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Stress Coping Method

Stress Coping Method

Period : April 2006
Question : What is your most frequently adopted stress coping mechanism? (one answer only)


Response Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
Overall
Number (%)
Doing exercise 185 (19.5%) 118 (10.7%) 303 (14.8%)
Listening to music 103 (10.9%) 138 (12.5%) 241 (11.8%)
Resting/sleeping 95 (10.0%) 132 (12.0%) 227 (11.1%)
Talking to somebody 27 (2.9%) 81 (7.4%) 108 (5.3%)
Reading 49 (5.2%) 51 (4.7%) 100 (4.9%)
Shopping 20 (2.1%) 77 (7.0%) 97 (4.7%)
Doing leisure activity 215 (22.8%) 207 (18.8%) 423 (20.6%)
Eating 5 (0.5%) 53 (4.8%) 57 (2.8%)
Drinking 31 (3.2%) 5 (0.4%) 35 (1.7%)
Smoking 10 (1.1%) 4 (0.3%) 14 (0.7%)
Others 68 (7.1%) 76 (6.9%) 144 (7.0%)
No method used 75 (7.9%) 78 (7.1%) 153 (7.5%)
No stress 65 (6.8%) 81 (7.3%) 146 (7.1%)
Total 946 (100.0%) 1 101 (100.0%) 2 047 (100.0%)

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