Categories:
(1) environmental problems
(2) individual problems
(3) family problems or problems in a stable union
(4) other interpersonal problems
Environmental problems:
(1) financial/economic
(2) housing
(3) need for supervised accommodations
(4) other (neighborhood, community, etc)
where:
• Social unrest could be added as a separate category.
Individual problems:
(1) cultural
(2) political
(3) religious
(4) pregnancy out of wedlock or single parent
(5) occupational (unemployment, underemployment, etc)
(6) legal
(7) other
Family problems:
(1) spouse or significant other
(2) parents
(3) children
(4) in-laws
(5) care of sick relative
(6) physical separation (split-up)
(7) other
Other interpersonal problems
(1) girlfriend or boyfriend
(2) other friends
(3) at work or at school
(4) neighbors
(5) social relationships in general
(6) social isolation
(7) other
