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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 28.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Forces. 2009;88(1):31. doi: 10.1353/sof.0.0238
Wave I Wave II Wave III
SLE items Coef. SE Coef. SE Coef. SE
Death of a parent 0.43 0.25 0.04 0.28 0.11 0.17
Suicide attempt resulting in injury 1.13 * 0.48 0.59 0.62 0.09 0.32
Friend committed suicide −0.29 0.26 −0.20 0.31 0.09 0.32
Relative committed suicide 0.68 0.47 −0.04 0.56 2.02 ** 0.56
Saw violence 0.47 ** 0.10 −0.10 0.14 0.85 ** 0.23
Threatened by a knife or gun 0.70 ** 0.12 0.31 * 0.15 1.00 ** 0.23
Was shot −1.10 * 0.44 0.91 0.53 1.09 0.74
Was stabbed 0.43 * 0.18 0.78 ** 0.27 1.95 ** 0.65
Was jumped 0.55 ** 0.12 0.52 ** 0.17 0.80 ** 0.30
Threatened someone with a knife or gun 0.82 ** 0.18 1.03 ** 0.21 1.70 ** 0.52
Shot/stabbed someone 0.44 0.28 0.98 ** 0.34 3.71 ** 0.89
Was injured in a physical fight 0.69 ** 0.16 0.02 0.27 1.51 ** 0.27
Hurt someone in a physical fight 0.44 ** 0.06 0.56 ** 0.21 1.57 ** 0.25
Unwanted pregnancy NE −1.58 2.21 0.40 ** 0.17
Abortion, still birth, or miscarriage NE NE 0.22 0.15
Had a child adopted NE NE NE
Death of a child NE NE NE
Romantic relationship ended 0.47 ** 0.10 0.20 0.12 −0.01 0.11
Had sex for money −0.78 0.99 3.31 2.00 1.62 ** 0.41
Contracted a STD 0.58 0.39 0.17 0.32 0.11 0.20
Skipped necessary medical care 0.39 ** 0.11 0.49 ** 0.12 0.13 0.11
Juvenile conviction −0.43 0.61 −0.42 0.75 0.00 1.27
Adult conviction 0.53 0.32 0.72 * 0.37 0.61 * 0.31
Served time in jail 0.56 0.32 0.73 * 0.37 0.74 0.48
Was expelled from school 0.53 ** 0.20 0.37 0.44 NA
Suffered a serious injury 0.28 * 0.12 0.42 ** 0.15 NA
Father received welfare −0.17 0.28 0.28 0.34 NA
Mother received welfare −0.02 0.14 0.16 0.18 NA
Was raped 0.88 ** 0.27 0.46 0.42 NA
Ran away from home 0.38 * 0.16 0.03 0.22 NA
Nonromantic sexual relationship ended 0.54 * 0.25 0.52 0.29 NA
Suffered verbal abuse in a romantic relationship 0.00 0.13 0.18 0.14 NA
Suffered physical abuse in a romantic relationship 0.18 0.19 0.49 * 0.22 NA
Suffered verbal abuse in a nonromantic sexual relationship 0.71 * 0.30 0.61 0.32 NA
Suffered physical abuse in a nonromantic sexual relationship 0.25 0.42 0.49 0.50 NA
Evicted from residence, cutoff service NA NA −0.20 0.46
Entered full time active military duty NA NA −0.15 0.44
Discharged from the armed forces NA NA −0.24 1.61
Cohabitation dissolution NA NA 0.31 ** 0.12
Received welfare NA NA 1.41 ** 0.41
Involuntarily dropped from welfare NA NA 1.00 0.64
Marriage dissolution NA NA −0.41 0.50
Baby had major health problems at birth NA NA 0.05 0.76
Death of a romantic partner NA NA −0.26 1.36
Death of a spouse NA NA NE
*

p<.05

**

p<.01

NA = not applicable, item was not collected. NE = did not estimate due to no variation in interaction term.