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Stress Coping Method

Stress Coping Method

Period : April 2014
Question : What is your most frequently adopted stress coping mechanism? (one answer only)


Response Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
Overall
Number (%)
Doing exercise 502 (25.6%) 278 (12.8%) 780 (18.9%)
Watching TV/movie 202 (10.3%) 290 (13.3%) 492 (11.9%)
Resting/sleeping 145 (7.4%) 166 (7.6%) 311 (7.5%)
Talking to somebody 82 (4.2%) 228 (10.5%) 310 (7.5%)
Listening to music 130 (6.6%) 175 (8.0%) 305 (7.4%)
Playing electronic/computer/online game 149 (7.6%) 58 (2.7%) 207 (5.0%)
Eating 27 (1.4%) 120 (5.5%) 148 (3.6%)
Reading 51 (2.6%) 72 (3.3%) 124 (3.0%)
Shopping 12 (0.6%) 95 (4.4%) 107 (2.6%)
Drinking 44 (2.2%) 1 (<0.05%) 45 (1.1%)
Smoking 18 (0.9%) 0 (0.0%) 18 (0.4%)
Attending stress management class 2 (0.1%) 1 (<0.05%) 3 (0.1%)
Others 288 (14.7%) 345 (15.8%) 632 (15.3%)
No method used 132 (6.8%) 149 (6.8%) 281 (6.8%)
No stress 163 (8.3%) 185 (8.5%) 348 (8.4%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 11 (0.6%) 12 (0.6%) 23 (0.6%)
Total 1 960 (100.0%) 2 174 (100.0%) 4 134 (100.0%)

Note: Add-ups may not be equal to total due to rounding.