KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 -- The majority of the Malaysian workforce comprised citizens aged between 30 and 39 across all ethnic groups, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said in an informal survey.

In a newsletter, the DOSM said the ratio of employment to the population also showed that the majority of men from the Bumiputra (97 per cent), Chinese (96.5 per cent) and Indian (95.8 per cent) having a high employment ratio between 35 and 39 years old.

For males from the "Others", they have a high employment ratio between 30 and 34 years old.

"Others" is a catchall category for ethnicities aside from the three that were distinctly listed.

As for the females, the majority of them from the Bumiputra (69.9 per cent), Chinese (81.8 per...