EQLS 2007 Survey Results

Q10_3 I have a great deal of influence in deciding how to do my work

Note: this question was asked of those in paid employment.

Gender

Q10_3 I have a great deal of influence in deciding how to do my work
		Agree or strongly agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Disagree or strongly disagree	Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	Male	61.8	21.5	16.6	0.0	309
	Female	45.2	29.1	25.1	0.7	308
	Both	54.6	24.8	20.3	0.3	617
BE (Belgium)	Male	74.9	13.9	11	0.3	237
	Female	72.4	14.4	13.2	0.0	245
	Both	73.8	14.1	11.9	0.1	482
BG (Bulgaria)	Male	44.2	20.8	34.4	0.7	223
	Female	37.5	22.6	35.6	4.3	269
	Both	41.1	21.6	34.9	2.4	492
CY (Cyprus)	Male	57.9	11.8	30.4	0.0	249
	Female	56.9	23.2	18.5	1.5	225
	Both	57.5	16.5	25.4	0.6	474
CZ (Czech Republic)	Male	45.9	19	35.1	0.0	307
	Female	32.2	22.3	45.5	0.0	417
	Both	39.7	20.5	39.8	0.0	724
DE (Germany)	Male	67	12.6	20.3	0.1	433
	Female	56.1	15.5	28.3	0.1	518
	Both	61.9	14	24	0.1	951
DK (Denmark)	Male	86.2	5.5	8.3	0.0	234
	Female	79.1	8.8	11.4	0.7	266
	Both	82.9	7	9.7	0.3	500
EE (Estonia)	Male	63.8	14.8	20.9	0.4	217
	Female	60.1	18.1	20.6	1.2	288
	Both	62	16.5	20.8	0.8	505
GR (Greece)	Male	56.1	21	22.9	0.0	247
	Female	61.1	13.5	25.4	0.0	193
	Both	57.9	18.3	23.8	0.0	440
ES (Spain)	Male	58.9	18.8	21.3	1	281
	Female	50.3	18.8	30.5	0.4	194
	Both	55.5	18.8	24.9	0.8	475
FI (Finland)	Male	76.6	11.7	11.7	0.0	231
	Female	68.8	10.5	20.7	0.0	257
	Both	72.8	11.1	16.1	0.0	488
FR (France)	Male	80.8	9.2	9.7	0.4	330
	Female	76.7	9	14.3	0.0	421
	Both	78.8	9.1	11.9	0.2	751
HR (Croatia)	Male	34.8	21.8	41.8	1.5	184
	Female	34.6	16.6	47.7	1.1	203
	Both	34.7	19.6	44.4	1.3	387
HU (Hungary)	Male	29.5	20.4	50.1	0.0	188
	Female	20.5	24.4	54.4	0.7	243
	Both	25.3	22.3	52.1	0.3	431
IE (Ireland)	Male	56.8	10.5	19.9	12.9	252
	Female	48	18	23.8	10.2	251
	Both	53.4	13.3	21.4	11.9	503
IT (Italy)	Male	47.9	25.1	27	0.0	366
	Female	41.7	25.8	32.5	0.0	464
	Both	45.4	25.4	29.2	0.0	830
LT (Lithuania)	Male	63.4	17.2	19.3	0.0	198
	Female	58.8	17	24.3	0.0	282
	Both	61.2	17.1	21.7	0.0	480
LU (Luxembourg)	Male	71.9	11.5	16	0.6	238
	Female	77.9	6.7	13.3	2.1	227
	Both	74.3	9.6	14.9	1.2	465
LV (Latvia)	Male	60.7	12.8	26.1	0.4	230
