Ways U.S. adults relieved stress as of 2017, by ethnicity

Percentage of adults in the U.S. who used select activities to relieve stress as of February 2017, by ethnicity

The data displays the percentage of adults in the United States who used select activities to relieve stress as of February 2017, by ethnicity. It was found that 51% of Hispanic or Latino respondents stated they listen to or make music to relieve stress, compared to 33% of Caucasian respondents.

Cooking / eating out 33 33 25 48
Drinking tea 14 23 12 23
Drinking wine / beer 22 22 20 11
Exercising 30 36 30 28
Going for a walk, gardening 29 38 29 37
Going shopping / buying nice things 20 23 12 24
Hobbies 10 28 26 17
Listening to/making music 44 51 33 42
Meditation/yoga 10 15 8 10
Meeting friends/family 11 27 17 18
Pamper myself 16 14 6 21
Playing computer / video games 24 27 32 24
Reading 30 28 35 27
Relaxing / lazing 41 38 34 37
Relaxing bath 13 16 11 18
Smoking marijuana 4 7 7 10
Tranquilizers 0 5 2 3
Watching TV 42 44 50 54
Wellness 3 7 3 3
Other 5 5 4 10
None of the above 8 2 7 1