‘Control group’ (N=3354) | Illness or death in the family (N=622) | Divorce (N=154) | |||
P value | P value | ||||
Age in years, mean (SD) | 63.6 (1.5) | 63.8 (1.5) | 0.005 | 63.7 (1.6) | 0.369 |
Gender, no (%) | 0.019 | 0.606 | |||
Men | 599 (17.9) | 87 (14.0) | 25 (16.2) | ||
Women | 2755 (82.1) | 535 (86.0) | 129 (83.8) | ||
Marital status, no (%) | <0.0001 | ||||
Married/cohabiting | 2328 (71.3) | 499 (81.9) | – | ||
Not married/cohabiting | 937 (28.7) | 110 (18.1) | – | ||
Missing | 89 | 13 | – | ||
Occupational status, no (%) | 0.763 | 0.170 | |||
High | 1122 (33.7) | 199 (32.3) | 41 (26.8) | ||
Intermediate | 999 (30.0) | 187 (30.3) | 54 (35.3) | ||
Low | 1207 (36.3) | 231 (37.4) | 58 (37.9) | ||
Missing | 26 | 5 | 1 | ||
Neighbourhood disadvantage, no (%) | 0.373 | 0.196 | |||
Low | 2064 (65.5) | 389 (67.4) | 83 (60.1) | ||
High | 1087 (34.5) | 188 (32.6) | 55 (39.9) | ||
Missing | 203 | 45 | 16 | ||
Work status, no (%) | 0.209 | 0.944 | |||
Full-time work | 1454 (43.8) | 252 (40.8) | 66 (43.1) | ||
Part-time work | 397 (11.9) | 66 (10.7) | 17 (11.1) | ||
Retired | 1493 (44.7) | 299 (48.5) | 70 (45.8) | ||
Missing | 10 | 5 | 1 | ||
Depression diagnosis, no (%) | 0.023 | 0.034 | |||
No | 2581 (85.2) | 461 (81.5) | 106 (78.5) | ||
Yes | 448 (14.8) | 105 (18.5) | 29 (21.5) | ||
Missing | 325 | 56 | 19 | ||
Anxiety, no (%) | 0.287 | 0.078 | |||
Low | 3010 (91.6) | 554 (90.2) | 132 (87.4) | ||
High | 278 (8.5) | 60 (9.8) | 19 (12.6) | ||
Missing | 68 | 8 | 3 | ||
Social network size, no (%) | 0.163 | 0.504 | |||
>10 | 2832 (85.5) | 539 (87.6) | 127 (83.5) | ||
≤10 | 480 (14.5) | 76 (12.4) | 25 (16.5) | ||
Missing | 42 | 7 | 2 | ||
Alcohol risk use, no (%) | 0.547 | 0.781 | |||
No | 2959 (88.2) | 554 (89.1) | 137 (89.0) | ||
Yes | 395 (11.8) | 68 (10.9) | 17 (11.0) | ||
Missing | |||||
Smoking, no (%) | 0.324 | 0.053 | |||
Never or former | 2988 (90.8) | 547 (89.5) | 130 (86.1) | ||
Current | 303 (9.2) | 64 (10.5) | 21 (13.9) | ||
Missing | 63 | 11 | 3 |
P values indicate differences between the life event populations and the ‘control group’.