Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample (n = 379).

Characteristics	Groups	Mean/Frequency	SD/%
Age (years)		37.4	11.0
Gender	Female	249	65.7
	Male	130	34.3
Ethnicity	Chinese	267	70.5
	Indian	53	14.0
	Malay	36	9.5
	Others (including Filipino and Myanmar)	23	6.1
Marital status	Ever married	216	57.0
	Never married	163	43.0
Education level	Secondary/ITE/'O' level	18	4.8
	A' level/diploma	42	11.1
	Bachelor	173	45.7
	Master or above	146	38.5
Nationality	Singapore Citizen	320	84.4
	Permanent Resident	59	15.6
Position	Doctors	51	13.5
	Allied health staff	191	50.4
	Nurses	137	36.2
Years in IMH	Less than 1 year	32	8.4
	1–5 years	148	39.1
	6–10 years	88	23.2
	More than 10 years	111	29.3
Family or close friends diagnosed with mental illness	Yes	117	30.9
	No	262	69.1