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| Few Older Workers Have Job-Related Stress: Study Work-related stress isn't an issue for most older American workers, suggests a University of Michigan survey of 1,544 people, aged 53 to 85. Results from the 2006 survey showed that only 15 percent of respondents said their work "often" or "almost" interfered with their personal lives, although 47 percent did agree that time constraints were stressful, CBC News reported. The researchers were surprised by the conclusions of the survey, which also found that 19 percent of respondents felt they had poor job security. "Given what we know about the extent of age discrimination at work and the current economic climate regarding unemployment, this is a surprisingly low number," of older workers affected by job-related stress, study co-author Gwenith Fisher said in a prepared statement. She noted that many older workers no longer have children to care for, and have more personal time. This may be a factor behind lower-than-expected levels of work-related stress among this group, CBC News reported. The survey was presented at the annual meeting in San Francisco of the Gerontological Society of America. Copyright © 2007 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. |
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