Table 1 Demographic and other characteristics of undergraduates who indicated their personal help-seeking intentions (n = 4461)
From: Predicting intentions to seek help for depression among undergraduates in Sri Lanka
Variables | n | % |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
 Male | 1358 | 30.4 |
 Female | 3099 | 69.5 |
Faculty | ||
 Medicine | 581 | 13.0 |
 Arts and Education | 1146 | 25.7 |
 Law | 601 | 13.5 |
 Management and Finance | 993 | 22.3 |
 Science | 638 | 14.3 |
 School of Computing | 501 | 11.2 |
Year of Study | ||
 1st year | 1845 | 41.4 |
 2nd year | 1188 | 26.6 |
 3rd year | 802 | 18.0 |
 4th year | 516 | 11.6 |
 5th year (Medicine)a | 110 | 2.5 |
Age group (Mean = 22.18; SD = 1.47) | ||
 18–20 years | 486 | 10.9 |
 21–23 years | 3199 | 71.7 |
 24 and above | 771 | 17.3 |
Ethnicity | ||
 Sinhala | 4096 | 91.8 |
 Tamil | 176 | 3.9 |
 Sri Lankan Moor | 140 | 3.1 |
 Other | 45 | 1.0 |
Religion | ||
 Buddhism | 3889 | 87.2 |
 Hinduism | 145 | 3.3 |
 Islam | 144 | 3.2 |
 Roman Catholicism | 206 | 4.6 |
 Other | 71 | 1.6 |
Residence when going to University | ||
 Home | 1684 | 37.7 |
 Hostel | 1340 | 30.0 |
 Rented place | 1125 | 25.2 |
 Home of friend or relative | 258 | 5.8 |
 Other | 50 | 1.1 |
Screening positive for Major Depressionb (n = 4123) | ||
 No | 3747 | 90.9 |
 Yes | 376 | 9.1 |
Exposure to problem through family/ friends | Â | Â |
 No | 1700 | 38.1 |
 Yes | 1651 | 37.0 |
 Don’t know | 982 | 22.0 |
Personal experience of problem | Â | Â |
 No | 2409 | 54.0 |
 Yes | 1463 | 32.8 |
 Don’t know | 308 | 6.9 |
If problem personally experienced (responding as ‘Yes’ or ‘Don’t know), if help sought (n = 1771) | ||
 Help not sought | 658 | 37.2 |
 Tried first but got help later | 683 | 38.6 |
 Help sought | 364 | 20.6 |