From: Depression literacy of undergraduates in a non-western developing context: the case of Sri Lanka
Variables | n | % |
---|---|---|
Undergraduates | ||
Gender | ||
Male | 1447 | 31.0 |
Female | 3220 | 68.9 |
Faculty | ||
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 | ||
1st year | 1946 | 41.7 |
2nd year | 1243 | 26.6 |
3rd year | 838 | 17.9 |
4th year | 530 | 11.3 |
5th year (Medicine) | 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 | ||
Sinhala | 4281 | 91.7 |
Tamil | 193 | 4.1 |
Sri Lankan moor | 147 | 3.1 |
Other | 46 | 1.0 |
Religion | ||
Buddhist | 4064 | 87.0 |
Hindu | 161 | 3.4 |
Islamic | 152 | 3.3 |
Roman catholic | 215 | 4.6 |
Other | 73 | 1.6 |
Residence when going to University | ||
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 |
Screening positive for major depression (n = 4304) | ||
No | 3903 | 90.7 |
Yes | 401 | 9.3 |
Mental health experts | ||
Gender | ||
Male | 9 | 62.2 |
Female | 23 | 24.3 |
Age group | ||
Below 30 years | 2 | 5.4 |
30–39 years | 10 | 27.0 |
40–49 years | 13 | 35.1 |
50–59 years | 4 | 10.8 |
Above 60 years | 4 | 10.8 |