This statistic shows the percentage of employees in the U.S. who stated the stress from their job caused them to engage in unhealthy behaviors, such as drinking or crying regularly, from 2015 to 2017. During this time period, 63 percent of respondents stated that they "always, often, or sometimes" engaged in unhealthy behaviors to combat work-related stress.
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Percentage of U.S. employees who stated the stress from their job caused them to regularly engage in unhealthy behaviors from 2015 to 2017*
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Mental Health America, & The Faas Foundation. (June 12, 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* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/807075/work-related-stress-caused-unhealthy-behaviors-us/
Mental Health America, und The Faas Foundation. "Percentage of U.S. employees who stated the stress from their job caused them to regularly engage in unhealthy behaviors from 2015 to 2017*." Chart. June 12, 2017. Statista. Accessed June 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/807075/work-related-stress-caused-unhealthy-behaviors-us/
Mental Health America, The Faas Foundation. (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*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/807075/work-related-stress-caused-unhealthy-behaviors-us/
Mental Health America, and The Faas Foundation. "Percentage of U.S. Employees Who Stated The Stress from Their Job Caused Them to Regularly Engage in Unhealthy Behaviors from 2015 to 2017*." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jun 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/807075/work-related-stress-caused-unhealthy-behaviors-us/
Mental Health America & The Faas Foundation, Percentage of U.S. employees who stated the stress from their job caused them to regularly engage in unhealthy behaviors from 2015 to 2017* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/807075/work-related-stress-caused-unhealthy-behaviors-us/ (last visited June 20, 2025)
Percentage of U.S. employees who stated the stress from their job caused them to regularly engage in unhealthy behaviors from 2015 to 2017* [Graph], Mental Health America, & The Faas Foundation, June 12, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/807075/work-related-stress-caused-unhealthy-behaviors-us/
