Table 3.

Mean adult depression scores by type of early childhood loss (N = 164).

Type of early childhood loss	M	n
Missing	7.83	6
1. Death/permanent loss of contact mother		0
2. Death/permanent loss of contact father	5.00	3
3. Death/permanent loss of contact other key caregiver	9.54	13
4. Death of more than one of 1–3	7.00	1
5. Separation 12 or more months mother	20.00	1
6. Separation 12 or more months father	16.50	2
7. Separation 12 or more months other key caregiver	1.00	1
8. Separation 12 or more months of more than one of 5–7		0
9. Mixture death/separation among 1–7		0
10. Separation 4–11 months mother	16.67	3
11. Separation 4–11 months father	12.50	2
12. Separation 4–11 months other key caregiver	8.00	3
13. Separation of more than one of 10–12		0
14. No death or separations of 4 months	7.50	129