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. 2008 Oct 15;8:357. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-357

Table 3.

Exposure to stressful life events and to psychological distress evaluated by the faces scale in the study sample (N = 1484)

Characteristics N (%)
Any event* 571 (38.5)
Any death** 214 (14.4)
Major illness in the family 149 (10.0)
Loss of job 145 (9.8)
Death in the family 143 (9.6)
Divorce 90 (6.1)
Severe accident 71 (4.8)
Close friend death 68 (4.6)
Violence 41 (2.8)
Migration 34 (2.3)
Death of spouse 14 (0.9)
Number of deaths
 No death 1278 (85.6)
 1 death 179 (12.0)
 2 death 35 (2.3)
Number of events
 No events 913 (61.5)
 1 event 407 (27.4)
 2 events 127 (8.6)
 3 or more events 37 (2.5)
Faces
 Extremely content 259 (17.5)
 Very content 458 (30.9)
 Content 377 (25.4)
 Neutral 159 (10.7)
 Discontent 114 (7.7)
 Very discontent 57 (3.8)
 Extremely discontent 60 (4)

Values are mean ± SD or number (percentage).

* One or more events.

** One or more deaths