Social Participation of People with Chronic Mental Health Needs: Building Horizontal and Vertical Forms of Social Capital

Table 1

Consumer profile.

	%
Women	46.7
Age (years)	42.0
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander	15.2
Education (TAFE or university)	3.0
Work capability	10.0
Schizophrenia	44.2
Coexisting conditions and risk factors	39.6

Source: MDS to September 2019, n = 5,533. For full analysis, see [13]. Note. Average age at entry to the program. Work capability based on LSP-16 survey responses. Reported coexisting conditions include smoking (39.6%) and drug and alcohol dependency (17.9%).