stated that they had a limiting illness. This represented 412 respondents and the average Mental Health and Vitality score for this group was 52.7, somewhat below the mean score for the total sample. The second node consisted of respondents who had no long standing illness or no limiting illness. This accounted for the remaining 947 respondents and they had a mean Mental Health and Vitality score of 70.1. If we carry on with this node, it then splits the sample of 947 further with the variable 'Control'. This has split in to 3 groups: The first two of these nodes then split further with the variable 'Stress' which relates to the amount of stress they had experienced in the past year while the third node split on the variable 'Ease' which relates to the ease of managing on the household income. Going back to the node consisting of respondents with a limiting illness, this split also by 'Control' and in to 2 groups.