Conceptualisations of mental illness and stigma in Congolese, Arabic-speaking and Mandarin-speaking communities: a qualitative study

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants

	Arabic-speaking Community^#		Mandarin-speaking Community^{^}		Congolese Community^a
	Focus group discussions	Key informant Interviews	Focus group discussions	Key informant Interviews	Focus group discussions	Key informant Interviews
Characteristics	n	n	n	n	n	n
Gender
Male	5	7	6	2	8	4
Female	13	3	15	6	4	4
Age Group
18-30	3	-	1	-	9	-
30-39	4	-	6	2	2	-
40-49	7	2	3	3	-	4
≥50	4	8	11	3	1	4
Country of Origin
Middle East^b	18	9	-	-	-	-
Australia	-	1	-	-	-	-
China	-	-	21	8	-	-
Sub-Saharan Africa^c	-	-	-	-	12	8
Years in Australia
<5	14	-	6	-	7	-
≥5	4	-	15	-	5	-

^# YM and TH facilitated the Arabic-speaking focus group discussions, YM facilitated the Arabic-speaking key informant interviews
^{^} YL and JL facilitated Mandarin-speaking focus group discussions, YL facilitated the Mandarin-speaking key informant interviews
^aAR and VM facilitated the Congolese community focus group discussions, NZ facilitated the Congolese community key informant interviews
^b Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria
^cDRC, Rwanda, Nigeria

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