Table 3.
Attitudes of the German public towards group homes for people with mental illness: 1990 v. 2011 (multinomial logit regression). Question: ‘You have just learned that in your neighbourhood a group home for people with mental illness will be opened. How would you react?’
| Predicted percentages | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 (N = 1474) | 2011 (N = 727) | Changea | 95% CI for change | |
| I would welcome it | 34 | 25 | −9 | −12, −5 |
| I would not care about it | 28 | 35 | 7 | 3, 10 |
| I would be worried but would not do anything about it | 33 | 36 | 4 | 0, 7 |
| I would be definitely opposed to it and would do something to avoid it. | 5 | 4 | −2 | −3, 0 |
aDue to rounding, figures shown will not always equal the difference between predicted percentages for 1990 and 2011.