Table 1.
Characteristics of the sample (N=834)
| Demographic characteristics | |
| Age (mean, SD) | 42.7 (11.9) |
| Female gender (%) | 66.9 |
| Education (%) | |
| None, primary (age ≤12), secondary (≤15–16 years) or vocational qualification | 43.8 |
| Diploma, degree or postgraduate qualification | 56.2 |
| Marital status (%) | |
| Married or cohabiting | 52.2 |
| Single or non-cohabiting partner | 25.9 |
| Widowed, separated, divorced | 21.7 |
| Belongs to ethnic minority (%) | 8.2 |
| Human Development Index score* | |
| Very high HDI countries | 47.0 |
| High HDI countries | 28.2 |
| Medium HDI countries | 14.0 |
| Low HDI countries | 10.8 |
| Mental health characteristics | |
| Ever admitted for psychiatric care (%) | 36 |
| Age of first contact with mental health services (mean, SD) | 33.6 (11.8) |
| Internalised stigma total score† (mean, SD) | 2.4 (0.55) |
| Work-related characteristics | |
| Employment | |
| Full-time or part-time | 51.2 |
| Volunteer, or working in a sheltered accommodation or at home | 13.1 |
| Looking for a job | 14.4 |
| Unemployed, not looking for a job‡ | 21.3 |
*HDI, United Nations Development Programme.19
†Total score on the Internalised Stigma of Mental Illness scale.20 Scale ranges from 1 to 4, with higher scores indicating higher internalised stigma.
‡Combination of ‘Would like to work but afraid to loose benefits’, ‘unable to work’, ‘choose not to work’.