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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of Participants Providing Data for the Life Events Scale for Four Occasions

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

Characteristic

Occasion 1 N = 380

Occasion 2 N = 233

Occasion 3 N = 220

Occasion 4 N = 191

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Age

42 (5)

44 (5)

47 (4)

50 (4)

Years of Education

16 (3)

16 (3)

16 (3)

16 (3)

Gross Family Income

35,740 (15,440)

No Data

40,920 (15,042)

43,580 (14,478)

Currently Employed

86%

97%

89%

90%

Race/Ethnicity

 African American

12%

8%

7%

7%

 Asian/Pacific Islander

9%

9%

9%

9%

 White

76%

81%

84%

84%

 Latina

1%

1.5%

1%

0

 Mixed/Native Amer

3%

1.5%

0

0

Marital Status

 Never married/partnered

6%

6%

6%

4%

 Married/partnered

71%

65%

68%

65%

 Divorced/separated

22%

28%

25%

30%

 Widowed

2%

1%

2%

1%

If a parent?

 Yes

75%

67%

70%

68%

 No

25%

33%

30%

32%

Menopausal Transition

 Stage (MTS), % (N)

  Late Reproduction (LR)

70% (N = 142)

58% (100)

43% (66)

38% (47)

  Early Transition (ET)

22% (45)

33% (57)

37% (57)

25% (31)

  Late Transition (LT)

5% (11)

5% (8)

13% (20)

22% (27)

  Post Menopause (PM)

2% (4)

4% (7)

7% (10)

16% (20)