Variables | n | % |
---|---|---|
Demographic variables | ||
Gender | Â | Â |
Male | 1447 | 31.0 |
Female | 3220 | 68.9 |
Faculty | Â | Â |
Medicine | 620 | 13.3 |
Arts and Educationa | 1198 | 25.6 |
Law | 616 | 13.2 |
Management and Finance | 1025 | 21.9 |
Science | 687 | 14.7 |
School of Computing | 524 | 11.2 |
Year of Study | Â | Â |
1st year | 1946 | 41.7 |
2nd year | 1243 | 26.6 |
3rd year | 838 | 17.9 |
4th year | 530 | 11.3 |
5th year (Medicine)b | 114 | 2.4 |
Age group (Mean = 22.17; SD = 1.46) |  |  |
18–20 years | 515 | 11.0 |
21–23 years | 3355 | 71.8 |
24 and above | 793 | 17.0 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â |
Sinhala | 4281 | 91.7 |
Tamil | 193 | 4.1 |
Sri Lankan Moor | 147 | 3.1 |
Other | 46 | 1.0 |
Religion | Â | Â |
Buddhist | 4064 | 87.0 |
Hindu | 161 | 3.4 |
Islam | 152 | 3.3 |
Roman Catholic | 215 | 4.6 |
Other | 73 | 1.6 |
Residence when going to University | Â | Â |
Home | 1752 | 37.5 |
Hostel | 1403 | 30.0 |
Rented place | 1188 | 25.4 |
Home of friend or relative | 272 | 5.8 |
Other | 51 | 1.1 |
Other variables | ||
Exposure to problem through family/friends | Â | Â |
No | 1773 | 38.0 |
Yes | 1695 | 36.3 |
Don’t know | 1054 | 22.6 |
Personal experience of problem | Â | Â |
No | 2525 | 54.1 |
Yes | 1511 | 32.3 |
Don’t know | 326 | 7.0 |
If problem personally experienced (responding as ‘Yes’ or ‘Don’t know), if help sought (n = 1767) |  |  |
Help not sought | 683 | 38.7 |
Tried first but got help later | 704 | 39.8 |
Help sought | 380 | 21.5 |
Screening positive for Major Depression (n = 4304) |  |  |
No | 3903 | 90.7 |
Yes | 401 | 9.3 |