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Table 11 Proportion of Australian students who reported discrimination was probably or definitely likely from various persons or organisations if they, or someone close to them was experiencing depression (N = 298*)

From: The assessment of depression awareness and help-seeking behaviour: experiences with the International Depression Literacy Survey

 

2nd Year Medical

4th Year Medical

ANU

Chinese

2nd vs 4th Year Medical

ANU vs Chinese

 

n = 69

n = 70

n = 29

n = 130

p valuea

p valuea

A bank, insurance company or other financial institution %

42

50

54

44

0.426

0.476

A government or other public welfare agency %

25

42

19

39

0.049

0.073

A public or private hospital %

17

25

7

44

0.308

0.001

Other people who don't know you well %

94

88

89

66

0.379

0.048

Your doctor or other health professional %

7

18

4

37

0.120

0.002

Your employer %

72

77

67

67

0.621

1.000

Your family %

18

19

21

42

1.000

0.052

Your friends %

24

22

21

43

1.000

0.042

  1. a Adjusted alpha = 0.05/8 = 0.006.
  2. * Data were missing for 12% of the valid sample (n = 41/339).