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Table 1 Sample socio-demographic characteristics by country

From: The Maristán stigma scale: a standardized international measure of the stigma of schizophrenia and other psychoses

Characteristic

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Portugal

Spain

U.K.

Total

 

18 (11.0%)

30 (18.3%)

30 (18.3%)

20 (12.2%)

20 (12.2%)

46 (28.0%)

164 (100.0%)

Male

9 (50.0%)

8 (27.6%)

25 (83.3%)

11 (55.0%)

14 (70.0%)

32 (69.6%)

99 (60.7%)

Age mean (sd)

45.7 (6.4)

36.7 (9.2)

39.6 (10.1)

34.4 (8.3)

38.5 (8.4)

41.2 (10.9)

39.41 (9.8)

Single

11 (61.1%)

25 (86.2%)

25 (83.3%)

16 (80.0%)

17 (85.0%)

40 (87.0%)

134 (82.2%)

Education

       

None

5 (27.8%)

     

5 (3.1%)

Elementary

2 (11.1%)

16 (55.2%)

9 (30.0%)

2 (10.0%)

9 (45.0%)

3 (6.5%)

41 (25.2%)

Secondary

10 (55.6%)

11 (37.9%)

17 (56.7%)

14 (70.0%)

7 (35.0%)

30 (65.2%)

89 (54.6%)

Higher

1 (5.6%)

2 (6.9%)

4 (13.3%)

4 (20.0%)

4 (20.0%)

13 (28.3%)

28 (17.2%)

Employment

       

In work

5 (27.8%)

1 (3.8%)

3 (10.0%)

3 (15.0%)

1 (5.0%)

3 (6.5%)

16 (10.0%)

Unemployed

7 (38.9%)

9 (34.6%)

3 (10.0%)

11 (55.0%)

6 (30.0%)

3 (6.5%)

39 (24.4%)

Social security benefits

6 (33.3%)

16 (61.5%)

24 (80.0%)

6 (30.0%)

13 (65.0%)

40 (87.0%)

105 (65.0%)

Years of illness

18.2 (±7.2)

15.8 (±7.9)

19.3 (±11.3)

9.3 (±4.1)

18.7 (±10.9)

14.1 (±10.5)

12.8 (±8.8)