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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Associations between psychological distress and the most concerning present personal problems among working-age men in Japan

 

n = 76,950

(%)

Age

 20-29

6,844

(8.9)

 30-39

20,462

(26.6)

 40-49

23,295

(30.3)

 50-59

26,349

(34.2)

Occupation

 Management

9,566

(12.4)

 Professional

21,590

(28.1)

 Clerk

6,315

(8.2)

 Sales

6,080

(7.9)

 Service

7,750

(10.1)

 Security

1,691

(2.2)

 Agriculture

1,560

(2.0)

 Manufacturing

6,955

(9.0)

 Transport

3,260

(4.2)

 Construction

5,713

(7.4)

 Cleaning

1,992

(2.6)

 Others

4,478

(5.8)

Employment status

 Self-employed

10,597

(13.7)

 Employer

7,794

(10.1)

 Regular

55,162

(71.7)

 Non-regular

2,302

(3.0)

 Others

1,095

(1.4)

The most concerning present personal problems causing annoyance and stress

 Bullying and harassment

50

(0.1)

 Divorce

107

(0.1)

 Concerned about one’s purpose in life

656

(0.9)

 Personal relationships with family

979

(1.3)

 Personal relationships with anyone except family

1,474

(1.9)

 Own diseases

1,350

(1.8)

 Financial difficulties

7,703

(10.0)

 Love or sex

235

(0.3)

 Tasks or duties of work

17,739

(23.1)

 Marriage

272

(0.4)

 No time for myself

998

(1.3)

 Disease and care of a family member

1,408

(1.8)

 Education for himself

145

(0.2)

 Household chores

45

(0.1)

 Family's working condition

355

(0.5)

 Housing and environment

652

(0.8)

 Education for his children

838

(1.1)

 Child-rearing

190

(0.2)

 Wife’s pregnancy

64

(0.1)

 None

36,710

(47.7)

 Others

1,048

(1.4)

 Do not know

388

(0.5)

 Not chosen

3,544

(4.6)

Psychological distress

 Distressed

21,351

(27.7)

 Not distressed

55,599

(72.3)