Examining the association between work stress, life stress and obesity among working adult population in Canada: findings from a nationally representative data

Table 1 Percentage distribution of participants’ characteristics, CCHS 2017–18, Canada (n = 63,815)

Characteristics	Weighted %	Missing (%)
Sex		0.0
Male	52.7
Female	47.3
Ethnicity		0.0
White	70.8
Aboriginal	3.7
Visible minority	25.5
Age		0.0
18–34	35.5
35–49	31.4
50–64	28.1
65 and above	5.0
Marital status		0.2
Married	47.9
Common-law	15.2
Widowed/Divorced/Separated	8.3
Single	28.4
Educational level		1.4
Less than secondary school graduation	6.2
Secondary school graduation	23.5
Post-secondary certificate diploma/university	68.9
Immigration Status		1.6
Landed immigrant	26.1
Non-immigrant (Canadian born)	72.3
Household food security		1.9
Food secured	90.8
Moderately food insecure	5.2
Severely food insecure	2.1
Household income		0.1
No income or less than $20,000	4.0
$20,000 to $39,999	9.2
$40,000 to $59,999	12.7
$60,000 to $79,999	12.7
$80,000 or more	61.3
Employment type		10.5
Employee	75.8
Self-employed	13.7
Number of hours of work/per week Median (IQR)	40 (10)	11.3
Physical activity		2.4
Active	44.6
Moderately active	17.3
Mild active	20.1
Sedentary	15.7
Work stress level		2.2
Not at all stressful	9.5
Not very stressful	19.9
A bit stressful	41.3
Quite a bit stressful	22.3
Extremely stressful	4.7
Life stress		0.3
Not at all stressful	8.7
Not very stressful	21.5
A bit stressful	44.7
Quite a bit stressful	21.4
Extremely stressful	3.4
Smoking cigarettes		0.1
Not at all	82.0
Occasionally	5.7
Daily	12.2
Alcohol consumption		0.4
Regular drinker	69.0
Occasional drinker	15.3
Did not drink in the last twelve months	15.3
Obesity status
Not obese	76.8	4.5
Obese	18.7