ABSTRACT
Partial calculations were then calculated both for the distinct measures and the total weighted score of psychological ill-health with each of nine independent variables, taking into account the effects of the controlling variable (number of adults in the family). In all, about 60 per cent of the families showed some evidence of psychological ill-health (total weighted score of one or more). The joint contributions of the nine independent family variables to the dependent variables indicative of psychological ill-health in families were investigated by multiple regression analysis. The relatively crude approach to life event measurement still predicted psychological ill-health in families better than did the family and household characteristics, which showed fewer and more modest associations with the various indices of ill-health. The findings reported help to elucidate the pattern of relationships between family characteristics and manifestations of psychological ill-health.
