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High cost and fast pace make city dwellers feel stressed, survey finds
By Zhang Xuanchen |
August 9, 2010, Monday
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THE stress of living in a big city has made more than 90 percent respondents to a survey feel lonely and nearly half of them unhappy with their lives.
The survey conducted by Tsinghua University and the Ministry of Education covered 69,000 people living in several cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
The main source of complaints is the high cost of living. Most respondents said they could not afford housing payment and children's education, Shanghai Morning Post reported today.
The second source is workplace anxiety with some citing difficult co-workers and long-delayed promotion.
Among big Chinese cities, Beijing is the most stressful with its fast pace of work, followed by Shanghai and Shenzhen.
As their pressure is building, most didn't know how to deal with it. About 75 percent of the respondents said they did nothing to release their pressure.
"While mobile phones and the Internet have made life more convenient, we feel mentally separated from each other and feel increasingly stressed and anxious," said Peng Kaiping, dean of Tsinghua University's Psychology Institute.
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The survey conducted by Tsinghua University and the Ministry of Education covered 69,000 people living in several cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
The main source of complaints is the high cost of living. Most respondents said they could not afford housing payment and children's education, Shanghai Morning Post reported today.
The second source is workplace anxiety with some citing difficult co-workers and long-delayed promotion.
Among big Chinese cities, Beijing is the most stressful with its fast pace of work, followed by Shanghai and Shenzhen.
As their pressure is building, most didn't know how to deal with it. About 75 percent of the respondents said they did nothing to release their pressure.
"While mobile phones and the Internet have made life more convenient, we feel mentally separated from each other and feel increasingly stressed and anxious," said Peng Kaiping, dean of Tsinghua University's Psychology Institute.
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