Table 1 Participants’ characteristics, Community Attitudes to Mental Illness (CAMI-12) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) scores and responses to help-seeking indicators (unweighted frequency and weighted percentage). Analysis sample (N = 4087)
Gender n (%) | |
 Female | 2265 (51) |
 Male | 1822 (49) |
Age, years: mean (SD) | 50.3 (0.2) |
Age group n (%) | |
 16–24 | 311 (13.6) |
 25–44 | 1287 (35.2) |
 45–64 | 1448 (32.7) |
 65+ | 1041 (18.9) |
Ethnicity n (%) | |
 White | 3770 (90.3) |
 Black | 77 (2.1) |
 Asian | 175 (5.4) |
 Mixed | 40 (1.3) |
 Other | 25 (0.8) |
Educational qualification n (%) | |
 NVQ4/NVQ5/Degree or equivalent | 1161 (29.8) |
 Higher education below degree (inclusive A level) | 1153 (29.3) |
 NVQ2/GCE O Level /NVQ1/CSE other grade | 996 (24.3) |
 None | 777 (16.5) |
Equivalised income n (%) | |
 Highest Quintile | 1874 (21.66) |
 Second Highest Quintile | 1797 (22.76) |
 Middle Quintile | 1660 (21.01) |
 Second lowest Quintile | 1337 (15.71) |
 Lowest Quintile | 1546 (18.86) |
Employment status n (%) | |
 In work | 2280 (59) |
 Not in work | 1807 (41) |
Familiarity with mental illness n (%) | |
 Self | 183 (3.9) |
 Other | 2675 (66.1) |
 None | 1229 (29.9) |
CAMI-12 Score, mean (SD) | 74.8 (0.2) |
GHQ-12 Score | |
 median | 0 |
 mean (SD) | 1.42 (2.6) |
Recent contact with a doctor for a mental health problem n (%) | |
 Yes | 66 (1.5) |
 No | 4020 (98.5) |
Use of health services for mental health problems n (%) | |
 Yes | 333 (8.1) |
 No | 3754 (91.9) |
Antidepressants currently prescribed n (%) | |
 Yes | 438 (9.3) |
 No | 3649 (90.6) |