Variables | Undergraduates who responded to helping intentions question | Those whose responses were scored using ALGEE system | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 4442) | (n = 1811) | |||
n | % | n | % | |
Gender | ||||
 Male | 1338 | 30.1 | 667 | 36.8 |
 Female | 3100 | 69.8 | 1142 | 63.1 |
Faculty | ||||
 Medicine | 566 | 12.7 | 522 | 28.8 |
 Arts and Education1 | 1159 | 26.1 | 50 | 2.8 |
 Law | 607 | 13.7 | 114 | 6.3 |
 Management and Finance | 980 | 22.1 | 460 | 25.4 |
 Science | 631 | 14.2 | 411 | 22.7 |
 School of Computing | 498 | 11.2 | 254 | 14.0 |
Year of study | ||||
 1st year | 1842 | 41.5 | 524 | 28.9 |
 2nd year | 1181 | 26.6 | 504 | 27.8 |
 3rd year | 796 | 17.9 | 333 | 18.4 |
 4th year | 515 | 11.6 | 344 | 19.0 |
 5th year (Medicine)2 | 108 | 2.4 | 106 | 5.9 |
Age group | ||||
 18–20 years | 485 | 10.9 | 155 | 8.6 |
 21–23 years | 3189 | 71.9 | 1180 | 65.2 |
 24 years and above | 763 | 17.2 | 476 | 26.3 |
Religion | ||||
 Buddhist | 3870 | 87.1 | 1425 | 78.7 |
 Hindu | 145 | 3.3 | 118 | 6.5 |
 Islamic | 146 | 3.3 | 79 | 4.4 |
 Roman Catholic | 205 | 4.6 | 135 | 7.5 |
 Other | 70 | 1.6 | 49 | 2.7 |
Residence when going to University | ||||
 Home | 1662 | 37.4 | 973 | 53.7 |
 Hostel | 1338 | 30.1 | 335 | 18.5 |
 Rented place | 1126 | 25.3 | 390 | 21.5 |
 Home of friend or relative | 262 | 5.9 | 81 | 4.5 |
 Other | 50 | 1.1 | 30 | 1.7 |
Exposure to problem through family/ friends | ||||
 No | 1684 | 37.9 | 632 | 34.9 |
 Yes | 1646 | 37.1 | 743 | 41.0 |
 Don’t know | 983 | 22.1 | 382 | 21.1 |
Personal experience of problem | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No | 2395 | 53.9 | 968 | 53.5 |
 Yes | 1461 | 32.9 | 581 | 32.1 |
 Don’t know | 305 | 6.9 | 170 | 9.4 |
Screening positive for Major Depression3 | (n = 4107) | (n = 1671) | ||
 No | 3731 | 90.8 | 1555 | 93.1 |
 Yes | 376 | 9.2 | 116 | 6.9 |