Table 1.
DSS Sex Comparison
| % Agreea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males (%) | Females (%) | Χ2 | p value | |
| Men with depression could snap out of it if they wanted | 13.6 | 4.6 | 13.047 | .000 |
| Depression is a sign of personal weakness in a man | 9.9 | 1.9 | 15.110 | .000 |
| Depression is not a real medical illness for men | 9.4 | 0.8 | 19.769 | .000 |
| Men with depression are dangerous | 15.1 | 4.5 | 16.504 | .000 |
| It is best to avoid men with depression so you don’t become depressed yourself | 5.2 | 1.9 | 3.973 | .046 |
| Men with depression are unpredictable | 34.1 | 31.9 | 3.119 | .577 |
| Men with depression should not tell anyone | 5.9 | 1.2 | 8.593 | .005 |
| I would not employ a man if I knew he had been depressed | 9.6 | 1.8 | 14.867 | .000 |
| I would not vote for a male politician if I knew he had been depressed | 19.1 | 5.1 | 24.130 | .000 |
aBased on combining “strongly agree” and “agree” responses