Table 4.
Participants Reporting a Negative Social Impact by Region, Type and by Maximum Impact on Quality of Life1
| Maximum Impact on Quality of Life | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported a negative social impact | Minimal | Moderate | Major | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Any negative social impact | 686 | 8.2 | 503 | 6.0 | 134 | 1.6 | 49 | 0.6 |
| Type of negative social impact | ||||||||
| Personal relationships | 563 | 5.4 | 442 | 4.3 | 96 | 0.9 | 25 | 0.2 |
| Employment | 46 | 0.4 | 24 | 0.2 | 11 | 0.1 | 11 | 0.1 |
| Medical/dental | 41 | 0.4 | 27 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.1 |
| Life Insurance | 17 | 0.2 | 11 | 0.1 | 5 | <0.1 | 1 | <0.1 |
| Military/government agency | 4 | <0.1 | 2 | <0.1 | 1 | <0.1 | 3 | <0.1 |
| Travel/Immigration | 3 | <0.1 | 1 | <0.1 | 1 | <0.1 | 1 | <0.1 |
| Housing | 2 | <0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | <0.1 |
| Education | 1 | <0.1 | 1 | <0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Health Insurance | 1 | <0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | <0.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Other | 53 | 0.5 | 29 | 0.3 | 21 | 0.2 | 3 | <0.1 |
| Region | ||||||||
| Asia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caribbean | 16 | 0.2 | 9 | 7.8 | 1 | 0.9 | 6 | 5.2 |
| South America | 28 | 0.3 | 14 | 5.5 | 8 | 3.1 | 6 | 2.4 |
| sub-Saharan Africa | 85 | 1.0 | 56 | 3.9 | 17 | 1.2 | 12 | 0.8 |
| United States/Switzerland | 557 | 6.7 | 424 | 6.5 | 108 | 1.7 | 25 | 0.4 |
1
The denominator for all percentages is the number of participants, n=8347.
For participants reporting multiple events within a type category, the event with the maximum impact on quality of life is counted. Likewise, for the “Any negative social impact” row, the event with the maximum impact is counted.