Table 1.
Participants’ characteristics, Community Attitudes to Mental Illness (CAMI-12) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) scores and responses to help-seeking indicators (unweighted frequency and weighted percentage). Analysis sample (N = 4087)
| Gender n (%) | |
| Female | 2265 (51) |
| Male | 1822 (49) |
| Age, years: mean (SD) | 50.3 (0.2) |
| Age group n (%) | |
| 16–24 | 311 (13.6) |
| 25–44 | 1287 (35.2) |
| 45–64 | 1448 (32.7) |
| 65+ | 1041 (18.9) |
| Ethnicity n (%) | |
| White | 3770 (90.3) |
| Black | 77 (2.1) |
| Asian | 175 (5.4) |
| Mixed | 40 (1.3) |
| Other | 25 (0.8) |
| Educational qualification n (%) | |
| NVQ4/NVQ5/Degree or equivalent | 1161 (29.8) |
| Higher education below degree (inclusive A level) | 1153 (29.3) |
| NVQ2/GCE O Level /NVQ1/CSE other grade | 996 (24.3) |
| None | 777 (16.5) |
| Equivalised income n (%) | |
| Highest Quintile | 1874 (21.66) |
| Second Highest Quintile | 1797 (22.76) |
| Middle Quintile | 1660 (21.01) |
| Second lowest Quintile | 1337 (15.71) |
| Lowest Quintile | 1546 (18.86) |
| Employment status n (%) | |
| In work | 2280 (59) |
| Not in work | 1807 (41) |
| Familiarity with mental illness n (%) | |
| Self | 183 (3.9) |
| Other | 2675 (66.1) |
| None | 1229 (29.9) |
| CAMI-12 Score, mean (SD) | 74.8 (0.2) |
| GHQ-12 Score | |
| median | 0 |
| mean (SD) | 1.42 (2.6) |
| Recent contact with a doctor for a mental health problem n (%) | |
| Yes | 66 (1.5) |
| No | 4020 (98.5) |
| Use of health services for mental health problems n (%) | |
| Yes | 333 (8.1) |
| No | 3754 (91.9) |
| Antidepressants currently prescribed n (%) | |
| Yes | 438 (9.3) |
| No | 3649 (90.6) |