	Female	53.9	17.2	26.8	2.1	334
	Both	57.2	15	26.5	1.3	564
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Male	49.2	15.2	32.7	3	210
	Female	46.5	17.6	33	2.8	130
	Both	48.3	16	32.8	2.9	340
MT (Malta)	Male	70.3	12.2	17.2	0.4	310
	Female	61.5	12.7	23.4	2.4	138
	Both	67.6	12.3	19.1	1	448
NL (Netherlands)	Male	82.3	6.4	10.5	0.7	302
	Female	77.7	11.4	10.9	0.0	301
	Both	80.2	8.7	10.7	0.4	603
NO (Norway)	Male	81.8	10.8	7.4	0.0	258
	Female	66.9	20.5	12.4	0.2	313
	Both	74.5	15.6	9.8	0.1	571
PL (Poland)	Male	57.8	20.9	21.3	0.0	294
	Female	52.2	16.5	30	1.3	286
	Both	55.5	19.1	24.9	0.5	580
PT (Portugal)	Male	52.3	17.2	30.2	0.4	304
	Female	34.3	26.3	39.4	0.0	208
	Both	44.5	21.1	34.2	0.2	512
RO (Romania)	Male	43.2	22.7	32.3	1.8	258
	Female	38.5	20.1	34.6	6.8	197
	Both	41.3	21.6	33.2	3.9	455
SE (Sweden)	Male	87.6	4.3	8.1	0.0	317
	Female	82	4.9	12.9	0.2	332
	Both	84.9	4.6	10.4	0.1	649
SI (Slovenia)	Male	61.1	18.8	18.9	1.1	210
	Female	55.1	13.3	31.6	0.0	198
	Both	58.5	16.4	24.5	0.6	408
SK (Slovakia)	Male	58.3	24	17.7	0.0	244
	Female	55.4	23.6	19	2	348
	Both	56.8	23.8	18.4	1	592
TR (Turkey)	Male	47.2	25.8	23.2	3.9	502
	Female	36.6	24.8	29.6	9	98
	Both	45.9	25.7	23.9	4.5	600
UK (United Kingdom)	Male	72	8	19.7	0.2	321
	Female	70	9.6	20.2	0.2	367
	Both	71.1	8.8	19.9	0.2	688
CC3	Male	46.4	25.2	24.6	3.7	896
	Female	36.8	22.1	34.7	6.4	431
	Both	44.9	24.7	26.2	4.1	1327
EU 15	Male	66.6	14.1	18.8	0.4	4402
	Female	61.4	15	23.4	0.2	4552
	Both	64.3	14.5	20.9	0.4	8954
NMS12	Male	50.1	20.6	28.8	0.5	2928
	Female	43.3	19.8	34.5	2.4	3225
	Both	47.1	20.3	31.3	1.3	6153
EU 27	Male	63.2	15.5	20.9	0.5	7330
	Female	57.7	16	25.7	0.7	7777
	Both	60.8	15.7	23	0.5	15107

Age

Q10_3 I have a great deal of influence in deciding how to do my work
		Agree or strongly agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Disagree or strongly disagree	Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	18-34	49.3	25.1	24.7	0.8	226
	35-49	53.1	26.8	20.1	0.0	291
	50-64	67.5	19.5	13	0.0	100
	65+	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
BE (Belgium)	18-34	69	17.2	13.8	0.0	126
	35-49	73.3	15.5	11.2	0.0	239
	50-64	82.7	6.3	10.9	0.0	112
	65+	81.2	0.0	0.0	18.8	5
BG (Bulgaria)	18-34	43.3	18.3	35.1	3.3	157
