Table 1.
Descriptive statistics–full sample.
Table 2.
Level of social activity–bereaved group.
Table 3.
Level of social activity–non-bereaved group.
Fig 1.
Short term and long term impact of death of a friend over time.
This figure presents the impact of the death of a friend on their well-being (separated by gender) over time. The well-being measures include the adjusted mean scores of Short Form 36 Questionnaire (SF-36) scores on the respondent’s general health, vitality, mental health, role limitations due to emotional problems and social functioning. The mean scores were adjusted by respondents’ socio-demographics including age, marital status, ethnicity (ATSI), level of education, remoteness, personality traits, religion, socio-economic disadvantage, economic resources, and education and occupation.
Table 4.
Impact of death of a close friend on vitality, mental health, general health, role emotional and social functioning across level of social activity.
Table 5.
Impact of death of a close friend on vitality, mental health, general health, role emotional and social functioning across gender.