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International Journal of
Population Studies Stress in early adulthood

Table 1. Distribution of exposure variables in relation to perceived stress and work stress at age 28 (n = 1275)
Variables Perceived stress Work stress
High, n (%) Low, n (%) High, n (%) Low, n (%)
Stress age: 15
High 108 (33.5) 214 (66.5) 74 (23.0) 248 (77.0)
Low 205 (21.5) 748 (78.5) 157 (16.5) 796 (83.5)
Stress age: 18
High 140 (42.9) 186 (57.1) 78 (24.0) 248 (76.1)
Low 173 (18.2) 776 (81.8) 153 (16.1) 796 (83.9)
Stress age: 21
High 149 (44.1) 189 (55.9) 87 (25.7) 251 (74.3)
Low 164 (17.5) 773 (82.5) 144 (15.4) 793 (84.6)
Accumulated stress (number of time points)
≥2 117 (45.5) 140 (54.5) 69 (26.8) 188 (73.2)
1 113 (29.8) 266 (70.2) 79 (20.8) 300 (79.2)
0 83 (13.0) 556 (87.0) 83 (13.0) 556 (87.0)
Sex
Female 191 (26.2) 538 (73.8) 147 (20.2) 582 (79.8)
Male 122 (22.3) 424 (77.7) 84 (15.4) 462 (84.6)
Equvivalized parental income (ages 7 – 10)
Low 108 (27.3) 287 (72.7) 73 (18.4) 322 (81.5)
Medium 100 (23.3) 329 (76.7) 82 (19.1) 347 (80.9)
High 105 (23.3) 346 (76.7) 76 (16.9) 375 (83.1)
Parental educational level (age 15)
<10 years 51 (31.5) 111 (68.5) 33 (20.0) 132 (80.8)
10 – 13 years 143 (22.9) 481 (77.1) 104 (16.7) 520 (83.3)
>13 years 116 (23.9) 370 (76.1) 94 (19.3) 392 (80.7)
Own educational level
<10 years 22 (39.3) 34 (60.7) 12 (21.4) 44 (78.6)
10 – 13 years 98 (24.5) 302 (75.5) 69 (17.3) 331 (82.8)
>13 years 793 (55.9) 626 (44.1) 150 (18.3) 669 (81.7)
Forms of employment
Temporarily employed 67 (32.5) 139 (67.5) 32 (15.5) 174 (84.5)
Permanently employed 246 (23.0) 823 (77.0) 199 (18.6) 870 (81.4)
Psychosocial work climate
Poor 45 (46.0) 53 (54.1) 49 (48.5) 52 (51.5)
Good 268 (22.8) 906 (77.2) 182 (15.5) 992 (84.5)
Work-life balance
Poor 115 (47.1) 129 (52.9) 98 (40.2) 146 (59.8)
Good 198 (19.2) 833 (80.8) 133 (12.9) 898 (87.1)
Work justice
Poor 146 (44.5) 182 (55.5) 107 (32.6) 221 (67.4)
Good 167 (17.6) 780 (82.4) 124 (13.1) 823 (86.9)
Worries about losing job
Many 150 (40.0) 225 (60.0) 90 (24.0) 285 (76.0)
Few 163 (18.1) 737 (82.9) 141 (15.7) 759 (84.3)

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