Undesirable stressful life events, impact, and correlates during midlife: observations from the Seattle midlife women’s health study

Table 2 Number of all Undesirable Events by LES Categories^a by Occasion (Mean N of Items Reported (SD), Adjusted Mean)

Category (Number of Items)	Occasion N = 381	Occasion N = 235	Occasion 3 N = 221	Occasion 4 N = 192
Health (9)	.73 (.99) .08	.48 (.79) .05	.42 (.73) .05	.42 (.76) .05
Work (15)	.64 (1.00) .04	.69 (1.00) .05	.48 (.92) .03	.54 (.95) .04
Residence (4)	.18 (.46) .05	.09 (.31) .02	.05 (.22) .01	.07 (.31) .02
Love & Marriage (13)	.71 (1.20) .05	.50 (.98) .11^b	.38 (.86) .03	.31 (.70) .02
Family & Close Friends (8)	.72 (.82) .09	.69 (.81) .04	.49 (.71) .06^b	.51 (.72) .06^b
Personal & Social (12)	.75 (1.03) .06	.60 (.81) .05	.56 (.84) .05	.58 (.88) .05
Financial (5)	.48 (.72) .10^b	.29 (.55) .06	.32 (.66) .06^b	.25 (.49) .05
Crime & Legal Matters (6)	.42 (.65) .07	.37 (.63) .06	.29 (.59) .05	.30 (.59) .05
Parenting (5)	.40 (.69) .08	.26 (.54) .05	.18 (.50) .04	.15 (.44) .04
Total Number of Undesirable Events	5.02 (3.82)	3.98 (2.71)	3.18 (2.97)	3.13 (3.01)

^a Adjusted mean total scores represent the simple average number of items for each of the subscales, calculated by dividing the total number of items selected per category by the number of items in each category to enable comparison across categories
^b Represents the highest category per Occasion

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