Table 1

responses of the students to the person depicted in the case description


Label attached
frequency, % (n = 68)
No label attached:
frequency, % (n = 76)
p Value

Uncomfortable sitting close to him on public transport
36 52.9
31 40.8
0.144
Disturbed by shopping from a market which he runs
13 19.1
16 21.1
0.774
Willing to let your house to him
39 57.4
61 80.3
0.003
Ill at ease by his working as a gateman at your house
31 45.6
25 32.9
0.112
Disturbed participating in a social gathering to which he has been invited
13 19.1
20 26.3
0.308
Willing to play cards with him at a social gathering
54 79.4
50 65.8
0.087
Willing to chat with him on political matters at a social gathering
41 60.3
49 64.5
0.614
Willing to tell him about your own private problems
19 27.9
27 35.5
0.305
Disturbed by his becoming your next-door neighbour
20 29.4
08 10.5
0.004
Will have my hair cut/styled by him if he was a barber/hairdresser
26 38.2
57 75.0
0.000
Disturbed by working in the same place as him
03 04.1
05 06.6
0.616
Will be worried sharing the same room with him if you work at the same place
34 50.0
12 15.8
0.000
Disturbed by your sister wanting to marry him
49 72.1
28 36.8
0.000
Will be an emotional burden on you in your friendship with him
17 25.0
09 11.8
0.021
Will exhaust your physical energy in your friendship with him
20 29.4
09 11.8
0.005
Your friendship with him will have a negative influence on your mental health
08 11.7
10 13.2
0.884

Ogunsemi et al. Annals of General Psychiatry 2008 7:15   doi:10.1186/1744-859X-7-15

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