	35-49	42.3	24.7	33.1	0.0	191
	50-64	36.4	22.2	36.5	4.9	141
	65+	0.0	0.0	100	0.0	3
CY (Cyprus)	18-34	55.3	18	25.5	1.2	140
	35-49	58.4	18.4	23.3	0.0	167
	50-64	58.3	10.9	30.2	0.7	158
	65+	90.1	0.0	9.9	0.0	9
CZ (Czech Republic)	18-34	33	23.4	43.5	0.0	207
	35-49	43.5	20.8	35.7	0.0	292
	50-64	43.2	16.1	40.7	0.0	220
	65+	59	0.0	41	0.0	5
DE (Germany)	18-34	52.7	17.2	30	0.2	224
	35-49	62.3	15.8	21.9	0.0	455
	50-64	69.6	7.6	22.6	0.3	260
	65+	72	17.5	10.5	0.0	12
DK (Denmark)	18-34	83.6	4.7	10.6	1.1	106
	35-49	84.8	7.3	7.9	0.0	213
	50-64	78.3	9.4	12.3	0.0	171
	65+	100	0.0	0.0	0.0	10
EE (Estonia)	18-34	64.6	20	14.1	1.3	161
	35-49	60.8	14.7	23.6	1	164
	50-64	61.1	15.5	23.4	0.0	161
	65+	49.9	0.0	50.1	0.0	19
GR (Greece)	18-34	53.9	20.5	25.6	0.0	167
	35-49	58.6	16.5	25	0.0	195
	50-64	62.6	18.5	18.9	0.0	74
	65+	100	0.0	0.0	0.0	4
ES (Spain)	18-34	49.4	21.9	28.8	0.0	170
	35-49	57.9	18	24.1	0.0	202
	50-64	61.6	16.3	19.2	2.9	97
	65+	49.5	0.0	37.8	12.7	6
FI (Finland)	18-34	72.6	11.2	16.1	0.0	125
	35-49	71.5	13.5	15.1	0.0	195
	50-64	75.1	6.9	18	0.0	163
	65+	79.1	20.9	0.0	0.0	5
FR (France)	18-34	80.7	8.1	11.3	0.0	248
	35-49	80.2	8.1	11.2	0.4	345
	50-64	71.9	13.5	14.6	0.0	156
	65+	100	0.0	0.0	0.0	2
HR (Croatia)	18-34	24.1	21.1	53.9	0.9	141
	35-49	41	20.4	36.9	1.7	156
	50-64	41.8	15.2	41.7	1.4	89
	65+	0.0	0.0	100	0.0	1
HU (Hungary)	18-34	20.9	23.2	55.6	0.3	169
	35-49	27.7	22.3	49.5	0.4	167
	50-64	29.4	20.5	50.2	0.0	93
	65+	100	0.0	0.0	0.0	2
IE (Ireland)	18-34	43.8	19.2	26.1	10.9	177
	35-49	62.1	8.6	20.2	9.2	199
	50-64	57.2	12	16.7	14.1	113
	65+	56.5	0.0	3.2	40.3	14
IT (Italy)	18-34	39.6	25.8	34.6	0.0	233
	35-49	43.3	26.6	30.1	0.0	432
	50-64	54.2	23.9	21.9	0.0	162
	65+	100	0.0	0.0	0.0	3
LT (Lithuania)	18-34	56	20.4	23.6	0.0	163
	35-49	59.2	17.9	22.9	0.0	192
	50-64	76.5	9.8	13.7	0.0	113
	65+	51	4.9	44.1	0.0	12
LU (Luxembourg)	18-34	74.2	8.9	16	0.8	99
	35-49	72.2	10.5	16.1	1.3	258
	50-64	80	8	10.4	1.7	103
	65+	79.1	20.9	0.0	0.0	5
LV (Latvia)	18-34	63.5	12.2	22.8	1.5	230
	35-49	57.1	15.6	25.8	1.6	224
	50-64	47.2	20.1	32.4	0.3	105
	65+	32.8	0.0	67.2	0.0	5
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	18-34	46.5	15.6	35.6	2.3	104
	35-49	51	18.1	28	2.9	161
