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

Note: Bolded results indicate a significant difference between age groups (p < .001) with a minimum effect size of Cohen's h = .50. Italicised results indicate a significant difference between age groups (p < .001), but without a minimum effect size of .50.