Table 1. Demographic data for the experimental group (n = 199) and control group (n = 207).

Variables	Experimental group	Control group
Age, mean (sd)	45.6 (10,7)	45.6 (10.3)
	% (n)	% (n)
Women	75.9(151)	78,3(162)
University/college education	74.9(149)	75.4(156)
Born in Sweden	88.4(176)	93.2(193)
Not health care staff	83.3(166)	84.7(175)
Own experience of psychiatric illness	22.7(45)	27.7(57)
Psychiatric illness in family	42.7(85)	44.7(92)
Met someone with mental illness during the last 6 months	85.3(170)	85.9(178)