Table 5.

Stressful Life Events among n = 422 Women’s Development Army leaders and members, rural Amhara, 2015

	1–30 Leaders (n = 73)	1–5 Leaders (n = 142)	1–5 Members (n = 207)	P-values
Household debt, %	53.4	48.6	38.6	0.093
Serious illness, %	42.5	35.9	38.2	0.404
No money at all in past year, %	42.5	45.8	35.7	0.676
Death of close family, spouse, or friend, %	28.8	24.6	22.7	0.340
Subject to local gossip, %	28.8	17.6	16.4	0.019
Major crop loss or damage, %	24.7	24.6	18.8	0.516
No land at all, %	9.6	7.7	10.1	0.910
Unusually difficult pregnancy or birth, %	9.6	6.3	6.3	0.312
Abuse/serious problem from a man, %	6.8	4.2	2.9	0.190
Observed fight/accident with severe injury, %	6.8	1.4	3.9	0.153
Unwanted pregnancy, %	5.5	2.8	3.4	0.306
Unusually difficult/troublesome child, %	5.5	4.9	4.3	0.762
Serious injury, %	4.1	1.4	0.5	0.067
Unable to access health care when very sick, %	4.1	2.8	6.3	1.000
Land dispute or taken away, %	2.7	2.1	2.4	0.686
Person or house robbed, %	0	2.1	1	0.593
Number of stressful life events, mean (range)	2.7 (0–7)	2.3 (0–7)	2.1 (0–8)	0.007