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Table 2 Bivariate analysis of knowledge and attitude with respect to teachers’ and students’ characteristics

From: A comparison of knowledge and attitude toward mental illness among secondary school students and teachers

Variable

Teachers

Students

Knowledge

Attitude

Knowledge

Attitude

Mean Rank

p value

Mean Rank

p value

Mean Rank

p value

Mean Rank

p value

Cisgender

 

< 0.01

 

0.886

 

< 0.01

 

0.484

 Male

171.11

 

207.10

 

222.82

 

195.69

 

 Female

226.26

 

205.36

 

184.83

 

203.88

 

Monthly family income (OMR)

 

< 0.01

 

< 0.01

 

0.947

 

0.003

 Less than 500

0

 

0

 

199.17

 

229.67

 

 500–999

205.72

 

224.63

 

177.19

 

165.70

 

 1000–1499

208.08

 

191.36

 

220.43

 

183.34

 

 1500–2000

202.18

 

174.12

 

267.61

 

263.26

 

Self-report of mental illness

 

0.211

 

0.134

 

0.018

 

0.740

 No

204.80

 

204.45

 

202.18

 

200.74

 

 Yes

249.82

 

153.27

 

89.92

 

185.0

 

Family member with a mental illness

 

0.014

 

0.004

 

0.532

 

0.028

 No

201.78

 

210.92

 

201.35

 

197.52

 

 Yes

254.35

 

149.64

 

185.21

 

254.31

 

Friend with a mental illness

 

0.015

 

0.713

 

0.011

 

0.584

 No

200.47

 

205.15

 

202.96

 

201.03

 

 Yes

241.81

 

211.47

 

113.5

 

181.73

 

Had a course about mental illness

 

0.447

 

0.648

 

< 0.01

 

0.018

 No

204.83

 

205.29

 

185.44

 

194.14

 

 Yes

222.67

 

216.06

 

296.10

 

229.47

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