Statistic:

“Only 8% of those with low overwork levels have high levels of depressive symptoms compared with 21% of those who are highly overworked” (Galinsky et al., 2005, p. 3).

Source: Galinsky, E., Bond, J.T., Kim, S.S., Backon, L., Brownfield, E., & Sakai, K. (2005). Overwork in America: When the way we work becomes too much, Executive Summary.  New York, NY: Families and Work Institute.

Description of Sample:

“Data for this report came from telephone interviews with a representative sample of 1,003 wage and salaried employees in the U.S. workforce” (p. 2).

Scope of Study:

National