Table 3.

Level of Stress Associated with Major Life Events among Women Experiencing the Events

Major Life Event	Black Women					White Women
	Perceived Stress Level (%)					Perceived Stress Level (%)					p- value†	Adjusted p-value††
	n					n
Employment
Self job loss	39	2.6	12.8	41.0	43.6	35	0.0	8.6	51.4	40.0	0.75	0.34 ұ
Family member job loss	88	12.5	29.6	43.2	14.8	25	0.0	16.0	52.0	32.0	0.04	0.30 ұ
Self/family member looking for new job	236	18.6	39.4	28.0	14.0	160	10.0	36.9	40.0	13.1	0.03	<.01
Self new job	96	18.8	35.4	28.1	17.7	105	9.5	25.7	50.5	14.3	<.01	0.14
Family member new job	105	43.8	34.3	16.2	5.7	48	25.0	35.4	29.2	10.4	0.07	0.06
Health
Self major accident, operation or illness	82	3.7	23.2	31.7	41.5	49	0.0	8.2	51.0	40.8	0.03	0.11
Child major accident, operation or illness	41	4.9	22.0	34.2	39.0	16	0.0	12.5	31.3	56.3	0.61	0.98 ұ
Close friend/relative major accident, operation or illness	176	1.7	19.9	38.1	40.3	107	0.9	14.0	51.4	33.6	0.16	0.17
Relationship
New romantic relationship	76	22.4	36.8	29.0	11.8	47	6.4	38.3	44.7	10.6	0.08	0.38
Serious problems in marriage or other close relationship	177	0.6	15.3	41.2	42.9	87	0.0	5.8	42.5	51.7	0.08	0.09
Divorce or breakup of primary relationship	67	6.0	16.4	37.3	40.3	42	0.0	2.4	38.1	59.5	0.02	0.20 ұ
Financial
Significant loss of Spendable income	146	1.4	24.7	33.6	40.4	62	1.6	27.4	37.1	33.9	0.81	0.98
Residential Change
Changed/moved residence	122	13.9	27.1	26.2	32.8	53	3.8	12.2	62.3	20.8	<.01	<.01
Crime
Robbery or assault	30	3.3	10.0	36.7	50.0	22	4.6	36.4	36.4	22.7	0.06	0.20 ұ

^†Unadjusted association between race/ethnicity and the frequency distribution for level of stress.

^††Race/ethnicity association with frequency distribution for level of stress adjusted for SES (education, household income, and occupational status)

^ұAdjusted only for annual family household income due to limited sample size.