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Emerging significant life stressors among U.S. adults in 2018
Emerging significant life stressors among U.S. adults in 2018
Percentage of U.S. adults who had select emerging sources of significant stress in 2018

Percentage of U.S. adults who had select emerging sources of significant stress in 2018
Percentage of respondents | |
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Personal debt | 42% |
Housing instability | 28% |
Discrimination | 24% |
Hunger/getting enough to eat | 20% |
Percentage of respondents | |
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Personal debt | 42% |
Housing instability | 28% |
Discrimination | 24% |
Hunger/getting enough to eat | 20% |
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- Release date
- October 2018
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- July 27, 2018 to August 28, 2018
- Number of respondents
- around 3,700
- Age group
- 15 years and older
- Method of interview
- Questionnaire and personal interview
- Supplementary notes
- Respondents were asked about stress related to discrimination in a different question from the other emerging sources listed here.
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- October 2018
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- July 27, 2018 to August 28, 2018
- Number of respondents
- around 3,700
- Age group
- 15 years and older
- Method of interview
- Questionnaire and personal interview
- Supplementary notes
- Respondents were asked about stress related to discrimination in a different question from the other emerging sources listed here.
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- Overview
- Share of respondents who stated their stress level is usually high in the United States from 2012 to 2017Share of adults affected by high stress U.S. 2012-2017
- Percentage of adults who stated their stress level had increased over the past year in the United States from 2012 to 2017Share of adults whose stress level increased over the past year U.S. 2012-2017
- Percentage of U.S. adults that were more anxious this year than the previous year as of 2018U.S. adults that were more anxious than the previous year as of 2018
- Percentage of U.S. adults that frequently experienced stress or did not have enough time during the day from 2001 to 2017Stress and lack of time among U.S. adults from 2001 to 2017
- Percentage of U.S. adults that frequently experienced stress as of 2017, by ageU.S. adults that frequently experienced stress as of 2017, by age
- Percentage of U.S. adults that frequently experienced stress as of 2017, by incomeU.S. adults that frequently experienced stress 2017, by income
- Percentage of U.S. adults that frequently experienced stress as of 2017, by parenting and employment statusU.S. adults that frequently experienced stress 2017, by parent and employment status
- Percentage of U.S. LGBTQ youth that reported their stress level as being high in 2017, by gender identityU.S. LGBTQ youth with a high level of stress in 2017, by gender identity
- Sources of Stress
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. who experienced stress in select situations and areas of their life as of February 2017Situations and areas of life where U.S. adults felt stressed as of 2017
- Percentage of U.S. adults that were anxious about select aspects of their lives as of 2018*Anxiety among U.S. adults in regards to select aspects of life in 2018
- Percentage of U.S. adults who had select emerging sources of significant stress in 2018Emerging significant life stressors among U.S. adults in 2018
- Percentage of U.S. residents who felt stressed about select issues seen in the national news as of 2018, by generationAdult stress levels regarding select U.S. political issues in 2018, by generation
- Share of Americans feeling stress over their personal safety from 2008 to 2017Share of Americans stressed over personal safety 2008-2017
- Percentage of U.S. Generation Z adults who had select common stressors in 2018Common daily life stressors among U.S. Generation Z adults in 2018
- Percentage of U.S. Generation Z adults who had select significant stressors in 2018Significant life stressors among U.S. Generation Z adults in 2018
- Employees
- Percentage of U.S. adults that frequently experienced stress as of 2017, by employment statusU.S. adults that frequently experienced stress 2017, by employment status
- Sources of stress at work reported by employees in North America as of 2017On the job sources of stress in employees in North America 2017
- Frequency of stress among adults in the U.S. as of February 2017, by weekly working hoursFrequency that U.S. adults felt stressed as of 2017, by weekly working hours
- Percentage of U.S. employees who stated their company offered programs regarding burnout prevention or reintegration as of February 2017U.S. employees whose companies offered burnout prevention programs 2017
- Percentage of U.S. employees who stated the stress from their job caused them to regularly engage in unhealthy behaviors from 2015 to 2017*Share of U.S. workers whose work-related stress caused unhealthy behaviors 2015-17
- Percentage of U.S. employees who stated the stress from their job caused them to regularly engage in unhealthy behaviors from 2015 to 2017, by industry*U.S. workers whose work stress caused unhealthy behaviors 2015-17, by industry