	50-64	43.9	12.8	39	4.2	73
	65+	100	0.0	0.0	0.0	2
MT (Malta)	18-34	67.2	15.3	16.5	1	178
	35-49	66	10.8	21.6	1.5	155
	50-64	71.7	8.5	19.8	0.0	114
	65+	0.0	0.0	100	0.0	1
NL (Netherlands)	18-34	75.4	11.6	12.9	0.0	103
	35-49	82.1	8.2	8.8	0.9	295
	50-64	82.3	6.2	11.6	0.0	203
	65+	100	0.0	0.0	0.0	2
NO (Norway)	18-34	71	17.2	11.8	0.0	133
	35-49	75.8	12.3	11.6	0.3	242
	50-64	75	19	6	0.0	187
	65+	92.3	7.7	0.0	0.0	9
PL (Poland)	18-34	60.8	20.4	17.9	0.9	207
	35-49	49	17.7	33.3	0.0	263
	50-64	59	19.3	20.7	1	107
	65+	27.3	18.6	54.1	0.0	3
PT (Portugal)	18-34	40.5	18.3	40.7	0.5	195
	35-49	45	25.6	29.3	0.0	216
	50-64	53.2	15.6	31.2	0.0	93
	65+	37.1	38.9	24	0.0	8
RO (Romania)	18-34	45.1	16.5	35	3.3	161
	35-49	40.1	26.6	30.9	2.4	209
	50-64	32.7	23	35.1	9.2	84
	65+	100	0.0	0.0	0.0	1
SE (Sweden)	18-34	80.2	4	15.8	0.0	116
	35-49	88.4	4.7	6.9	0.0	267
	50-64	85.5	4.8	9.4	0.3	252
	65+	81.4	6.7	11.9	0.0	14
SI (Slovenia)	18-34	57	20.6	22.4	0.0	154
	35-49	61.9	13.2	24.9	0.0	169
	50-64	51.9	17.3	27.3	3.5	85
	65+	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
SK (Slovakia)	18-34	57.7	25.2	15.3	1.8	181
	35-49	56.5	23.4	19.7	0.4	258
	50-64	56.2	21.6	21.6	0.7	152
	65+	0.0	0.0	100	0.0	1
TR (Turkey)	18-34	45.4	25.1	23.1	6.4	320
	35-49	47.8	25.1	26.3	0.9	216
	50-64	41.5	34.3	13.5	10.7	51
	65+	41.5	16.8	41.7	0.0	13
UK (United Kingdom)	18-34	65.1	10.9	24	0.0	200
	35-49	75	8.9	16.1	0.0	273
	50-64	72.9	5.5	20.7	0.9	199
	65+	76.8	7.5	15.7	0.0	16
CC3	18-34	43.9	24.6	25.6	5.9	565
	35-49	47.2	24.3	27.5	1	533
	50-64	41.7	28.8	21.2	8.3	213
	65+	41.9	16.4	41.7	0.0	16
EU 15	18-34	59.4	16	24.4	0.2	2515
	35-49	65.5	15	19.4	0.2	4075
	50-64	68.3	12	19.1	0.6	2258
	65+	75.7	7.4	13.1	3.8	106
NMS12	18-34	48.7	20.1	29.8	1.5	2108
	35-49	45.7	21.1	32.7	0.6	2451
	50-64	46.8	19.4	31.3	2.6	1533
	65+	50.4	5.6	44	0.0	61
EU 27	18-34	56.8	17	25.7	0.5	4623
	35-49	61.6	16.2	22	0.3	6526
	50-64	64.7	13.2	21.1	1	3791
	65+	72.6	7.1	16.9	3.3	167

Income

Q10_3 I have a great deal of influence in deciding how to do my work
		Agree or strongly agree	Neither agree nor disagree	Disagree or strongly disagree	Don't know	N=
AT (Austria)	Lowest	40.4	21.4	38.1	0.0	38
	Low	37.5	32.2	30.3	0.0	76
	High	48.7	31.1	20.2	0.0	98
	Highest	67	13.7	19.3	0.0	122
