Use of employee offered mental health services U.S. by generation 2017

This survey shows the percentage of U.S. adults who would use select mental health services if offered by employers through a third party as of 2017, by generation. Almost 55 percent of millennial respondents said that a stress management program or resilience training would be a mental health service that they would likely use if offered by their employer through a third party.

Percentage of U.S. adults who would use select mental health services if offered by employers through a third party as of 2017, by generation

Characteristic	Millennials	Gen Xers	Boomers
Stress management program or resilience training	55%	49%	41%
Sleep hygiene support and/or support for better sleep habits	48%	44%	35%
On-site meditation or mindfulness class	44%	39%	33%
On-site services with a mental health professional*	40%	37%	30%
Emotional health apps	44%	37%	27%
Mental health awareness campaign or other promotion to encourage awareness	39%	37%	28%
Telephonic consultation with a mental health profesional**	36%	39%	31%
Online visit with a mental health professional ***	39%	38%	25%
Autism benefit or applied behavior analysis (ABA)	22%	20%	12%

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Release date

March 2017

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Region

United States

Survey time period

November 21 to December 9, 2016

Number of respondents

2,503 respondents

Age group

23-65 years

Special properties

All respondents have coverage through health plans at employers with at least 1,000 employees

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Figures represent percentages of all consumers citing “definitely would” or “probably would” on a 4-point scale.
* e.g., on-site employee assistance program, on-site grief counselors.
** e.g., an employee assistance program.
*** e.g., telebehavioral health.

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