Table 2 Life stressors reported by Vietnamese older women (n = 440)
| Â | Â | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
1 | Serious disaster | 139 (31.6) |
2 | Witnessed serious accident | 59 (13.4) |
3 | Experienced serious accident | 70 (15.9) |
4 | Close family member in jail | 44 (10.0) |
5 | Sent to jail | 13 (3.0) |
6 | Been put in foster care or put up for adoption | 24 (5.5) |
7 | Parents separated or divorced while living with them | 10 (2.3) |
8 | Separated or divorced | 38 (8.6) |
9 | Serious money problems | 186 (42.3) |
10 | Serious physical or mental illness | 155 (35.2) |
11 | Emotionally abused or neglected | 60 (13.6) |
12 | Physically neglected | 13(3.0) |
13 | Experienced abortion or miscarriage (lost your baby) | 215 (48.9) |
14 | Separated from your child against your will | 12 (2.7) |
15 | Your child with a severe physical or mental handicap | 25 (5.7) |
16 | Caring for close one with a severe physical or mental handicap | 82 (18.6) |
17 | Close one died suddenly or unexpectedly | 125 (28.4) |
18 | Someone close to you died (not suddenly) | 412 (93.6) |
19 | Witnessed violence between family members (before age 16) | 12 (2.7) |
20 | Seen a robbery, mugging, or attack taking place | 31 (7.0) |
21 | Been robbed, mugged, or physically attacked by strangers | 33 (7.5) |
22 | Physically attacked by someone you knew (before age 16) | 3 (0.7) |
23 | Physically attacked by someone you knew after 16 | 56 (12.7) |
24 | Bothered or harassed by sexual remarks, demands at work/school | 4 (0.9) |
25 | Forced to be touched or touch someone in a sexual way (before 16) | 2 (0.5) |
26 | Forced to be touched or touch someone in a sexual way after 16 | 5 (1.1) |
27 | Forced to have sex (before age 16) | 1 (0.2) |
28 | Forced to have sex after 16 | 36 (8.2) |
29 | Other event experienced by someone close to you | 41 (9.3) |