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Table 2 Percentage (and 95% CI) of Japanese and Australian respondents giving each cause as "very likely" or "likely" for the person described in the vignette

From: Public beliefs about causes and risk factors for mental disorders: a comparison of Japan and Australia

Cause

Depression Vignette

Depression/Suicidal Vignette

Early Schizophrenia Vignette

Chronic Schizophrenia Vignette

Virus or infection

    

   Japanese

6.2 (4.1–8.3)

6.6 (4.4–8.8)

7.2 (4.9–9.5)

7.2 (4.9–9.5)

   Australian

50.5 (47.1–54.0)

41.4 (38.2–44.7)

32.1 (29.0–35.4)

33.6 (30.7–36.6)

Allergy

    

   Japanese

10.2 (7.5–12.9)

11.4 (8.6–14.2)

12.6 (9.7–15.5)

9.4 (6.8–12.0)

   Australian

44.9 (41.4–48.5)

37.6 (34.3–41.0)

31.5 (28.4–34.7)

28.4 (25.5–31.5)

Day-to-day problems

    

   Japanese

93.6 (91.4–95.8)

91.8 (89.4–94.2)

92.0 (89.6–94.4)

91.2 (88.7–93.7)

   Australian

96.8 (95.2–97.9)

95.7 (94.2–96.9)

89.6 (87.6–91.2)

86.6 (84.3–88.7)

Death of someone close

    

   Japanese

79.8 (76.3–83.3)

81.4 (78.0–84.8)

73.4 (69.5–77.3)

74.0 (70.1–77.9)

   Australian

96.3 (94.6–97.5)

94.8 (93.1–96.0)

87.4 (85.2–89.4)

83.3 (80.7–85.6)

Traumatic event

    

   Japanese

82.6 (79.3–85.9)

79.6 (76.1–83.1)

78.2 (74.6–81.8)

80.8 (77.3–84.3)

   Australian

93.9 (91.8–95.4)

92.7 (90.7–94.2)

86.5 (84.1–88.6)

82.8 (80.2–85.1)

Problems from childhood

    

   Japanese

81.0 (77.5–84.5)

82.0 (78.6–85.4)

88.2 (85.4–91.0)

89.0 (86.2–91.8)

   Australian

91.3 (89.2–93.1)

95.0 (93.2–96.3)

90.8 (88.8–92.5)

91.4 (89.4–93.0)

Inherited or genetic

    

   Japanese

34.6 (30.4–38.8)

34.0 (29.8–38.2)

34.2 (30.0–38.4)

43.8 (39.4–48.2)

   Australian

68.0 (64.8–71.0)

68.4 (65.3–71.3)

70.0 (66.8–73.0)

73.7 (70.6–76.6)

Nervous person

    

   Japanese

81.4 (78.0–84.8)

77.4 (73.7–81.1)

74.0 (70.1–77.9)

81.8 (78.4–85.2)

   Australian

67.9 (64.6–70.9)

65.6 (62.3–68.7)

58.1 (54.4–61.7)

56.9 (53.6–60.2)

Weakness of character

    

   Japanese

73.6 (69.7–77.5)

69.2 (65.1–73.3)

73.4 (69.5–77.3)

82.0 (78.6–85.4)

   Australian

43.0 (39.7–46.3)

46.1 (42.8–49.3)

39.7 (36.5–42.9)

35.1 (31.6–38.8)