Table 2 Elements of articles on mental illness by year with Mantel-Haenszel chi-squared test for trend.
From: Newspaper coverage of mental illness in the UK, 1992-2008
| Â | Year | Â | Â | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | 1992 (n =321) | 2000 (n =433) | 2008 (n =607) | Trend | ||||
|  | % | n | % | n | % | n | χ2 (d.f. = 1) | P |
Notes that effective treatment is available and recovery is possible | 16 | 50 | 21 | 90 | 18 | 112 | 0.624 | 0.429 |
Notes that mental illness is relatively common | 6 | 18 | 9 | 41 | 5 | 32 | 0.484 | 0.486 |
Features a direct quote from an individual with mental illness | 8 | 25 | 12 | 53 | 13 | 78 | 4.638 | 0.031 |
Features a pejorative slang term | 5 | 15 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 2.867 | 0.090 |