Sociodemographic correlates of public stigma about mental illness: a population study on Hong Kong’s Chinese population

Table 2 Linear regression on RIBS

	Univariate linear regression					Multiple linear regression
	B	95% CI for B		SE	β	B	95% CI for B		SE	β
	B	LCI	UCI	SE	β	B	LCI	UCI	SE	β
Independent variables
Female (ref.: male)	0.565**	0.156	0.974	0.208	0.070	0.438*	0.032	0.844	0.207	0.054
Age group	0.332***	0.262	0.402	0.036	0.233	0.154**	0.052	0.256	0.052	0.108
Education	−1.367***	−1.645	−1.088	0.142	−0.240	−0.980***	−1.329	− 0.632	0.178	− 0.172
Workers ^#	−0.650**	−1.071	−0.229	0.214	−0.078	0.413	−0.222	1.047	0.324	0.049
Mid-level ^#	− 0.954**	−1.511	−0.397	0.284	−0.086	0.228	−0.500	0.956	0.371	0.021
Senior management ^#	−0.700	−1.569	0.168	0.443	−0.041	Excluded
Retired ^#	2.200***	1.684	2.716	0.263	0.210	1.880***	1.120	2.640	0.387	0.179
Homemakers ^#	1.328***	0.661	1.995	0.340	0.100	1.237**	0.373	2.101	0.440	0.093
Student ^#	−1.847***	−2.797	−0.897	0.484	−0.098	−0.29	−1.425	0.846	0.579	−0.015
Covariates
Life satisfaction	−0.157**	−0.270	−0.044	0.058	−0.070	−0.156**	−0.263	−0.048	0.055	−2.827
MAKS	−0.535***	−0.689	−0.382	0.078	−0.173	−0.824***	−0.976	−0.672	0.078	−10.634
			Constant			13.817***	12.151	15.483	0.849
			F [model df, error df]			29.258 [10, 1493]
			p			< .001
			Model R ²			0.164

Model “Enter” method in SPSS Statistics, B unstandardised regression coefficient, CI confidence interval, LCI lower CI, UCI upper CI, SE standard error of the coefficient, β standardised regression coefficient, R² coefficient of determination. ^# The reference group was the others. * p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001

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