Overall
By Age
By Sex
By Income
By Education
Overall
According to the 2015/16 cycle of the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) conducted by Statistics Canada, 29.7% (25.8%, 34.0%)of employed Simcoe Muskoka residents (ages 20+) reported their work as quite a bit or extremely stressful, which was similar to the provincial average during the same survey period.
By Age
In 2015/2016, just under half of Simcoe Muskoka adults aged 40-54 (41.9% [32.3%, 52.1%]) indicated that they perceived their work as quite a bit or extremely stressful. This is significantly higher than the rate among younger adults aged 20-39 (23.4% [17.4%, 30.8%]).
By Sex
Across Ontario, females were significantly more likely to report perceiving work as quite a bit or extremely stressful (29.2% [27.6%, 30.9%]) compared to males in 2015/2016 (25.1% [23.6%, 26.7%]). There was no significant differences in perceived work stress between Simcoe Muskoka male and female workers.
By Income
There was no significant difference across income quintiles in perceived work stress among workers (ages 20+) in Simcoe Muskoka in the 2015/2016 CCHS survey, although this is difficult to interpret because there is high variability in the estimates. There is less variability in the Ontario estimates because they are based on larger numbers of survey respondents.
Across Ontario as a whole, 33.6% (31.6%, 35.7%) of persons in the highest income quintile reported that work was quite a bit or extremely stressful, significantly higher than any other income quintile.
By Education
In Ontario, 31.5% (29.4%, 33.6%) of workers (ages 25-64) who reported completing a degree or higher reported that their work was quite a bit or extremely stressful in the 2015/2016 CCHS survey. This was significantly higher than the rate among those who completed up to high school (21.8% [20.2%, 23.6%]).
Perceived work stress in Simcoe Muskoka was similar to the provincial results across all educational attainment levels. In addition, there were no significant differences in perceived work stress across educational categories among Simcoe Muskoka workers.
