Table 1 Descriptive statistics on demographic factors and stigma scales for stigma-increased and stigma-decreased groups (n = 1,058)
|  | ‘Stigma-increased’ group (n = 550) | ‘Stigma-decreased’ group (n = 508) |  | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | N | % | n | % | P |
Demographic factors | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Age (years) (Mean ± S.D.) | 46.4 ± 4.5 | 45.9 ± 4.5 | 0.179a | ||
 Gender |  |  |  |  | 0.804b |
  Male | 303 | 55.1 | 276 | 54.3 |  |
  Female | 247 | 44.9 | 232 | 45.7 |  |
 Children’s status |  |  |  |  | 0.568b |
  Junior school students | 274 | 49.8 | 262 | 51.6 |  |
  Senior high school students | 276 | 50.2 | 246 | 48.4 |  |
 Education |  |  |  |  | 0.227b |
  Junior and senior high school | 140 | 25.5 | 154 | 30.3 |  |
  Vocational school | 70 | 12.7 | 69 | 13.6 |  |
  Junior college | 80 | 14.5 | 74 | 14.6 |  |
  University and graduate school | 260 | 47.3 | 211 | 41.5 |  |
 Current residence |  |  |  |  | 0.242b |
  Hokkaido/Tohoku | 59 | 10.7 | 59 | 11.6 |  |
  Kanto/Shin-etsu/Hokuriku | 248 | 45.1 | 204 | 40.1 |  |
  Tokai/Kinki | 180 | 32.7 | 169 | 33.3 |  |
  Chugoku/Shikoku/Kyushu/Okinawa | 63 | 11.5 | 76 | 15.0 |  |
 Married |  |  |  |  | 0.564b |
  Yes | 527 | 95.8 | 483 | 95.1 |  |
  No | 23 | 4.2 | 25 | 4.9 |  |
 Family structure |  |  |  |  | 0.084b |
  Nuclear family | 439 | 79.8 | 383 | 75.4 |  |
  Other | 111 | 20.2 | 125 | 24.6 |  |
 Employment status |  |  |  |  | 0.212b |
  Full-time | 288 | 52.4 | 273 | 53.7 |  |
  Part-time | 76 | 13.8 | 85 | 16.7 |  |
  Other | 186 | 33.8 | 150 | 29.6 |  |
 Occupation |  |  |  |  | 0.014*b |
  Production labor service (Mining/Construction/Manufacturing/energy industry) | 137 | 24.9 | 106 | 20.9 |  |
  Transportation and communication | 23 | 4.2 | 36 | 7.1 |  |
  Sales and marketing (Wholesale and retail/Finance and insurance/Real estate) | 77 | 14.0 | 68 | 13.4 |  |
  Service industry (Catering and lodging, etc.) | 58 | 10.6 | 64 | 12.6 |  |
  Professional (Medical and welfare/Education industry/Public officer) | 93 | 16.9 | 104 | 20.5 |  |
  Homemaker | 115 | 20.9 | 108 | 21.2 |  |
  Other | 47 | 8.5 | 22 | 4.3 |  |
 Family income per year (US dollars) |  |  |  |  | 0.733b |
  <11,000 | 8 | 1.5 | 9 | 1.8 |  |
  11,000-32,000 | 48 | 8.7 | 35 | 6.9 |  |
  32,000-53,000 | 98 | 17.8 | 84 | 16.5 |  |
  53,000-110,000 | 296 | 53.8 | 289 | 56.9 |  |
  ≥110,000 | 100 | 18.2 | 91 | 17.9 |  |
 Proximity to person with schizophrenia |  |  |  |  | 0.564b |
  Yes | 21 | 3.8 | 23 | 4.5 |  |
  No | 529 | 96.2 | 485 | 95.5 |  |
 Participation in welfare activities for people with mental illness |  |  | 0.463b | ||
  Yes | 49 | 8.9 | 52 | 10.2 |  |
  No | 501 | 91.1 | 456 | 89.8 |  |
Factors obtained before watching the program | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 Examination of basic knowledge (Mean ± S.D.) | 10.8 ± 1.3 | 10.8 ± 1.2 | 0.914a | ||
 Pre-program Link’s Devaluation-Discrimination Scale (Mean ± S.D.) | 30.6 ± 4.2 | 35.8 ± 4.7 | <0.001*a | ||
 Examination of ability to distinguish schizophrenia from other disorders (Mean ± S.D.) | 12.0 ± 2.8 | 12.2 ± 2.9 | 0.357a | ||
 Social distance scale (Mean ± S.D.) | 12.0 ± 4.5 | 12.5 ± 4.3 | 0.052a | ||