(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - According to the study conducted by the German health insurance company Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), Germans are experiencing a great deal of stress, and are having a more difficult time finding a healthy balance in their lives.
The study further noted that fifty-three percent of those surveyed stated that stress levels have soared over the past twelve months. Almost 60 percent of the respondents said they felt at least partly stressed and one in five experience the feeling regularly.
Those in the age group between 36 and 45 are suffering higher levels of stress and anxiety than any other age bracket, with 80 percent feeling they are under a lot of pressure.
Moreover, 63 percent of German women suffer stress compared to 52 percent calculated for the male population. City-dwellers tend to feel more stressed than those living in the rural areas.
According to the TK study, work is the main source of stress in Germany being cited by 47 percent of those surveyed. It is followed by high expectations of oneself with 41 percent, and personal problems with 34 percent.
“Germany is very stressed,” said TK chairman, Jens Baas.
He added, “The so-called sandwich generation is particularly stressed.”
Germany’s unemployment rate increased unexpectedly in October to its highest level since 2011, data from the country’s Federal Labor Office showed.
The data presented on October 30 showed the number of jobless Germans rose by 2,000 to 2.973 million people in seasonally adjusted terms during the month.
October was the third month in a row that unemployment climbed in Germany as the number of jobless people increased by 24,000 in September. In August, the number rose by 7,000.
According to the data released by Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) and the European Union statistics office Eurostat on October 24, 16.1 percent of the German population or approximately 13 million people run the risk of plunging into relative poverty.
The number is significantly higher than in Germany’s neighbouring countries: the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and France.
The at-risk-of-poverty rate stands at 9.6 percent in the Czech Republic, while it is 10.1 percent in the Netherlands and 14.1 percent in France.
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