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Table 1 Demographic details of participants (n = 404)

From: Perceptions about the cause of schizophrenia and the subsequent help seeking behavior in a Pakistani population – results of a cross-sectional survey

Variables

 

N (%)

Sex

male

311 (77.0)

 

female

93 (23.0)

Education

none

10 (2.50)

 

Primary (grades 1 to 5)

22 (5.40)

 

Secondary (grades 6 to 10)

36 (8.90)

 

College (grades 11,12)

86 (21.3)

 

Graduate (bachelors degree)

250 (61.9)

Ethnicity

Urdu speaking

195 (48.3)

 

Sindhi

40 (9.90)

 

Punjabi

47 (11.6)

 

Pathan

37(9.20)

 

Baluchi

7 (1.70)

Employment status

Unemployed

17 (4.20)

 

Employed

202 (50.0)

 

Retired

5 (1.2)

 

Housewife

124 (50)

 

Student

64 (15.8)

 

Others

66 (16.3)

Marital status

Single

149 (36.9)

 

Married

239 (59.2)

 

Divorced/separated

10 (2.50)

 

Widow/widower

6 (1.50)

Religion

Islam

373 (92.3)

 

Christianity

12 (3.00)

 

Hinduism

17 (4.2)

 

Zoroastrian

2 (0.50)

Religious orientation

Not religious

14 (3.5)

 

Mildly religious

70 (17.3)

 

Moderately religious

223 (55.2)

 

Very religious

97 (24.0)

Family System

Joint

306 (75.7)

 

Nuclear

98 (24.3)

  1. Age Range = 18 – 72 Mean = 31.35 (± 9.93)