Table 4.

Comparison of specific stressful life events, by ethnocultural background, in overall and matched samples

Stressful Life Event	All Data			Matched Data
	White n = 5120	Black n = 104	p	White n = 2083	Black n = 100	p
Illness/Injury	539 (10.5 %)	6 (5.8 %)	.143	228 (10.9 %)	6 (6.0 %)	.137
Illness/Injury to rel/frnd	2258 (44.1 %)	35 (33.7 %)	.036	936 (44.9 %)	35 (35.0 %)	.062
Death of a partner	46 (.9 %)	3 (2.9 %)	.073	15 (.7 %)	3 (3.0 %)	.046
Death of a rel/frnd	1505 (29.4 %)	44 (42.3 %)	.006	619 (29.7 %)	43 (43.0 %)	.007
Divorce/Sep	146 (28.5 %)	10 (9.6 %)	.001	65 (3.1 %)	10 (10 %)	.002
Finance diff	968 (18.9 %)	40 (38.5 %)	<.001	376 (18.1 %)	38 (38 %)	<.001
Job Loss	359 (7.0 %)	11 (10.6 %)	.173	135 (6.5 %)	10 (10.0 %)	.212
Retirement	473 (9.2 %)	9 (8.7 %)	.999	175 (8.4 %)	8 (8.0 %)	.999
Crop Loss	30 (.6 %)	1 (1.0 %)	.465	15 (.7 %)	1 (1.0 %)	.529
Business Failure	72 (1.4 %)	1 (1.0 %)	.999	37 (1.8 %)	1 (1.0 %)	.999
Family Conflict	869 (17.0 %)	21 (20.2 %)	.359	369 (17.7 %)	21 (21.0 %)	.422
	White n = 5120	South Asian n = 113	p	White n = 2115	South Asian n = 111	p
Illness/Injury	539 (10.5 %)	12 (10.6 %)	.999	212 (10.0 %)	12 (10.8 %)	.747
Illness/Injury to rel/frnd	2258 (44.1 %)	55 (48.7 %)	.340	890 (42.1 %)	55 (49.5 %)	.139
Death of a partner	46 (.9 %)	1 (.9 %)	.999	13 (.6 %)	1 (.9 %)	.512
Death of a rel/frnd	1505 (29.4 %)	36 (31.9 %)	.602	590 (27.9 %)	35 (31.5)	.448
Divorce/Sep	146 (28.5 %)	2 (1.8 %)	.772	49 (2.3 %)	2 (1.8 %)	.999
Finance diff	968 (18.9 %)	24 (21.2 %)	.544	356 (16.8 %)	23 (20.7 %)	.300
Job Loss	359 (7.0 %)	11 (9.7 %)	.263	171 (8.1 %)	11 (9.9 %)	.476
Retirement	473 (9.2 %)	8 (7.1 %)	.513	203 (9.6 %)	8 (7.2 %)	.506
Crop Loss	30 (.6 %)	1 (.9 %)	.493	15 (.7 %)	1 (.9 %)	.560
Business Failure	72 (1.4 %)	10 (8.8 %)	<.001	24 (1.1 %)	10 (9.0 %)	<.001
Family Conflict	869 (17.0 %)	14 (12.4 %)	.252	319 (15.1 %)	14 (12.6 %)	.585
	White n = 5120	East Asian n = 134	p	White n = 2486	East Asian n = 132	p
Illness/Injury	539 (10.5 %)	11 (8.2 %)	.475	245 (9.9 %)	11 (8.3 %)	.654
Illness/Injury to rel/frnd	2258 (44.1 %)	57 (42.5 %)	.792	1056 (42.5 %)	55 (41.7 %)	.928
Death of a partner	46 (.9 %)	2 (1.5 %)	.348	17 (.7 %)	2 (1.5 %)	.248
Death of a rel/frnd	1505 (29.4 %)	47 (35.1 %)	.179	707 (28.4 %)	45 (34.1 %)	.168
