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Stress Coping Method

Stress Coping Method

Period : April 2011
Question : What is your most frequently adopted stress coping mechanism? (one answer only)


Response Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
Overall
Number (%)
Doing exercise 254 (26.2%) 135 (11.7%) 390 (18.4%)
Talking to somebody 58 (6.0%) 186 (16.1%) 244 (11.5%)
Listening to music 68 (7.0%) 104 (9.0%) 171 (8.1%)
Resting/sleeping 79 (8.1%) 87 (7.5%) 165 (7.8%)
Watching TV 64 (6.6%) 94 (8.2%) 158 (7.5%)
Eating 9 (0.9%) 65 (5.7%) 74 (3.5%)
Reading 23 (2.4%) 48 (4.1%) 71 (3.3%)
Shopping 7 (0.8%) 49 (4.3%) 57 (2.7%)
Drinking 29 (2.9%) 8 (0.7%) 36 (1.7%)
Doing leisure activities 26 (2.7%) 7 (0.6%) 33 (1.6%)
Smoking 6 (0.6%) 4 (0.3%) 9 (0.4%)
Others 234 (24.2%) 220 (19.1%) 455 (21.4%)
No method used 54 (5.6%) 78 (6.7%) 132 (6.2%)
No stress 58 (6.0%) 68 (5.9%) 126 (5.9%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 1 (0.1%) 1 (0.1%) 2 (0.1%)
Total 969 (100.0%) 1 154 (100.0%) 2 123 (100.0%)

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