Predictors of depression stigma

Table 2 National adult sample (Sample 1): Hierarchical linear regression analyses (unstandardised regression coefficients) for variables predicting personal and perceived stigma and social distance

	Depression Stigma Scale (DSS)								Social Distance Scale
	Personal Stigma				Perceived stigma
	Step 1		Step 2		Step 1		Step 2		Step 1		Step 2
	B	p	B	p	B	p	B	p	B	p	B	p
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age^#	0.35	0.0001***	0.23	0.006**	-0.15	0.003**	-0.13	0.01**	0.04	0.0001***	0.03	0.0001***
Male sex	1.64	0.0001***	0.85	0.006**	-0.61	0.08	-0.40	0.26	0.13	0.001**	0.08	0.043*
Education	-2.37	0.0001***	-1.50	0.0001***	0.02	0.96	0.33	0.44	-0.09	0.053	-0.04	0.42
Born overseas	0.90	0.017*	0.43	0.22	0.17	0.68	0.21	0.60	0.01	0.86	-0.03	0.56
Remoteness	-0.44	0.22	-0.23	0.48	-0.37	0.33	-0.40	0.29	-0.04	0.28	0.03	0.41
Other
Aware of national depression initiative			-1.34	0.0001***			0.25	0.54			-0.07	0.10
History of depression			-0.96	0.005**			-1.12	0.004**			-0.11	0.008**
Service/treatment provider			-1.59	0.0001***			0.55	0.19			-0.07	0.12
Family member/friend with depression			-2.15	0.0001***			1.03	0.009**			-0.13	0.002**
Recognition of disorder			-1.46	0.0001***			0.40	0.29			-0.13	0.001**
R² (R² adjusted)	0.133 (0.128)		0.256 (0.249)		0.013 (0.008)		0.030 (0.020)		0.076 (0.071)		0.125 (0.116)
R² change	0.133		0.123		0.013		0.017		0.076		0.049
F change	29.33		31.55		2.59		3.30		15.74		10.65
Sig F change	0.0001***		0.0001***		0.025		0.006**		0.0001***		0.0001***