Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants in the UK Parliamentary Mental Health study

	MP sample (n=146)	Total Health Survey for England sample (n=7871)
	n (%)	n (%)
Age <40 years	27 (18)	4014 (51)
Women	54 (37)	4385 (55)
Higher education degree	119 (82)	888 (11.3)
Knowledge on how to access mental health support	65 (45)	N/A
Unaware of Parliamentary Well-being Service	112 (77)	N/A
Willing to discuss mental health problems with Whips	70 (48)	N/A
Willing to discuss mental health problems with other MPs	76 (52)	N/A
Presence of CMD (according to ≥4 cut-off point on GHQ-12 total score)	49 (34)	2902 (26)

CMD, common mental disorder.