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. 2008 Apr 18;8:25. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-25

Table 4.

Psychologically distressed subset of community sample aged 18 to 50 years (Sample 3): Hierarchical linear regression analyses (unstandardised regression coefficients) for variables predicting Personal and Perceived stigma.

Personal Stigma (n = 472) Perceived Stigma (n = 472)


Step 1 Step 2 Step 1 Step 2




B p B p B p B p
Sociodemographic characteristics
 Age -0.004 0.88 -0.02 0.47 0.04 0.10 0.05 0.06
 Male sex 3.33 0.0001*** 2.99 0.0001*** 0.59 0.24 0.60 0.23
 Education -0.25 0.014* -0.13 0.20 -0.38 0.0001*** -0.32 0.002**
Other
 K10 0.11 0.011* 0.17 0.0001***
 Depression literacy -0.34 0.0001*** 0.08 0.24

R2 (R2 adjusted) 0.093 (0.087) 0.152 (0.143) 0.039 (0.033) 0.077 (0.067)
R2 change 0.093 0.059 0.039 0.038
F change 16.04 16.17 6.37 9.51
Sig F change 0.0001*** 0.0001*** 0.0001*** 0.0001***

* p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001