Table 2.
Total Life Events Reported by Race and Type of Life Event at Baseline
| White (N = 1,305) | Black (N = 775) | Japanese (N = 249) | Chinese (N = 223) | Hispanic (N = 204) | Total sample (N = 2,756) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Annual total number, M (SD) | 3.79 (2.46) | 4.32 (2.73)a | 2.92 (2.12)a | 3.01 (2.64)a | 2.33 (2.36)a | 3.68 (2.58) |
| Any work/finance problem | ||||||
| Work problem | 892 (68.51) | 484 (63.02) | 155 (62.25) | 135 (60.54) | 52 (25.49)a | 1,718 (62.56) |
| Economic problems | 402 (30.95) | 340 (44.44)a | 48 (19.28)a | 36 (16.14)a | 75 (36.76) | 901 (32.88) |
| Partner unemployed | 103 (7.92) | 65 (8.52) | 7 (2.81)a | 16 (7.17) | 23 (11.27) | 214 (7.81) |
| Any family health problem | ||||||
| Illness/accident of loved one | 508 (39.05) | 273 (35.64) | 59 (23.69)a | 52 (23.42)a | 36 (17.73)a | 928 (33.86) |
| Caregiving | 194 (14.91) | 181 (23.51)a | 37 (14.86) | 23 (10.31) | 24 (11.76) | 459 (16.71) |
| Bereavement | 353 (27.17) | 285 (37.06)a | 68 (27.31) | 51 (22.87) | 50 (24.51) | 807 (29.41) |
| Any domestic/domestic legal problem | ||||||
| Relationship problem | 628 (48.20) | 354 (53.97)a | 86 (34.54)a | 69 (30.94)a | 44 (21.57)a | 1,242 (45.20) |
| Family legal/police problem | 189 (14.50) | 182 (23.64)a | 19 (7.63)a | 17 (7.62) | 11 (5.39)a | 418 (15.21) |
| Violence to self/family | 168 (12.94) | 146 (19.01)a | 30 (12.05) | 29 (13.06) | 32 (15.69) | 405 (14.78) |
Notes: Baseline N is less than total sample N as some women in the sample did not have their baseline data included due to age restriction.
aStatistical significance tested by analysis of variance with Tukey’s studentized range procedure, with White women as the reference group and alpha = .05.