Table 1. Categories of Life Events and Prevalence Rates of Recent Negative Life Events Ranked by Level of Neighborhood Similarity.
| Category | ICC | ||||||
| Event | Directed at Respondent | Directed at Other | Trauma | Hardship | Prevalence (%) | Unadjusted | Sociodemographic |
| Lost Job, Someone in HH | X | X | 2.0 | 0.181 | 0.171 | ||
| Life-Threatening Illness/Accident of Spouse/Child | X | X | 0.8 | 0.132 | 0.066 | ||
| Death of Child | X | X | 4.8 | 0.132 | 0.044 | ||
| Moved to Worse Neighborhood | X | X | 9.8 | 0.103 | 0.087 | ||
| Physical Assault | X | X | 3.2 | 0.098 | 0.050 | ||
| Serious Financial Difficulties | X | X | 23.0 | 0.082 | 0.030 | ||
| Robbed/Burglarized | X | - | - | 12.1 | 0.080 | 0.077 | |
| Life-Threatening Illness/Accident of Respondent | X | X | 5.7 | 0.077 | 0.061 | ||
| Legal Trouble | - | - | X | 16.6 | 0.076 | 0.061 | |
| Unemployed >3 Months | X | X | 16.4 | 0.074 | 0.032 | ||
| Unemployed >3 Months, Someone in HH | X | X | 11.5 | 0.059 | 0.043 | ||
| Divorced | X | 4.8 | 0.040 | 0.048 | |||
| Lost Job | X | X | 13.7 | 0.040 | 0.033 | ||
| Life-Threatening Illness/Accident of Someone Else Close | X | X | 36.0 | 0.038 | 0.026 | ||
| Death of Someone Close | X | X | 4.7 | 0.025 | 0.034 | ||
* Results were adjusted for socio-demographic variables including race/ethnicity, gender, first generation immigrant status, age, education, and annual income.
CCAHS, 2001–03.