The secret is out: There’s a reason we can’t or won’t stop working. It’s not always for the money or love of the job. We do it because it is a lot less stressful than staying at home.

That’s right. According to a new study in the Journal of Science and Medicine, both sexes in a range of occupations (more about that later) showed lower levels of stress indicators at work than at home. (The study measured participants’ levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, throughout the day.)