The impact of universal mental health screening on stigma in primary schools

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants at Baseline

Variable	Monitor A		Monitor B		Total		Test^†
Variable	n	%	n	%	n	%	Test^†
Age							^χ2(1) = 0.36, p = 0.5501
Mean (SD)	10.21 (1.24)		10.39 (1.21)		10.29 (1.23)
Range (years)	8–13		8–13		8–13
Grade							^χ2(1) = 2.33, p = 0.1269
3	97	23.4	46	16.3	143	20.5
4	87	21.0	51	18.1	138	19.8
5	103	24.9	76	27.0	179	25.7
6	127	30.7	109	38.7	236	33.9
Gender							^χ2(4) = 1.77, p = 0.7771
Female	279	57.3	124	44.0	403	52.4
Male	185	38.0	141	50.0	326	42.4
Don’t want to say	13	2.7	10	3.6	23	3.0
Not sure	9	1.9	7	2.5	16	2.1
Other	1	0.2	0	0	1	0.1
Ethnicity							^χ2(8) = 9.40, p = 0.3098
White	159	38.7	136	48.4	295	42.6
European	19	4.6	6	2.1	25	3.6
Asian	51	12.4	37	13.2	88	12.7
North/Sub-Saharan African/Middle East	23	5.6	3	1.1	26	3.8
Oceanian	10	2.4	5	1.8	15	2.2
South/Central American	6	1.5	3	1.1	9	1.3
Other/mixed	87	21.2	49	17.4	136	19.7
Not sure	46	11.2	30	10.7	76	11.0
Don’t want to say	10	2.4	12	4.3	22	3.2
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander							^χ2(3) = 9.61, p = 0.0222
No	300	64.4	211	74.8	511	68.3
Not sure	128	27.5	45	16.0	173	23.1
Yes	15	3.2	7	2.5	22	2.9
Don’t want to say	23	4.9	19	6.7	42	5.6

^† Likelihood ratio tests of between-group differences based on comparison of mixed models appropriate to level of measurement with and without group factor but including random school intercept

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