Table 5 Percentages of respondents rating likely causes for the disorder described 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 |
Virus or infection | 45.1 | 50.9 | 50.0 | 52.0 | 58.8 | 37.5 | 31.8 | 34.0 | 31.5 | 38.8 |
Allergy | 40.6 | 45.6 | 43.8 | 49.4 | 55.5 | 24.0 | 34.1 | 33.5 | 35.5 | 37.1 |
Day-to-day problems | 97.9 | 97.7 | 96.8 | 97.0 | 96.8 | 97.4 | 88.0 | 91.4 | 88.0 | 87.6 |
Recent death of close friend/relative | 97.7 | 97.1 | 97.0 | 96.2 | 91.8 | 95.0 | 88.3 | 88.6 | 85.4 | 80.9 |
Recent trauma | 89.5 | 93.5 | 96.7 | 95.6 | 93.1 | 90.6 | 85.8 | 88.9 | 87.3 | 81.3 |
Childhood problems | 93.9 | 93.1 | 92.7 | 92.5 | 87.6 | 97.1 | 92.6 | 90.5 | 91.0 | 85.6 |
Genetic | 60.1 | 75.0 | 69.7 | 68.3 | 71.8 | 68.8 | 73.9 | 77.2 | 68.5 | 74.6 |
Nervousness | 63.6 | 68.4 | 68.8 | 71.6 | 71.1 | 58.9 | 60.1 | 59.9 | 59.7 | 66.0 |
Weakness of character | 42.2 | 41.7 | 42.9 | 42.4 | 57.4 | 44.9 | 37.9 | 38.4 | 35.1 | 57.5 |