Table 1.

Means and Standard Deviations for GHQ-28 Total and Subscale Scores, Mother Respondents Only

Wave 2	N	Mean (SD)
Total	232	20.56** (11.35)
Somatic Symptoms	232	5.60** (3.95)
Anxiety/Insomnia	233	5.94** (4.51)
Social Dysfunction	233	7.14** (2.45)
Severe Depression	233	1.85** (3.17)
Wave 3
Total	216	19.97** (11.06)
Somatic Symptoms	217	5.39** (3.86)
Anxiety/Insomnia	217	5.87** (4.43)
Social Dysfunction	216	7.07** (2.71)
Severe Depression	216	1.67** (2.88)
Wave 4
Total	195	21.41** (12.26)
Somatic Symptoms	196	5.83** (4.24)
Anxiety/Insomnia	196	6.19** (4.38)
Social Dysfunction	196	7.48** (2.71)
Severe Depression	196	1.90** (3.47)

Note:

^**p<0.001 relative to Australian GHQ-28 normative data (n=1216, aged 18–65+ years) (Purcell et al., 2005): mean Total GHQ score of 16.30 (sd 9.42), mean Somatic Symptoms score of 4.10 (sd 3.47), mean Anxiety and Insomnia of 4.88 (sd 3.99), mean Social Dysfunction of 6.25 (sd 2.01), and mean Severe Depression of 1.06 (sd 2.41).