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Table 2 Mental Health Literacy: beliefs about substance use behaviour portrayed in the vignettes

From: Negative attributions towards people with substance use disorders in South Africa: Variation across substances and by gender

Believe that behaviour is...

Total (n = 868) % yes

Alcohol (n = 213) % yes

Cannabis (n = 229) % yes

Methamphetamine (n = 217) % yes

Heroin (n = 209) % yes

p-value

Normal response

34

38

33

28

37

0.21

Typical of weak character

64

67

65

61

65

0.71

Typical of mental illness

53

50

54

57

51

0.31

Typical of general medical problem

43

53

44

38

55

0.26