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Table 2 MIRIAD study participants’ socio-demographic and clinical characteristics

From: The development and validation of the Questionnaire on Anticipated Discrimination (QUAD)

Variable

Categories

Total n = 202

Percentage

Gender

Male

92

45.5

 

Female

110

54.5

Ethnicity expanded categories (self-defined)

White British

92

45.5

White other

16

7.9

Mixed

17

8.4

Black British

24

11.9

Black African

28

13.9

Black Caribbean

25

12.4

Age (years)

Mean (sd; range)

202

41.8 (11.1; 19–67)

Employment status

Employed

46

22.8

 

Not employed

126

62.4

 

Student/Training/Volunteer

25

12.4

 

Missing

5

2.5

Education level

No qualifications

25

12.4

 

Qualifications usually taken at age 16

50

24.8

 

A-levels/Vocational

67

33.2

 

Degree or higher

60

29.7

Relationship status

Single

128

63.4

 

Married/Partner

45

22.3

 

Divorced/Widowed

29

14.4

Clinical diagnosis from case records

Bipolar disorder

41

20.3

 

Depression

65

32.2

 

Schizophrenia

96

47.5

Psychiatric hospital admissions

Ever admitted to hospital

139

68.8

 

Admitted in last 12 months

35

17.8

 

Compulsory admission in last 12 months

14

6.9

   

Mean (sd; range)

Years since first contact with mental health services

 

201

15.1 (11.1; 0–46)