Prevalence of negative life events and chronic adversities in European pre- and primary-school children: results from the IDEFICS study

Table 2 Prevalence of cumulative stress from FSAs and NLEs in pre- and primary-school children participating in the IDEFICS study (2009–2010): specifics for country groups, age groups and sex (FSAs: Familial and social adversities; NLEs: Negative life events)

		Sum of familial and social adversities (FSAs)						Sum of negative life events (NLEs)
			0	1	2	3	≥ 4		0	1	2	3	≥ 4
Country groups	N	Mean sum (SD)	Prevalence %					Mean sum (SD)	Prevalence %
North ^a	1330	0.84 (0.989)	46.9	31.4	14.7	5.5	1.5	0.74 (0.901)	50.3	30.6	14.4	4.1	0.7
East ^b	666	0.69 (0.858)	51.7	31.5	13.4	2.9	0.7	0.70 (0.941)	53.9	29.1	11.4	4.1	1.5
South ^c	1660	0.91 (0.975)	41.7	34.9	16.3	5.4	1.7	0.35 (0.615)	71.0	23.7	4.4	0.9	0.1
West ^d	981	0.80 (1.041)	51.1	28.2	12.9	5.8	1.9	0.62 (0.861)	57.4	27.6	10.9	3.4	0.7
Age groups	N
4	258	0.67 (0.906)	55.4	28.3	11.2	3.9	1.2	0.53 (0.739)	60.1	28.3	10.1	1.6	0.0
5	582	0.72 (0.918)	52.1	30.6	11.9	4.3	1.2	0.47 (0.727)	64.8	25.9	7.7	1.0	0.5
6	736	0.79 (1.016)	51.1	28.9	13.2	4.8	2.0	0.52 (0.781)	62.4	26.6	8.4	2.2	0.4
7	605	0.72 (0.898)	51.2	30.9	13.2	3.8	0.9	0.47 (0.710)	63.8	26.9	7.8	1.3	0.2
8	735	0.76 (0.927)	48.6	32.9	13.7	3.5	1.2	0.52 (0.805)	63.0	26.1	7.2	3.1	0.5
9	1113	0.96 (1.016)	40.5	33.3	17.9	6.6	1.6	0.69 (0.910)	54.3	28.0	12.7	4.4	0.7
10	608	1.03 (1.041)	36.5	36.2	17.6	7.4	2.4	0.70 (0.919)	53.5	29.3	12.0	3.9	1.3
Sex	N
Boys	2296	0.82 (0.952)	46.4	32.6	14.6	5.3	2.1	0.58 (0.830)	59.7	27.1	9.5	3.2	0.5
Girls	2341	0.84 (1.007)	46.8	31.4	14.8	5.0	2.0	0.57 (0.819)	59.7	27.4	9.8	2.4	0.7
Total	4637	0.83 (0.980)	46.6	32.0	14.7	5.1	1.4	0.57 (0.825)	59.7	27.3	9.6	2.8	0.6
Total	4637	(range 0–6)	46.6	32.0	14.7	5.1	1.4	(range 0–5)	59.7	27.3	9.6	2.8	0.6

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