Divorce/Sep	146 (28.5 %)	2 (2.9 %)	.591	56 (2.3 %)	2 (1.5 %)	.999
Finance diff	968 (18.9 %)	20 (14.9 %)	.265	412 (16.6 %)	18 (13.6 %)	.469
Job Loss	359 (7.0 %)	10 (7.5 %)	.863	164 (6.6 %)	10 (7.6 %)	.593
Retirement	473 (9.2 %)	11 (8.2 %)	.879	220 (8.8 %)	11 (8.3 %)	.999
Crop Loss	30 (.6 %)	1 (.7 %)	.552	15 (.6 %)	1 (.8 %)	.564
Business Failure	72 (1.4 %)	5 (3.7 %)	.046	42 (1.7 %)	5 (3.8 %)	.085
Family Conflict	869 (17.0 %)	17 (12.7 %)	.242	378 (15.2 %)	16 (12.1 %)	.383
	White n = 5120	Southeast Asian n = 111	p	White n = 1898	Southeast Asian n = 106	p
Illness/Injury	539 (10.5 %)	12 (10.8 %)	.876	184 (.097)	12 (11.3 %)	.613
Illness/Injury to rel/frnd	2258 (44.1 %)	35 (31.5 %)	.009	808 (42.6 %)	33 (31.1 %)	.020
Death of a partner	46 (.9 %)	0 (0 %)	.627	9 (.5 %)	0 (0 %)	.999
Death of a rel/frnd	1505 (29.4 %)	31 (27.9 %)	.833	533 (28.1 %)	28 (26.4 %)	.824
Divorce/Sep	146 (28.5 %)	2 (1.8 %)	.771	50 (2.6 %)	2 (1.9 %)	.999
Finance diff	968 (18.9 %)	30 (27.0 %)	.037	315 (16.6 %)	27 (25.5 %)	.024
Job Loss	359 (7.0 %)	14 (12.6 %)	.037	137 (7.2 %)	12 (11.3 %)	.126
Retirement	473 (9.2 %)	5 (4.5 %)	.095	180 (9.5 %)	5 (4.7 %)	.119
Crop Loss	30 (.6 %)	1 (.9 %)	.487	16 (.8 %)	0 (0 %)	.999
Business Failure	72 (1.4 %)	2 (1.8 %)	.671	33 (1.7 %)	2 (1.9 %)	.708
Family Conflict	869 (17.0 %)	11 (9.9 %)	.053	289 (15.2 %)	10 (9.4 %)	.123
	White n = 5120	Aboriginal n = 21	p	White n = 518	Aboriginal n = 20	p
Illness/Injury	539 (10.5 %)	3 (14.3 %)	.480	60 (11.6 %)	3 (15 %)	.719
Illness/Injury to rel/frnd	2258 (44.1 %)	12 (57.1 %)	.273	246 (47.5 %)	12 (60.0 %)	.362
Death of a partner	46 (.9 %)	0 (0 %)	.999	6 (1.2 %)	0 (0 %)	.999
Death of a rel/frnd	1505 (29.4 %)	10 (47.6 %)	.090	163 (31.5 %)	10 (50.0 %)	.091
Divorce/Sep	146 (28.5 %)	0 (0 %)	.999	16 (3.1 %)	0 (0 %)	.999
Finance diff	968 (18.9 %)	4 (19.0 %)	.999	102 (19.7 %)	4 (20.0 %)	.999
Job Loss	359 (7.0 %)	0 (0 %)	.396	36 (6.9 %)	0 (0 %)	.387
Retirement	473 (9.2 %)	4 (19.0 %)	.124	35 (6.8 %)	4 (20.0 %)	.049
Crop Loss	30 (.6 %)	0 (0 %)	.999	4 (.8 %)	0 (0 %)	.999
Business Failure	72 (1.4 %)	0 (0 %)	.999	10 (1.9 %)	0 (0 %)	.999
Family Conflict	869 (17.0 %)	7 (33.3 %)	.072	103 (19.9 %)	7 (35.0 %)	.151

rel: a close relative; frnd: friend; Sep: separation; diff: difficulties