Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics: Stressful Life Events and SLE Index by Sex and Education (N = 29,066), with Data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study Wave 2.
| Overall |
Sex |
Education |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | High | Mid | Low | |||
| % | Frequency | % | % | % | % | % | |
| 43.4 | 56.6 | 31.2 | 45.7 | 23.1 | |||
| 0 Stressful life events | 67.3 | 19,567 | 67.3 | 67.3 | 74.0 | 68.3 | 56.4 |
| 1 Stressful life event | 23.9 | 6,944 | 23.9 | 23.9 | 20.3 | 23.2 | 30.1 |
| ≥2 Stressful life events | 8.8 | 2,555 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 5.7 | 8.5 | 13.5 |
| HH financial problems | 14.7 | 4,261 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 8.9 | 14.5 | 22.6 |
| Had a child | 4.1 | 1,195 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.8 |
| Job loss | 3.1 | 892 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| Onset of serious health condition | 3.0 | 882 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| HH member: job loss | 2.9 | 848 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| Became unemployed | 2.6 | 745 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 4.9 |
| HH member became unemployed | 2.4 | 710 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.8 |
| HH member: onset of serious health condition | 2.3 | 667 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 |
| Onset/deterioration of disability | 1.7 | 507 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
| Union dissolution | 1.6 | 464 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
| HH member: onset/deterioration of disability | 1.2 | 361 | 1.4 | 1.1 | .9 | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| Hospital stay (>2 days) | 1.0 | 295 | 1.1 | 1.0 | .6 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| HH member: hospital stay (>2 days) | .8 | 243 | .8 | .8 | .7 | .8 | 1.3 |
| HH member: union dissolution | .6 | 177 | .6 | .6 | .5 | .6 | .8 |
| Miscarriage or termination | .4 | 129 | .0 | .8 | .6 | .4 | .4 |
| HH member: miscarriage or termination | .4 | 109 | .8 | .1 | .4 | .4 | .4 |
| Onset of full-time caring responsibilities | .3 | 101 | .2 | .4 | .2 | .3 | .6 |
| HH member died | .2 | 68 | .2 | .3 | .2 | .3 | .2 |
| Had a premature or low birthweight child | .2 | 57 | .0 | .3 | .2 | .1 | .3 |
| HH member had a premature or low birthweight child | .2 | 57 | .4 | .1 | .2 | .2 | .2 |
| Eviction or other forced move | .1 | 31 | .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 | .1 |
| Stillbirth or infant death | .0 | 13 | .0 | .0 | .1 | .0 | .0 |
| HH member: stillbirth or infant death | .0 | 9 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| HH member went to prison | .0 | 0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| SLE index <.10 | 85.5 | 24,864 | 86.4 | 84.9 | 87.9 | 86.7 | 80.0 |
| SLE index 0.10–0.50 | 11.2 | 3,249 | 10.6 | 11.6 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 15.1 |
| SLE index 0.50–1.00 | 2.0 | 590 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.2 |
| SLE index 1.00–1.50 | 1.1 | 320 | 1.1 | 1.1 | .7 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| SLE index >1.50 | .2 | 43 | .2 | .1 | .1 | .2 | .1 |
Note: In Waves 2 through 5, household member went to prison is not measured. Frequency of this SLE in Waves 6 through 9 is 8, 1, 2, and 7, respectively. SLE = stressful life event; HH = household.