BE (Belgium)	Lowest	81.1	8.3	10.6	0.0	49
	Low	83.6	8.4	7	1.1	68
	High	69.7	20.9	9.5	0.0	113
	Highest	72	12.7	15.3	0.0	133
BG (Bulgaria)	Lowest	28.3	24	34	13.7	27
	Low	23.8	13	61.2	2.1	38
	High	31.7	22.7	44	1.7	96
	Highest	45.5	22.3	29.7	2.5	159
CY (Cyprus)	Lowest	66.1	11.7	20.6	1.6	42
	Low	62.1	13.9	20.5	3.5	66
	High	57.2	13.6	29.2	0.0	137
	Highest	57.9	18.7	23.4	0.0	136
CZ (Czech Republic)	Lowest	39.8	17.6	42.6	0.0	64
	Low	24	24.1	51.8	0.0	80
	High	42.7	19.9	37.3	0.0	135
	Highest	49.5	15.4	35.1	0.0	169
DE (Germany)	Lowest	53.2	13	33.4	0.4	98
	Low	49.8	16.4	33.8	0.0	165
	High	53.2	14.9	31.9	0.0	186
	Highest	79.9	7.5	12.4	0.3	239
DK (Denmark)	Lowest	83.1	11.1	2.9	3	59
	Low	85.2	2.5	12.4	0.0	70
	High	85	6.5	8.5	0.0	134
	Highest	85.7	5.6	8.7	0.0	157
EE (Estonia)	Lowest	44	21.8	34.3	0.0	52
	Low	62.8	14.2	18.4	4.5	63
	High	58.9	15.7	24.5	0.9	129
	Highest	69	15.6	15.3	0.0	172
GR (Greece)	Lowest	48.8	15.2	36	0.0	33
	Low	35.7	28.8	35.5	0.0	64
	High	58.2	18.3	23.4	0.0	92
	Highest	59.6	16.2	24.3	0.0	136
ES (Spain)	Lowest	35.6	17.5	46.9	0.0	26
	Low	51.8	22.6	25.6	0.0	29
	High	48.9	20.5	30.6	0.0	80
	Highest	67.2	13	19.8	0.0	95
FI (Finland)	Lowest	74.5	3.2	22.3	0.0	49
	Low	60.5	15.7	23.8	0.0	92
	High	69	17	14.1	0.0	114
	Highest	83.2	9	7.8	0.0	158
FR (France)	Lowest	82.8	6.4	10.9	0.0	97
	Low	76.5	8.9	14.7	0.0	153
	High	80.5	8.8	10.7	0.0	182
	Highest	80.9	8.3	10.8	0.0	173
HR (Croatia)	Lowest	17.5	25.5	57	0.0	31
	Low	21.7	25	52.1	1.3	55
	High	28.1	18.9	50.9	2.2	94
	Highest	46.5	17	36.1	0.3	146
HU (Hungary)	Lowest	9.8	7	83.2	0.0	35
	Low	14.5	12.2	72.3	1	59
	High	17.7	15.2	67.1	0.0	84
	Highest	33.9	28.8	36.6	0.7	121
IE (Ireland)	Lowest	38.7	8	39.5	13.7	28
	Low	64.2	13	16.6	6.1	42
	High	49.8	22	20.1	8.2	73
	Highest	63.2	14.1	17.2	5.5	86
IT (Italy)	Lowest	46.4	18	35.7	0.0	37
	Low	43.5	25.5	31.1	0.0	54
	High	27	30.5	42.5	0.0	84
	Highest	46.8	30.3	22.8	0.0	89
LT (Lithuania)	Lowest	61.1	10	28.9	0.0	49
	Low	46.5	27.2	26.4	0.0	57
	High	60.8	14	25.2	0.0	131
	Highest	69.3	18.3	12.4	0.0	176
LU (Luxembourg)	Lowest	54.4	5	36.8	3.8	57
	Low	75.6	13.4	11	0.0	75
	High	78.2	4.2	17.6	0.0	72
	Highest	85	6.1	8.9	0.0	73
LV (Latvia)	Lowest	49.3	8.2	41.9	0.6	46
	Low	47.7	13.6	38.6	0.0	79
