Table 2 Respondents' views on the aetiology of mental illness, by sex and age

Mental Illness is caused by:

Genetic inheritance

Agree

27.82

25.54

31.15

31.10

23.90

33.33

Agree Somewhat

23.50

24.24

22.04

21.34

22.93

33.33

Neutral

11.27

13.85

7.65

9.76

14.15

4.17

Disagree somewhat

9.35

12.55

5.46

7.32

10.24

12.50

Disagree

28.06

23.81

33.33

30.49

28.78

16.67

Substance Abuse

Agree

19.23

19.48

18.68

15.85

18.63

33.33

Agree Somewhat

27.16

29.87

23.63

28.05

29.41

14.58

Neutral

10.34

9.52

10.99

10.37

10.29

10.42

Disagree somewhat

10.58

9.96

11.54

9.76

12.25

6.25

Disagree

32.69

31.17

35.16

35.98

29.41

35.42

Bad Things happening to the person

Agree

42.48

40.61

45.56

45.96

39.22

44.68

Agree Somewhat

24.76

24.89

25.00

27.33

23.53

21.28

Neutral

17.48

19.65

13.89

10.56

23.04

17.02

Disagree somewhat

7.52

7.42

7.22

6.83

7.84

8.51

Disagree

7.77

7.42

8.33

9.32

6.37

8.51

Brain disease

Agree

35.59

37.12

33.15

32.92

34.31

50.00

Agree Somewhat

25.91

29.69

21.55

27.95

25.98

18.75

Neutral

8.96

10.04

7.18

11.18

6.86

10.42

Disagree somewhat

6.30

6.11

6.63

6.21

7.84

0

Disagree

23.24

17.03

31.49

21.74

25.00

20.83

Personal Weakness

Agree

38.13

39.83

36.61

36.59

37.56

45.83

Agree Somewhat

21.10

23.38

18.58

26.83

16.59

20.83

Neutral

14.63

14.72

14.21

10.98

18.05

12.50

Disagree somewhat

10.07

8.66

11.48

8.54

11.71

8.33

Disagree

16.07

13.42

19.13

17.07

16.10

12.50

God's Punishment

Agree

16.79

18.06

14.92

13.50

16.92

27.66

Agree Somewhat

13.38

14.54

12.15

14.72

12.44

12.77

Neutral

11.68

11.01

11.60

10.43

12.94

10.64

Disagree somewhat

15.33

18.62

12.71

14.72

17.41

8.51

Disagree

42.82

38.77

48.62

46.63

40.30

40.43