Table 3.
Class size and characteristics, according to conditional probability of individuals in each response item (Stereotypes and Restrictions)
|
Stigma dimension |
|
|
Profile 1 |
Profile 2 |
Profile 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
|
“no stigma” |
“unobtrusive stigma” |
“great stigma” |
| |
|
|
(n = 337) |
(n = 471) |
(n = 606) |
| Item | Responsea | (%) | (%) | (%) | |
|
Negative stereotypes |
Dangerous |
More |
12.8 |
8.5 |
35.9 |
| Equally |
69.0 |
80.2 |
54.1 |
||
| Less |
18.2 |
11.3 |
10.0 |
||
| Unpredictable |
More |
47.5 |
38.7 |
84.8 |
|
| Equally |
38.5 |
56.0 |
8.6 |
||
| Less |
14.0 |
5.3 |
6.6 |
||
| Strange |
More |
36.2 |
38.9 |
72.9 |
|
| Equally |
48.1 |
55.8 |
16.9 |
||
| Less |
15.7 |
5.3 |
10.2 |
||
| Untrustworthy |
More |
6.5 |
2.2 |
29.2 |
|
| Equally |
78.9 |
92.3 |
57.0 |
||
| Less |
14.6 |
5.5 |
13.8 |
||
|
Positive Stereotypes |
Healthy |
Less |
44.9 |
56.9 |
81.2 |
| Equally |
47.6 |
39.4 |
15.2 |
||
| More |
7.5 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
||
| Controlled |
Less |
44.9 |
40.4 |
82.9 |
|
| Equally |
46.5 |
55.3 |
11.1 |
||
| More |
8.6 |
4.3 |
6.0 |
||
| Talented |
Less |
8.0 |
7.0 |
24.8 |
|
| Equally |
82.2 |
88.1 |
64.2 |
||
| More |
9.8 |
4.9 |
11.0 |
||
| Rational |
Less |
33.9 |
35.0 |
80.0 |
|
| Equally |
57.7 |
58.8 |
13.2 |
||
| More |
8.4 |
6.2 |
6.8 |
||
|
Restrictions |
Involuntary admission |
Agrees |
94.5 |
99.4 |
97.5 |
| Disagrees |
5.5 |
0.6 |
2.5 |
||
| Should not have a driver’s license |
Agrees |
2.7 |
0.9 |
12.4 |
|
| Disagrees |
97.3 |
99.1 |
87.6 |
||
| Should not have the right to vote |
Agrees |
13.4 |
13.7 |
41.2 |
|
| Disagrees | 86.6 | 86.3 | 58.8 |
Bold: highest percentage on the line.
aThe first response-item always corresponds to the most stigmatizing answer.
Note: between-group differences were statistical significant for all items (P < .001).