The investigation is devoted to the study and comparison of the characteristics and relationships of perceived stress, daily hassles, coping strategies and functional efficiency in women with different marital status (married women and unmarried women, women raising children and women without children). The study involved 144 women aged 25-50 living in St. Petersburg and the city of Arkhangelsk with different marital status. To study various stress indicators, the following methods were used: Scale of perceived stress-10, Questionnaire of daily hassles, Questionnaire of life events, Ways of Coping Questionnaire, biographical questionnaire. To diagnose the functional efficiency, we used technique of studying of functional efficiency (M. Moroz). The study showed that it is the everyday stressors that play a key role in the level of perceived stress, as well as the functional performance of women, compared with life events. The most significant role in coping with stress is played by the coping strategy "Problem Solving", while the coping strategies "Taking responsibility" and "Searching for social support" enhance the perception of stress. Differences in groups of women with different marital status are manifested more in correlations with psychological and physiological resources than in level characteristics.