Table 5 Number of Women (And Percent of Total for each Occasion) Reporting Individual LES Items and Undesirable (U) Impact Scores (Mean, SD) for each Occasion
Item | Occasion 1 (% of total) | U | Occasion 2 | U | Occasion 3 | U | Occasion 4 | U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Health subscale | N = 381 | N = 235 | N = 221 | N = 192 | ||||
A. major personal illness or injury | 83 (22%) | 3.33 (.83) | 36 (15%) | 3.5 (.72) | 43 (20%) | 3.5 (.76) | 31 (16%) | 3.25 (.74) |
B. major change in eating habits | 111 (29%) | 4.0 (.00) | 56 (24%) | 3.0 (1.00) | 46 (21%) | 4.00 (ND) | 38 (20%) | 4.00 (ND) |
C. major change in sleeping habits | 89 (23%) | 3.8 (.45) | 32 (14%) | 3.4 (.55) | 45 (20%) | 3.0 (ND) | 32 (17%) | 2.0 (ND) |
D. major change in usual type and/or amount of recreation | 94 (25%) | 4.0 (0.00) | 56 (24%) | 3.5 (.71) | 42 (19%) | 3.5 (.71) | 29 (15%) | 3.0 (ND) |
E. major dental work | 65 (17%) | 3.0 (ND) | 72 (31%) | 4.0 (ND) | 24 (11%) | 3.0 (ND) | 17 (9%) | 4.0 (ND) |
F. major difficulty with birth control pills or devices | 12 (3%) | 4.0 (ND) | 3 (1%) | 4.0 (ND) | 5 (2%) | 2.0 (ND) | 4 (2%) | 3.0 (ND) |
g. Pregnancy | 21 (6%) | 4.0 (ND) | 7 (3%) | ND | 2 (1%) | ND | 0 (0%) | ND |
h. miscarriage or abortion | 8 (2%) | 3.0 (ND) | 4 (2%) | 4.0 (ND) | 0(0%) | ND | 0(0%) | ND |
i. started menopause | 47 (12%) | 3.0 (ND) | 26 (11%) | 4.0 (ND) | 31 (14%) | 4.0 (ND) | 35 (18%) | 4.0 (ND) |
2. Work | ||||||||
a. had difficulty finding a job | 36 (9%) | 4.0 (ND) | 27 (12%) | 4.0 (ND) | 13 (6%) | 3.0 (ND) | 8 (4%) | 4.0 (ND) |
b. begun work outside the home | 62 (16%) | 4.0 (ND) | 15 (6%) | 3.0 (ND) | 15 (7%) | 4.0 (ND) | 8 (4%) | 4.0 (ND) |
c. changed job setting, but continued the same kind of work | 97 (26%) | 4.0 (ND) | 47 (20%) | 2.0 (ND) | 37 (17%) | 3.0 (ND) | 43 (22%) | 3.0 (ND) |
d. changed to a new type of work | 72 (19%) | 4.0 (ND) | 35 (15%) | 4.0 (ND) | 32 (15%) | 4.0 (ND) | 27 (14%) | 4.0 (ND) |
e. changed work hours or conditions | 161 (42%) | 3.5 (.71) | 91 (39%) | 3.0 (ND) | 78 (35%) | 4.0 (0.00) | 63 (33%) | 2.0 (ND) |
f. changed responsibilities at work. | 138 (36%) | 4.0 (ND) | 96 (41%) | 4.0 (ND) | 67 (30%) | 4.0 (ND) | 53 (28%) | 4.0 (ND) |
g. had troubles at work with employer or co-workers | 128 (34%) | 3.5 (.58) | 69 (29%) | 4.0 (ND) | 61 (28%) | 4.0 (ND) | 40 (21%) | 3.0 (ND) |
h. had a major business readjustment | 46 (12%) | 4.0 (ND) | 27 (12%) | 4.0 (ND) | 24 (11%) | 4.0 (ND) | 14 (7%) | 4.0 (ND) |
i. been fired or laid off from work | 26 (7%) | 4.0 (ND) | 20 (9%) | 4.0 | 8 (4%) | 4.0 | 10 (5%) | 4.0 (ND) |
j. retired from work | 5 (1%) | 4.0 (ND) | 3 (1%) | ND | 0 | ND | 3 (2%) | ND |
k. started courses by mail or studying at home to help with work | 41 (11%) | 4.0 (ND) | 13 (6%) | ND (ND) | 14 (6%) | 3.0 (ND) | 6 (3%) | 3.0 (ND) |