- Percentage of employees in the U.S. who stated the stress from their job affected their relationships with friends and family from 2015 to 2017Share of U.S. workers whose work-related stress affected their relationships 2015-17
- Percentage of employees in the U.S. who stated the stress from their job affected their relationships with friends and family from 2015 to 2017, by industryU.S. workers whose work stress impacted their relationships 2015-17, by industry
- Burnout
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. who had heard the term burnout as of February 2017, by ageShare of U.S. adults who ever heard the term burnout as of 2017, by age
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. who personally knew someone who was diagnosed with burnout as of February 2017, by ageShare of U.S. adults who knew someone diagnosed with burnout as of 2017, by age
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. who agreed with select statements related to stress and life as of February 2017, by burn-out-riskStress-related statements that applied to U.S. adults as of 2017, by burn-out-risk
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. who very often or often experienced select stress and burnout symptoms as of February 2017, by burn-out-riskShare of U.S. adults who often felt select burnout symptoms 2017, by burn-out-risk
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. who would turn to select sources in case of burnout as of February 2017, by genderWhere U.S. adults would turn to for help in case of burnout 2017, by gender
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. who thought select strategies were the best ways to avoid burnout as of February 2017, by burn-out-riskBest ways to avoid burnout according to U.S. adults as of 2017, by burn-out-risk
- Stress relief
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. who engaged in select activities "more than usual" when facing a challenge or stressful event as of 2018Activities U.S. adults engaged in when feeling stressed, anxious, or sad as of 2018
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. who engaged in routine activities more often when facing a challenge or stressful event as of 2018Routine activities U.S. adults engaged in more often when feeling stressed as of 2018
- Percentage of U.S. adults who engaged in routine activities more often when facing a challenge or stressful event as of 2018, by generation Leading five activities U.S. adults engaged in when stressed 2018, by generation
- Percentage of Millennials and Gen Zs in the U.S. who engaged in select activities "more than usual" when facing a challenge or stressful event as of 2018Activities young people in the U.S. engaged in when feeling stressed as of 2018
- Percentage of U.S. adults with a lot of stress who exercised regularly in 2016-2017, by ageExercise among U.S. adults who experienced a lot of stress 2016-2017, by age
- What was your primary motivation to continue to run?*Primary reason for people to continue to run as a sport in the U.S. 2017
- Percentage of U.S. adults that use apps for stress relief as of 2017, by ageU.S. adults that used apps to relieve stress 2017, by age
- Focus: physicians
- Characteristics of U.S. physicians in 2018Portrait of a U.S. physician 2018
- Percentage of physicians feeling burned out in the U.S. as of 2018, by specialtyPercentage of U.S. physicians feeling burned out by specialty 2018
- Severity of burn-out among U.S. physicians as of 2017, by specialtySeverity of burn-out among U.S. physicians 2017, by specialty
- Burn-out among U.S. physicians from 2013 to 2019, by gender*Burn-out among U.S. physicians 2013-2019, by gender
- Major causes for burn-out among U.S. physicians as of 2018*Major causes for burn-out among U.S. physicians 2018
- Miscellaneous
- Percentage of U.S. nurses who experienced select symptoms from job-related stress as of 2017Work stress symptoms among U.S. nurses 2017
- Share of Americans feeling stress over the outcome of the presidential election January 2017, by geographical areaAmericans stressed over presidential election outcome Jan. 2017, by geographical area
- Share of Americans feeling stress over police violence towards minorities August 2016 and January 2017, by raceAmericans stressed over police on minority violence Aug. 2016 & Jan. 2017, by race
- Percentage of U.S. college students that had received information from their college or university about select health topics as of fall 2018U.S. college students that received health information from their universities 2018
- Percentage of mental health clinicians who stated select issues were the top concerns of their college student patients during the 2017-2018 academic school yearPrimary mental health issues among college students 2017-2018
- Percentage of U.S. adults who believed select sources were the cause of their headaches as of 2017Perceived causes of headaches among U.S. adults as of 2017
- Significant life stressors among U.S. Generation Z adults in 2018
- Common daily life stressors among U.S. Generation Z adults in 2018
- Italy: attitudes towards setting resolutions in September 2017
- Coverage very important for mental health and alcohol or drug use by region U.S. 2017
- Coverage of mental health alcohol/drug treatments by type of insurance 2017
- Importance of insurance coverage for mental health and drug use California 2017
- Professional help for mental health condition or alcohol/drug use problem 2017
- Coverage for mental health and alcohol or drug use problems for healthy lives US 2017
