2)

Situations of underprivileged children (2)

Sarawak (2)

Female (0)

N/A

0

N/A

Male (2)

16 (1)

17 (1)

0

N/A

Johor (1)

Female (0)

N/A

0

N/A

Male (1)

15 (1)

0

N/A

North Borneo (1)

Female (0)

N/A

0

N/A

Male (1)

13 (1)

2

Malayan culture (1)

Malayan natural landscape (1)

Total (28)

Female (8)

Male (19)

Unknown (1)

12 (1)

13 (7)

14 (5)

15 (8)

16 (4)

17 (2)

Unknown (1)

17

 
  1. Numbers in parentheses are the frequencies.