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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Nerv Ment Dis. 2009 Jun;197(6):434–441. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181a61dbc

TABLE 1.

DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANT DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS, MENTAL HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOURS AND DSM-IV DIANOSIS IN A NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF SOUTH AFRICAN ADULTS (N = 3651)

Total Sample %
N= 3651
Individuals with any
DSM-IV disorder (%)
Individuals with no
DSM-IV disorder(%)
Age: 18–29 39.1 36.5 40.3
30–39 22.1 23.3 21.5
40–49 18.1 20.8 16.8
50+ 20.7 19.3 21.4
Sex: Male 46.3 47.4 45.8
Race: Black 76.2 75.2 76.7
  Coloured 10.4 12.0 9.7
  White 10.0 9.7 10.1
  Indian/Asian 3.4 3.2 3.5
Currently married 50.1 49.7 50.3
Location: Rural 38.4 35.8 39.6
Urban 61.6 64.2 60.4
Employed: Yes 31.0 33.9 29.7
  No 69.0 66.1 70.3
Education: 0-Gr11 59.7 59.2 59.9
High school + 40.3 40.8 40.1
Traumatic Life events (0) 35.0 24.8 39.9
1–2 39.5 40.6 39.1
3–4 17.3 22.6 14.8
25+ 8.1 12.0 6.3
DSM-IV diagnoses
Any Disorder 31.9 100.0 -
Any Anxiety Disorders 16.1 50.5 -
Any Mood Disorder 11.9 37.1 -
Any Substance Disorder 13.3 41.6 -
Mental health seeking
No form of health care 72.2 61.5 77.3
Any form of health care* 27.8 38.5 22.7
Western Medicine