- Coverage very important for mental health and alcohol or drug use by insurance 2017
- De-stress techniques used in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014
- Coverage very important for mental health and alcohol or drug use by age 2017
- Coverage very important for mental health and alcohol or drug use by ethnicity 2017
- Feelings of daily stress among Canadian executives as of 2017
- Coverage very important for mental health and alcohol or drug use by voter 2017
- Turnover of residential care activities for mental health in the UK 2008-2018
- Deliberate self-harm in Scotland 2016/17, by gender
- French who use or have used medication for their mental health 2014
- U.S. adults who received mental health treatment through prescription 2005-2018
- Share of adults affected by high stress U.S. 2012-2017
- Share of adults whose stress level increased over the past year U.S. 2012-2017
- U.S. adults that were more anxious than the previous year as of 2018
- Stress and lack of time among U.S. adults from 2001 to 2017
- U.S. adults that frequently experienced stress as of 2017, by age
- U.S. adults that frequently experienced stress 2017, by income
- U.S. adults that frequently experienced stress 2017, by parent and employment status
- U.S. LGBTQ youth with a high level of stress in 2017, by gender identity
- Most stressed states in the U.S. as of 2019
- Least stressed states in the U.S. as of 2019
- Situations and areas of life where U.S. adults felt stressed as of 2017
- Anxiety among U.S. adults in regards to select aspects of life in 2018
- Emerging significant life stressors among U.S. adults in 2018
- Adult stress levels regarding select U.S. political issues in 2018, by generation
- Share of Americans stressed over personal safety 2008-2017
- Common daily life stressors among U.S. Generation Z adults in 2018
- Significant life stressors among U.S. Generation Z adults in 2018
- U.S. adults that frequently experienced stress 2017, by employment status
- On the job sources of stress in employees in North America 2017
- Frequency that U.S. adults felt stressed as of 2017, by weekly working hours
- U.S. employees whose companies offered burnout prevention programs 2017
- Share of U.S. workers whose work-related stress caused unhealthy behaviors 2015-17
- U.S. workers whose work stress caused unhealthy behaviors 2015-17, by industry
- Share of U.S. workers whose work-related stress affected their relationships 2015-17
- U.S. workers whose work stress impacted their relationships 2015-17, by industry
- Most stressful jobs in the U.S. 2019
- Least stressful jobs in the U.S. 2019
- Share of U.S. adults who ever heard the term burnout as of 2017, by age
- Share of U.S. adults who knew someone diagnosed with burnout as of 2017, by age
- Stress-related statements that applied to U.S. adults as of 2017, by burn-out-risk
- Share of U.S. adults who often felt select burnout symptoms 2017, by burn-out-risk
- Where U.S. adults would turn to for help in case of burnout 2017, by gender
- Best ways to avoid burnout according to U.S. adults as of 2017, by burn-out-risk
- Activities U.S. adults engaged in when feeling stressed, anxious, or sad as of 2018
- Routine activities U.S. adults engaged in more often when feeling stressed as of 2018
- Leading five activities U.S. adults engaged in when stressed 2018, by generation
- Activities young people in the U.S. engaged in when feeling stressed as of 2018
- Exercise among U.S. adults who experienced a lot of stress 2016-2017, by age
- Primary reason for people to continue to run as a sport in the U.S. 2017
- U.S. adults that used apps to relieve stress 2017, by age
- Work stress symptoms among U.S. nurses 2017
- Americans stressed over presidential election outcome Jan. 2017, by geographical area
- Americans stressed over police on minority violence Aug. 2016 & Jan. 2017, by race
- U.S. college students that received health information from their universities 2018
- Primary mental health issues among college students 2017-2018
- Perceived causes of headaches among U.S. adults as of 2017
- Significant life stressors among U.S. Generation Z adults in 2018
- Common daily life stressors among U.S. Generation Z adults in 2018
- Italy: attitudes towards setting resolutions in September 2017
- Coverage very important for mental health and alcohol or drug use by region U.S. 2017
- Coverage of mental health alcohol/drug treatments by type of insurance 2017
- Importance of insurance coverage for mental health and drug use California 2017
- Professional help for mental health condition or alcohol/drug use problem 2017
- Coverage for mental health and alcohol or drug use problems for healthy lives US 2017
- Coverage very important for mental health and alcohol or drug use by insurance 2017
- De-stress techniques used in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014
- Coverage very important for mental health and alcohol or drug use by age 2017
- Coverage very important for mental health and alcohol or drug use by ethnicity 2017
- Feelings of daily stress among Canadian executives as of 2017
- Coverage very important for mental health and alcohol or drug use by voter 2017
- Turnover of residential care activities for mental health in the UK 2008-2018
- Deliberate self-harm in Scotland 2016/17, by gender
- French who use or have used medication for their mental health 2014
- U.S. adults who received mental health treatment through prescription 2005-2018
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