l. begun or ended school, college, or training program | 65 (17%) | 3.0 (ND) | 32 (14%) | 4.0 (ND) | 19 (9%) | ND | 12 (6%) | 4.0 (ND) |
m. changed career goal or academic major | 54 (14%) | 4.0 (ND) | 19 (8%) | ND | 25 (11%) | 3.0 (ND) | 12 (6%) | 4.0 (ND) |
n. changed school, college or training program | 10 (3%) | ND | 6 (3%) | 2.0 (ND) | 4 (2%) | 4.0 (ND) | 3 (2%) | 4.0 (ND) |
o. had problems in school, college or training program | 9 (2%) | 4.0 (ND) | 10 (4%) | 4.0 (ND) | 3 (1%) | 2.0 (ND) | 1 (< 1%) | 3.0 (ND) |
3. Residence | ||||||||
a. had difficulty finding a home | 18 (5%) | 3.58 (.67) | 3 (1%) | 2.5 (.71) | 3 (1%) | 3.0 (ND) | 3 (2%) | 3.67 (.58) |
b. changed residences within the same town or city | 39 (10%) | 3.13 (1.13) | 14 (6%) | 4.0 (0.00) | 6 (3%) | ND | 9 (5%) | 4.0 (ND) |
c. moved to a different town, city, state, or country | 15 (4%) | 2.67 (1.21) | 14 (6%) | 4.0 (0.00) | 6 (3%) | ND | 4 (2%) | ND |
d. had a major change in living conditions (home improvements or a decline in home or neighborhood) | 121 (32%) | 3.26 (.85) | 55 (23%) | 2.94 (.77) | 44 (20%) | 3.10 (.88) | 34 (18%) | 3.67 (.50) |
4. Love and Marriage | ||||||||
a. begun a new, close personal, romantic relationship | 40 (11%) | 3.33 (.58) | 23 (10%) | 3.50 (.71) | 22 (10%) | 4.0 (ND) | 17 (9%) | 4.0 (ND) |
b. become engaged | 20 (5%) | ND | 7 (3%) | ND | 4 (2%) | ND | 4 (2%) | 4.0 (ND) |
c. had girlfriend or boyfriend problems (not just friends)(not husband/partner) | 48 (13%) | 3.43 (.69) | 28 (12%) | 3.55 (.67) | 19 (9%) | 3.13 (.83) | 12 (6%) | 3.33 (.87) |
d. broken up with a boyfriend (or girlfriend) or broken an engagement | 46 (12%) | 3.52 (.80) | 20 (9%) | 3.58 (.52) | 16 (7%) | 3.18 (.87) | 5 (3%) | 4.0 (0.00) |
e. gotten married or begun to live with someone (roommate OK) | 37 (10%) | 3.5 (.58) | 15 (6%) | ND | 11 (5%) | 3.5 (.58) | 12 (6%) | ND |
f. had change in closeness with husband or life partner | 140 (37%) | 3.36 (.73) | 63 (27%) | 3.27 (.83) | 42 (19%) | 3.28 (.90) | 37 (19%) | 3.13 (.89) |
g. experienced infidelity, (cheating on husband/partner)(either party) | 33 (9%) | 3.48 (.73) | 16 (7%) | 3.55 (.69) | 12 (5%) | 3.83 (.41) | 8 (4%) | 3.2 (1.30) |
h. had trouble with in-laws | 36 (9%) | 3.07 (.73) | 11 (5%) | 2.6 (.84) | 14 (6%) | 2.73 (.91) | 8 (4%) | 3.25 (.89) |
i. separated from husband or life partner due to conflict | 29 (7%) | 3.67 (.77) | 10 (4%) | 3.50 (.84) | 11 (5%) | 4.0 (0.00) | 8 (4%) | 4.0 (0.00) |
j. separated from husband or life partner due to work, travel, school, etc. | 36 (9%) | 3.17 (.99) | 15 (6%) | 3.0 (0.00) | 10 (5%) | 3.25 (.96) | 4 (2%) | 3.33 (1.16) |
k. had a reconciliation with spouse or partner | 25 (7%) | ND | 10 (4%) | 3.50 (.71) | 11 (5%) | ND | 4 (2%) | ND |
l. had a legal divorce | 12 (3%) | 4.0 (0.00) | 3 (1%) | ND | 2 (< 1%) | ND | 3 (2%) | 4.0 (0.00) |
