Table 2.

Transitions in psychological well-being of panel respondents between 1993 and 2000

Percentage of respondents

All panel respondents (N = 10,524)
Instance of measure in year:			Psychological distress measure				Poor GHS [7]
	1993 [1]	2000 [2]	Sadness [3]	Anxiety [4]	Sad/anxious [5]	Diff sleep [6]
No transition
	No	No	60.4	75.3	55.2	56.3	77.0
	Yes	Yes	6.8	2.2	8.6	10.3	3.7
Transition
	No	Yes	25.0	17.9	27.7	22.3	12.5
	Yes	No	7.9	4.6	8.5	11.1	6.9

Male panel respondents (N = 4,586)
Instance of measure in year:			Psychological distress measure				Poor GHS
	1993	2000	Sadness	Anxiety	Sad/anxious	Diff sleep
No transition
	No	No	69.0	81.1	63.9	61.7	78.7
	Yes	Yes	4.6	1.2	6.0	8.6	3.5
Transition
	No	Yes	19.6	14.4	22.5	19.7	11.6
	Yes	No	6.9	3.4	7.5	10.0	6.2

Female panel respondents (N = 5,938)
Instance of measure in year:			Psychological distress measure				Poor GHS
	1993	2000	Sadness	Anxiety	Sad/anxious	Diff sleep
No transition
	No	No	53.8	70.8	48.5	52.2	75.6
	Yes	Yes	8.4	2.9	10.6	11.6	3.9
Transition
	No	Yes	29.2	20.7	31.7	24.2	13.2
	Yes	No	8.6	5.6	9.3	11.9	7.3