Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample
| Pre- and Post-intervention (n = 390) | 3-month follow-up (n = 324) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 235 | 60.3 | 197 | 60.8 | 
| Male | 155 | 39.7 | 127 | 39.2 | 
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Chinese | 323 | 82.8 | 272 | 84.0 | 
| Others | 67 | 17.2 | 52 | 16.0 | 
| Family or friends with mental illnessa | ||||
| Yes | 166 | 42.6 | 134 | 41.4 | 
| No | 224 | 57.4 | 190 | 58.6 | 
| Past experience in mental health fieldab | ||||
| Yes | 86 | 22.1 | 75 | 23.1 | 
| No | 301 | 77.2 | 247 | 76.2 | 
| Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | |
| Age (in years) | 22.28 | 2.26 | 22.25 | 2.24 | 
areported at pre-intervention
bPercentages do not add up to 100% due to missing data