Table 1.
Respondent-level characteristics and prevalence of life events (weighted percentages)
| Young cohort % |
Old cohort % |
|
|---|---|---|
| Male | 49.84 | 46.98 |
| White | 39.28 | 58.01*** |
| Asian | 28.49 | 20.33** |
| Latino | 22.54 | 12.27*** |
| Black and other | 9.68 | 9.39 |
| Foreign born | 17.49 | 20.66 |
| Married | 28.0 | 61.0*** |
| Education less than BA | 23.18 | 36.74*** |
| Education BA | 58.84 | 43.58*** |
| Education more than BA | 17.97 | 19.67 |
| Poor health | 14.21 | 16.95 |
| Extroversiona | −.074 (1.018) | .027 (1.001) |
| Neuroticisma | .063 (.974) | −.021 (.994) |
| Network size at wave 2a | 10.030 (3.569) | 10.420 (4.219) |
| Personal reference or Facebook recruit | 51.70 | --- |
| Experience of life-event between wave 2 and wave 3 | ||
| New partnership | 9.02 | 3.33*** |
| Birth of child | 9.30 | 7.40 |
| New job or school | 43.50 | 6.50*** |
| Graduated from school | 11.07 | --- |
| Death of a close person | 23.0 | 32.0*** |
| Break in friendship | 26.0 | 25.0 |
| End job | 5.64 | 12.33*** |
| School, work, financial prob. | 48.95 | 23.81*** |
| Health problem | 12.30 | 28.20*** |
| Moved near (in Bay area) | 20.26 | 5.02*** |
| Moved far (outside Bay area) | 13.31 | 3.38*** |
Note: Young cohort refers to 21–30 year-olds and old cohort to 50–70 year-olds at wave 1
a
Mean and standard deviation (in parentheses)
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001 (two-tailed tests) for differences by age group