m. had a change in husband’s or partner’s work outside the home (beginning work, ceasing work, changing jobs, retirement, etc.) | 100 (26%) | 3.48 (.72) | 43 (18%) | 3.35 (.70) | 36 (16%) | 3.46 (.69) | 35 (18%) | 3.00 (.54) |
5. Family and Close Friends | ||||||||
a. gained a new family member (through birth, adoption, relative moving in, includes extended family) | 109 (29%) | 2.8 (1.03) | 51 (22%) | 3.67 (.52) | 40 (18%) | 3.00 (.82) | 47 (25%) | 3.0 (1.00) |
b. had a child or family member leave home (due to marriage, to attend college, or for some other reason) | 59 (16%) | 3.48 (.81) | 27 (12%) | 3.9 (.32) | 37 (17%) | 3.63 (.74) | 28 (15%) | 3.75 (.50) |
c. had a major change in the health or behavior of a family member or close friend (illness, accidents, drug or disciplinary problems, etc.) | 165 (43%) | 3.41 (.75) | 100 (43%) | 3.28 (.80) | 75 (34%) | 3.42 (.72) | 79 (41%) | 3.55 (.59) |
d. had the death of a husband or partner | 4 (1%) | 4.0 (0.00) | 1 (< 1%) | 4.0 (ND) | 1 (< 1%) | 4.0 (ND) | 2 (1%) | 2.0 (ND) |
e. had the death of a child | 1 (< 1%) | 4.0 (ND) | 1 (< 1%) | ND | 0 | ND | 1 (< 1%) | ND |
f. had the death of a parent | 36 (9%) | 3.92 (.27) | 19 (8%) | 3.79 (.43) | 13 (6%) | 3.4 (.70) | 8 (4%) | 3.67 (.82) |
g. had the death of another family member or close friend | 103 (27%) | 3.30 (.78) | 60 (26%) | 3.22 (.76) | 44 (20%) | 3.2 (.76) | 35 (18%) | 3.29 (.64) |
h. had a change in the marital status of your parents | 8 (2%) | 3.5 (.58) | 5 (2%) | 3.5 (.71) | 4 (2%) | 4.0 (0.00) | 1 (< 1%) | ND |
6. Personal and Social | ||||||||
a. major personal achievement | 139 (37%) | 3.0 (1.41) | 70 (30%) | ND | 52 (24%) | 4.0 (ND) | 48 (25%) | 3.0 (1.41) |
b. had a major decision regarding the immediate future | 154 (40%) | 3.62 (.51) | 70 (30%) | 3.56 (.88) | 67 (30%) | 3.40 (.89) | 55 (29%) | 3.88 (.35) |
c. | ||||||||
d. had a change in political beliefs | 8 (2%) | 3.50 (.71) | 5 (2%) | ND | 5 (2%) | ND | 3 (2%) | ND |
e. had a change in religious beliefs | 20 (5%) | 3.50 (.71) | 10 (4%) | ND | 15 (7%) | ND | 4 (2%) | ND |
f. had a loss or damage of personal property | 75 (20%) | 3.12 (.83) | 41 (17%) | 2.97 (.81) | 49 (22%) | 2.81 (.83) | 24 (13%) | 3.00 (.79) |
g. had a vacation | 231 (61%) | 3.55 (.69) | 151 (64%) | 3.00 (ND) | 163 (74%) | 3.00 (1.00) | 125 (65%) | 4.00 (0.00) |
h. had a trip; not a vacation | 171 (45%) | 3.15 (.99) | 98 (42%) | 2.72 (.91) | 107 (48%) | 3.11 (.93) | 96 (50%) | 3.00 (.82) |
i. had a change in family get-togethers | 91 (24%) | 3.17 (.80) | 60 (26%) | 2.80 (.78) | 75 (34%) | 3.04 (.77) | 54 (28%) | 3.09 (.81) |
j. had a change in social activities (clubs, movies, visiting) | 102 (27%) | 2.76 (.74) | 66 (28%) | 2.84 (.60) | 56 (25%) | 2.78 (.81) | 43 (22%) | 3.07 (.73) |
