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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2012 Oct 4;28(8):821–830. doi: 10.1002/gps.3888

Table 3.

Summary of stressful life events by Wave

Total SLE
N (%)
Negative SLE
N (%)
Unexpected SLE
N (%)
Important SLE
N (%)
Important, Negative,
Unexpected
SLE N (%)

0 1 2+ 0 1 2+ 0 1 2+ 0 1 2+ 0 1+ 2+
Wave 1 756
(28)
851
(32)
1056
(40)
1258
(63)
418
(21)
321
(16)
883
(44)
772
(38)
362
(18)
195
(10)
834
(43)
896
(47)
2206
(84)
306
(12)
122
(5)
Wave 2 128
(14)
179
(20)
591
(66)
200
(35)
166
(29)
207
(36)
115
(18)
279
(44)
245
(38)
8
(1)
201
(26)
551
(73)
624
(70)
162
(18)
108
(12)
Wave 3 209
(17)
316
(25)
735
(58)
258
(34)
266
(35)
228
(30)
161
(20)
426
(53)
214
(27)
10
(1)
317
(31)
707
(68)
985
(79)
178
(14)
90
(7)

SLE = Stressful life events;

Consists of the subsample of participants who completed a clinical assessment at Wave 3. Percentages that do not sum to 100 are due to rounding.