Table 2 Percentage of respondents endorsing each category to describe the problem shown in the vignette.
Depression Vignette | Schizophrenia Vignette | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 18–24 n = 96 | 25–39 n = 293 | 40–54 n = 250 | 55–69 n = 213 | 70+ n = 149 | 18–24 n = 102 | 25–39 n = 246 | 40–54 n = 296 | 55–69 n = 215 | 70+ n = 138 |
Depression | 71.7 | 70.8 | 67.4 | 64.9 | 41.5 | 42.5 | 36.7 | 40.8 | 25.0 | 22.8 |
Nervous breakdown | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
Schizophrenia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 42.7 | 40.9 | 46.9 | 42.6 | 24.1 |
Mental illness | 0.0 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 27.0 | 25.6 | 20.5 | 23.7 | 18.2 |
Psychological problem | 0.7 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 18.1 |
Stress | 18.3 | 20.2 | 17.2 | 14.1 | 8.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 5.8 | 4.0 |
Has a problem | 4.8 | 8.9 | 13.9 | 15.5 | 22.3 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 6.8 | 13.8 |
Cancer | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Other | 43.9 | 38.8 | 42.1 | 44.4 | 47.8 | 32.2 | 38.1 | 34.8 | 40.5 | 43.8 |
Don't know | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 |