	High	56.7	15.8	27.5	0.0	128
	Highest	68.6	13.6	17.6	0.3	146
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Lowest	19.9	17.8	52.7	9.7	40
	Low	48.3	19.6	31.2	0.9	61
	High	47	20.3	30.8	1.9	99
	Highest	60.6	9.6	27.9	1.9	114
MT (Malta)	Lowest	55.8	24.9	15.1	4.2	27
	Low	68.4	9.7	21.9	0.0	44
	High	70.6	7.8	21.6	0.0	84
	Highest	77	13.5	9.5	0.0	118
NL (Netherlands)	Lowest	76	8.5	15.5	0.0	99
	Low	79.2	10.9	9.9	0.0	115
	High	85.3	7.8	6.9	0.0	140
	Highest	81.5	6.3	10.6	1.6	134
NO (Norway)	Lowest	69	21.8	9.3	0.0	80
	Low	77	14.1	8.9	0.0	122
	High	75.5	16.4	8.1	0.0	134
	Highest	79.3	11.1	9.6	0.0	167
PL (Poland)	Lowest	48.4	15.9	35.7	0.0	49
	Low	54	15.1	30.9	0.0	67
	High	56	13.1	30.8	0.0	100
	Highest	62.9	15.2	21.4	0.6	169
PT (Portugal)	Lowest	37.6	12.2	50.1	0.0	22
	Low	23.8	24.1	52.1	0.0	35
	High	35	15.1	49.9	0.0	66
	Highest	32.9	34	33.1	0.0	78
RO (Romania)	Lowest	33.6	12.3	52.5	1.6	43
	Low	22.4	21.8	47.3	8.5	63
	High	32.8	29.3	33.5	4.4	99
	Highest	56.1	21.7	22.2	0.0	135
SE (Sweden)	Lowest	83.7	4.5	11.8	0.0	100
	Low	82.9	4.8	12.3	0.0	150
	High	87.3	3.8	8.7	0.3	183
	Highest	87.9	4.6	7.5	0.0	177
SI (Slovenia)	Lowest	35.6	28.1	31.7	4.5	45
	Low	39.2	23.2	37.6	0.0	53
	High	60.6	12.2	27.1	0.0	74
	Highest	71.8	16.2	12	0.0	100
SK (Slovakia)	Lowest	29.7	43.9	26.4	0.0	52
	Low	52.2	28.9	16.7	2.2	79
	High	50.8	23	25.1	1.1	118
	Highest	64.3	21.5	14.3	0.0	139
TR (Turkey)	Lowest	29.2	33.4	31.5	5.9	96
	Low	44.1	19.9	31.6	4.4	103
	High	45.8	24.7	28	1.4	120
	Highest	57.3	22	15.7	5	180
UK (United Kingdom)	Lowest	54.1	5	40.9	0.0	37
	Low	64.8	9.9	23	2.2	73
	High	73.3	10.4	16.3	0.0	122
	Highest	72.9	7.2	19.9	0.0	172
CC3	Lowest	28.4	32.5	33.3	5.7	167
	Low	42.4	20.3	33.3	4	219
	High	43.9	23.8	30.7	1.5	313
	Highest	56.1	20.9	18.7	4.3	440
EU 15	Lowest	62.2	10.6	26.8	0.3	829
	Low	61.5	14.4	23.7	0.3	1261
	High	64.2	14.2	21.5	0.1	1739
	Highest	73.9	10.5	15.4	0.2	2022
NMS12	Lowest	38.7	16.3	43.7	1.3	531
	Low	36.8	18.6	42.2	2.4	748
	High	43.7	19.3	35.8	1.2	1315
	Highest	56.4	19	24.1	0.5	1740
EU 27	Lowest	57.1	11.9	30.6	0.5	1360
	Low	57	15.2	27.1	0.7	2009
	High	59.8	15.3	24.5	0.3	3054
	Highest	69.5	12.7	17.6	0.3	3762

Page last updated 24 March 2009

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