k. made a new friend | 231 (61%) | 2.25 (.50) | 123 (52%) | 4.0 (ND) | 100 (45%) | ND | 95 (50%) | 3.50 (.71) |
l. broken up with a friend due to conflict | 66 (17%) | 3.18 (.83) | 30 (13%) | 2.93 (.70) | 28 (13%) | 3.20 (.78) | 21 (11%) | 3.33 (.72) |
m. lost a friend for other reasons (death, moving) | 72 (19%) | 3.30 (.79) | 47 (20%) | 2.94 (.69) | 25 (11%) | 2.80 (.86) | 35 (18%) | 2.75 (.85) |
7. Financial | ||||||||
a. had a major change in financial status (improved or worsened) | 168 (44%) | 3.53 (.68) | 92 (39%) | 3.33 (.76) | 79 (36%) | 3.58 (.50) | 69 (36%) | 3.20 (.76) |
b. taken on a moderate purchase such as a car, major appliance, etc. | 157 (41%) | 2.79 (.98) | 85 (36%) | 2.92 (.90) | 70 (32%) | 3.0 (.93) | 59 (31%) | 2.75 (.96) |
c. taken on a major purchase or a mortgage loan, such as a home, business, property, etc. | 67 (18%) | 3.29 (.83) | 40 (17%) | 2.50 (.71) | 39 (18%) | 3.0 (.78) | 30 (16%) | 3.40 (.55) |
d. experienced a foreclosure on a mortgage or loan | 7 (2%) | 3.17 (.98) | 0 | ND | 1 (< 1%) | 4.0 (ND) | 1 (< 1%) | 3.0 (ND) |
e. had credit rating difficulties | 75 (20%) | 3.26 (.70) | 23 (10%) | 2.84 (.69) | 19 (9%) | 3.38 (.89) | 10 (5%) | 3.25 (.71) |
8. Crime and Legal Matters | ||||||||
a. robbed | 49 (13%) | 3.22 (.84) | 22 (9%) | 3.28 (.75) | 26 (12%) | 2.82 (.67) | 11 (6%) | 2.64 (.51) |
b. a victim of a violent act (rape, assault, etc.) | 3 (1%) | 4.0 (0.00) | 4 (2%) | 3.75 (.50) | 4 (2%) | 3.33 (1.16) | 2 (1%) | 3.0 (ND) |
c. involved in a car accident | 45 (12%) | 2.74 (.91) | 31 (13%) | 2.89 (.97) | 27 (12%) | 2.90 (.79) | 29 (15%) | 2.77 (.87) |
d. involved in a law suit | 35 (9%) | 3.05 (.83) | 14 (6%) | 2.73 (1.01) | 16 (7%) | 3.80 (.45) | 15 (8%) | 3.0 (1.00) |
e. involved in a minor violation of the law (traffic tickets, disturbing the peace, etc.) | 75 (20%) | 2.15 (.69) | 37 (16%) | 2.40 (.91) | 30 (14%) | 2.54 (.78) | 23 (12%) | 2.21 (1.12) |
f. involved in legal troubles resulting in your being arrested or held in jail | 0 | ND | 2 (1%) | 4.0 (ND) | 1 (< 1%) | 3.0 (ND) | 0 | ND |
9. Parenting | ||||||||
a. had a change in child care arrangements | 88 (23%) | 3.11 (.90) | 34 (15%) | 3.60 (.89) | 23 (10%) | 2.86 (.90) | 17 (9%) | 3.0 (.82) |
b. had conflicts with husband or partner about parenting | 119 (31%) | 3.13 (.84) | 51 (22%) | 2.68 (.85) | 37 (17%) | 2.86 (.83) | 26 (14%) | 2.74 (.87) |
c. had conflicts with child’s grandparents (or other important person) about parenting | 40 (11%) | 2.87 (.78) | 17 (7%) | 2.46 (.82) | 10 (5%) | 3.29 (.76) | 5 (3%) | 4.0 (0.00) |
d. taken on full responsibility for parenting as a single parent | 37 (10%) | 3.0 (.93) | 10 (4%) | 3.67 (.58) | 8 (4%) | 4.0 (ND) | 9 (5%) | 4.0 (0.00) |
e. custody battles with former husband or partner | 6 (2%) | 3.60 (.89) | 2 (1%) | 3.0 (ND) | 3 (1%) | 3.0 (1.41) | 1 (< 1%) | 4.0 (ND) |