Table 1 Mean MHI-5 scores (and standard deviations) by partner’s employment status
From: Job loss and the mental health of spouses and adolescent children
A. Partner’s employment status | Husbands | Wives | ||||
Mean | SD | N (persons) | Mean | SD | N (persons) | |
 Employed at t − 1 | ||||||
  Lost job involuntarily | 75.3 | 16.1 | 395 | 71.5 | 17.8 | 663 |
  Ceased a job for other reason | 76.6 | 15.2 | 1943 | 73.2 | 16.7 | 1796 |
  Did not change jobs | 77.4 | 14.7 | 3364 | 75.2 | 15.7 | 3941 |
 Not employed at t − 1 | 74.1 | 17.7 | 2139 | 69.4 | 19.7 | 1126 |
B. Parent’s employment status | Male children | Female children | ||||
Mean | SD | N (persons) | Mean | SD | N (persons) | |
 Father | ||||||
  Employed at t − 1 | ||||||
   Lost job involuntarily | 76.5 | 15.9 | 119 | 70.8 | 16.5 | 106 |
   Ceased a job for other reason | 74.7 | 17.6 | 257 | 70.3 | 18.0 | 226 |
   Did not change jobs | 76.5 | 15.3 | 1170 | 72.9 | 16.7 | 1133 |
  Not employed at t − 1 | 72.9 | 16.5 | 229 | 70.0 | 18.1 | 169 |
 Mother | ||||||
  Employed at t − 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   Lost job involuntarily | 77.6 | 15.1 | 98 | 67.3 | 19.6 | 100 |
   Ceased a job for other reason | 75.0 | 16.3 | 348 | 71.2 | 17.7 | 343 |
   Did not change jobs | 77.1 | 15.1 | 1177 | 72.7 | 16.5 | 1170 |
  Not employed at t − 1 | 75.0 | 16.4 | 558 | 71.0 | 17.9 | 537 |