Table 8. New vs. original weights and rank order of SRRS events, including new item: ’Single person, living alone’.
| Holmes & Rahe | Present Study | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | rank | weight | rank | Mean (SE)a | 99% CIb | Geometric Meanc | Mdn (IQR)d |
| Death of a spouse or life partner | 1 | 100 | 1 | 86.83 (0.98) | 84.16, 89.21 | 73.78 | 95 (80–100) |
| Detention in jail or other institution | 4 | 63 | 2 | 76.88 (1.14) | 73.79, 79.66 | 61.65 | 80 (70–99) |
| Death of a close family member | 5 | 63 | 3 | 75.84 (1.02) | 73.13, 78.46 | 67.57 | 80 (60.5–95) |
| Divorce | 2 | 73 | 4 | 67.86 (1.03) | 65.2, 70.41 | 56.03 | 70 (52.8–85) |
| Marital separation | 3 | 65 | 5 | 66.9 (1.01) | 64.28, 69.33 | 55.98 | 70 (50–80) |
| Pregnancy | 12 | 40 | 6 | 64.66 (1.06) | 62.03, 67.27 | 47.63 | 60 (40–70) |
| Major personal injury or illness | 6 | 53 | 7 | 64.36 (0.98) | 61.9, 66.91 | 55.98 | 70 (50–80) |
| Death of a close friend | 17 | 37 | 8 | 64.05 (1.12) | 61.08, 66.8 | 44.9 | 50 (40–70) |
| Foreclosure/repossession on mortgage or loan | 21 | 30 | 9 | 62.39 (1.07) | 59.65, 65.09 | 32.71 | 40 (25–60) |
| Losing your job | 8 | 47 | 10 | 60.97 (1.03) | 58.2, 63.5 | 24.33 | 30 (20–50) |
| Major change in the health or behaviour of a family member | 11 | 44 | 11 | 55.73 (0.98) | 53.06, 58.24 | 38.01 | 50 (30–70) |
| Major change in financial state | 16 | 38 | 12 | 52.02 (0.94) | 49.68, 54.68 | 35.47 | 50 (30–65) |
| Gaining a new family member | 14 | 39 | 13 | 51.81 (1.11) | 49.05, 54.65 | 29.09 | 40 (20–50) |
| Marriage (pre-set weight) | 7 | 50 | 14 | 50 | |||
| Retirement from work | 10 | 45 | 15 | 49.64 (1.08) | 46.73, 52.45 | 35.58 | 50 (30–60) |
| Major business readjustment | 15 | 39 | 16 | 46.73 (1.06) | 43.96, 49.49 | 40.18 | 50 (30.8–70) |
| Marital reconciliation | 9 | 45 | 17 | 46.24 (0.97) | 43.77, 48.59 | 51.32 | 65 (45–80) |
| Major change in the number of arguments with spouse-life partner | 19 | 35 | 18 | 44.21 (0.92) | 41.75, 46.56 | 31.1 | 40 (25.5–50) |
| Change in residence | 32 | 20 | 19 | 42.69 (0.95) | 40.33, 44.99 | 34.54 | 40 (30–59.8) |
| Taking on a mortgage or loan for a major purchase | 20 | 31 | 20 | 42.22 (0.99) | 39.78, 44.79 | 34.98 | 45 (30–60) |
| Son or daughter leaving home | 23 | 29 | 21 | 41.66 (0.99) | 39.2, 44.19 | 21.75 | 30 (15–40) |
| Spouse/life partner begins or stops working | 26 | 26 | 22 | 40.06 (0.9) | 37.72, 42.36 | 21.22 | 30 (10–50) |
| Changing to a different line of work | 18 | 36 | 23 | 39.48 (0.85) | 37.3, 41.68 | 52.64 | 70 (45.8–80) |
| Major change in living conditions | 28 | 25 | 24 | 39.36 (0.9) | 37.01, 41.75 | 23.76 | 30 (20–50) |
| Single person, living alone | 25 | 38.16 (1.13) | 35.41, 41.16 | 24.14 | 40 (15–50) | ||
| Sexual difficulties | 13 | 39 | 26 | 38.07 (0.92) | 35.74, 40.61 | 53.44 | 70 (50–80) |
| Major change in responsibilities at work | 22 | 29 | 27 | 37.8 (0.83) | 35.54, 39.94 | 50.24 | 70 (50–80) |
| Major change in work hours or conditions | 31 | 20 | 28 | 37.09 (0.84) | 34.76, 39.32 | 20.44 | 25 (10–40) |
| Changing to a new school | 33 | 20 | 29 | 34.6 (0.93) | 32.29, 36.95 | 29.5 | 35 (20–50) |
| Beginning or ceasing formal schooling | 27 | 26 | 30 | 33.88 (0.91) | 31.57, 36.14 | 31.07 | 40 (25–55) |
| Major change in sleeping habits | 38 | 16 | 31 | 31.92 (0.84) | 29.83, 34.3 | 24.85 | 30 (20–40) |
| Outstanding personal achievement | 25 | 28 | 32 | 30.94 (0.96) | 28.49, 33.55 | 30.56 | 38.5 (21.3–50) |
| In-law troubles | 24 | 29 | 33 | 30.94 (0.91) | 28.62, 33.26 | 31.31 | 40 (25–60) |
| Troubles with the boss | 30 | 23 | 34 | 29.15 (0.9) | 26.72, 31.74 | 15.66 | 20 (10–30) |
| Major change in usual type and/or amount of recreation | 34 | 19 | 35 | 29.08 (0.78) | 27.01, 31.04 | 11.43 | 15 (5–30) |
| Major change in eating habits | 40 | 15 | 36 | 27.39 (0.77) | 25.2, 29.47 | 15.72 | 20 (10–30) |
| Taking on a loan for a lesser purchase | 37 | 17 | 37 | 25.12 (0.84) | 22.97, 27.6 | 17.36 | 20 (10–35) |
| Major change in social activities | 36 | 18 | 38 | 24.39 (0.8) | 22.31, 26.45 | 17.35 | 20 (10–30) |
| Major change in number of family get-togethers | 39 | 15 | 39 | 22.88 (0.76) | 20.9, 24.92 | 20.74 | 25 (10–40) |
| Revision of personal habits | 29 | 24 | 40 | 22.8 (0.77) | 20.95, 24.85 | 30.96 | 40 (25–53.8) |
| Minor violations of the law | 43 | 11 | 41 | 22.14 (0.76) | 20.12, 24.19 | 14.99 | 20 (10–30) |
| Major change in religious activities | 35 | 19 | 42 | 20.09 (0.8) | 18.01, 22.2 | 22.07 | 30 (15–40) |
| Vacation | 41 | 13 | 43 | 20.09 (0.81) | 18.03, 22.25 | 12.64 | 10 (6–30) |
| Christmas | 42 | 12 | 44 | 19.78 (0.84) | 17.79, 21.93 | 11.8 | 10 (5–30) |
Table ordered by Present Study’s ranks, including ’Single person, living alone’.
a Mean (SE). Standard error obtained via BCa Bootstrap with 1000 samples.
b 99% confidence intervals obtained via BCa Bootstrap with 1000 samples.
c Where participants responded with a zero value, these were replaced with ’1’ to allow this value to be calculated.
d Mdn (IQR) = Median and inter-quartile range in brackets.