Table 2.

Respondents' views on the aetiology of mental illness, by sex and age

		All	Male (N = 232)	Female (N = 183)	< 31 (N = 165)	31-50 (N = 205)	51+ (N = 48)
Mental Illness is caused by:
Genetic inheritance	Agree	27.82	25.54	31.15	31.10	23.90	33.33
	Agree Somewhat	23.50	24.24	22.04	21.34	22.93	33.33
	Neutral	11.27	13.85	7.65	9.76	14.15	4.17
	Disagree somewhat	9.35	12.55	5.46	7.32	10.24	12.50
	Disagree	28.06	23.81	33.33	30.49	28.78	16.67
Substance Abuse	Agree	19.23	19.48	18.68	15.85	18.63	33.33
	Agree Somewhat	27.16	29.87	23.63	28.05	29.41	14.58
	Neutral	10.34	9.52	10.99	10.37	10.29	10.42
	Disagree somewhat	10.58	9.96	11.54	9.76	12.25	6.25
	Disagree	32.69	31.17	35.16	35.98	29.41	35.42
Bad Things happening to the person	Agree	42.48	40.61	45.56	45.96	39.22	44.68
	Agree Somewhat	24.76	24.89	25.00	27.33	23.53	21.28
	Neutral	17.48	19.65	13.89	10.56	23.04	17.02
	Disagree somewhat	7.52	7.42	7.22	6.83	7.84	8.51
	Disagree	7.77	7.42	8.33	9.32	6.37	8.51
Brain disease	Agree	35.59	37.12	33.15	32.92	34.31	50.00
	Agree Somewhat	25.91	29.69	21.55	27.95	25.98	18.75
	Neutral	8.96	10.04	7.18	11.18	6.86	10.42
	Disagree somewhat	6.30	6.11	6.63	6.21	7.84	0
	Disagree	23.24	17.03	31.49	21.74	25.00	20.83
Personal Weakness	Agree	38.13	39.83	36.61	36.59	37.56	45.83
	Agree Somewhat	21.10	23.38	18.58	26.83	16.59	20.83
	Neutral	14.63	14.72	14.21	10.98	18.05	12.50
	Disagree somewhat	10.07	8.66	11.48	8.54	11.71	8.33
	Disagree	16.07	13.42	19.13	17.07	16.10	12.50
God's Punishment	Agree	16.79	18.06	14.92	13.50	16.92	27.66
	Agree Somewhat	13.38	14.54	12.15	14.72	12.44	12.77
	Neutral	11.68	11.01	11.60	10.43	12.94	10.64
	Disagree somewhat	15.33	18.62	12.71	14.72	17.41	8.51
	Disagree	42.82	38.77	48.62	46.63	40.30	40.43