24.11.2015

Major causes of stress

What are the major causes of stress in consumers’ everyday lives?

We asked over 27,000 people in 22 countries to select which items from a list of 14 factors were major causes of stress in their lives (survey conducted in the summer of 2015):

  • Money, self-pressure and not getting enough sleep are the leading major causes of stress internationally
  • LatAm countries stand out for ‘threat of crime’ appearing in their top five major causes of stress
  • France is the only country where ‘children’ come into the top five 
  • Japan and Germany are most free of major stress reasons
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