EWCS 2010 Survey Results

How many times a month do you work more than 10 hours a day? (q36)

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Gender

How many times a month do you work more than 10 hours a day? (q36) - Once or more
Country	Gender	2000	2005	2010
BE (Belgium)	Male	40.4	41.9	34.8
	Female	22.4	27.9	20.8
	Total	32.8	35.8	28.4
BG (Bulgaria)	Male	46.1	45.1	34.6
	Female	28.5	28.5	21.6
	Total	37.6	37.3	28.5
CZ (Czech Republic)	Male	58.7	59.3	56.2
	Female	39.8	31.7	34.3
	Total	50.4	47.0	46.6
DK (Denmark)	Male	44.1	54.9	52.8
	Female	24.3	32.2	39.5
	Total	34.8	44.4	46.5
DE (Germany)	Male	39.3	43.5	43.0
	Female	18.5	24.3	24.4
	Total	30.2	34.7	34.3
EE (Estonia)	Male	56.8	55.5	39.6
	Female	37.5	29.7	27.4
	Total	47.4	42.4	33.1
EL (Greece)	Male	47.3	56.8	39.4
	Female	30.0	29.2	24.6
	Total	40.8	46.2	33.5
ES (Spain)	Male	29.0	35.1	25.9
	Female	22.0	15.3	12.1
	Total	26.4	27.2	19.9
FR (France)	Male	39.0	39.4	39.1
	Female	21.4	21.3	23.5
	Total	31.1	30.7	31.7
IE (Ireland)	Male	51.2	53.4	46.8
	Female	25.6	25.8	25.4
	Total	40.8	41.7	37.0
IT (Italy)	Male	40.9	44.5	29.3
	Female	20.7	22.8	15.3
	Total	33.5	35.8	23.5
CY (Cyprus)	Male	41.6	34.5	27.4
	Female	23.9	23.8	13.6
	Total	34.0	29.8	21.2
LV (Latvia)	Male	55.1	51.4	42.8
	Female	40.4	38.6	27.1
	Total	47.6	45.0	34.8
LT (Lithuania)	Male	48.8	42.8	29.1
	Female	32.9	29.1	24.1
	Total	40.6	36.0	26.4
LU (Luxembourg)	Male	29.7	37.4	39.9
	Female	15.6	17.1	28.9
	Total	24.2	29.0	35.1
HU (Hungary)	Male	44.6	47.2	39.0
	Female	24.2	23.9	25.3
	Total	35.4	36.5	32.6
MT (Malta)	Male	38.3	43.0	36.5
	Female	18.3	19.0	14.5
	Total	32.3	35.3	28.9
NL (Netherlands)	Male	48.3	54.4	53.6
	Female	19.3	26.4	21.0
	Total	35.9	41.9	38.6
AT (Austria)	Male	44.0	51.8	42.3
	Female	23.6	33.2	20.4
	Total	35.0	43.2	31.8
PL (Poland)	Male	52.1	51.5	45.6
	Female	34.8	24.2	23.1
	Total	44.1	39.2	35.3
PT (Portugal)	Male	29.7	35.0	26.8
	Female	15.4	20.6	15.7
	Total	23.2	28.3	21.5
RO (Romania)	Male	57.0	55.6	38.2
	Female	31.7	44.1	28.5
	Total	44.9	50.2	33.9
SI (Slovenia)	Male	53.4	55.7	52.9
	Female	33.6	44.9	34.1
	Total	44.4	50.8	44.2
SK (Slovakia)	Male	54.3	61.0	47.6
	Female	35.6	34.8	27.3
	Total	45.5	49.2	38.5
FI (Finland)	Male	63.5	62.4	57.2
	Female	41.1	40.1	36.9
	Total	52.9	51.7	47.3
SE (Sweden)	Male	56.7	65.8	56.7
	Female	38.1	43.3	42.6
	Total	47.8	55.0	50.0
UK (United Kingdom)	Male	50.2	44.6	44.9
	Female	23.4	18.9	23.5
	Total	37.9	32.4	34.9
HR (Croatia)	Male	.	42.6	35.7
	Female	.	25.4	19.1
	Total	.	34.8	28.0
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Male	.	.	38.1
	Female	.	.	23.0
	Total	.	.	32.1
TR (Turkey)	Male	.	49.6	29.7
	Female	.	42.1	16.9
	Total	.	47.6	26.1
NO (Norway)	Male	.	55.2	57.8
	Female	.	24.0	28.5
	Total	.	40.1	43.8
AL (Albania)	Male	.	.	35.5
	Female	.	.	25.0
	Total	.	.	30.7
XK (Kosovo)	Male	.	.	22.3
	Female	.	.	10.0
	Total	.	.	19.0
ME (Montenegro)	Male	.	.	27.7
	Female	.	.	18.6
	Total	.	.	23.6
CH (Switzerland)	Male	.	48.9	.
	Female	.	15.9	.
	Total	.	34.0	.
EC12	Male	40.8	43.2	38.6
	Female	21.0	21.9	21.3
	Total	32.4	33.7	30.7
EU15	Male	41.6	44.2	39.4
	Female	21.9	23.1	22.1
	Total	33.2	34.8	31.5
EU27	Male	43.7	45.7	40.2
	Female	24.3	24.7	22.9
	Total	35.2	36.3	32.3

Age

How many times a month do you work more than 10 hours a day? (q36) - Once or more
Country	Age	2000	2005	2010
BE (Belgium)	Under 30	31.0	34.4	26.4
	30 to 49	34.3	35.2	28.6
	50+	29.6	39.3	30.0
	Total	32.8	35.8	28.4
BG (Bulgaria)	Under 30	39.8	40.1	31.3
	30 to 49	36.4	37.9	30.0
	50+	38.7	33.4	24.1
	Total	37.6	37.3	28.5
CZ (Czech Republic)	Under 30	45.0	49.1	52.5
	30 to 49	53.8	48.6	49.4
	50+	48.4	42.3	38.0
	Total	50.4	47.0	46.6
DK (Denmark)	Under 30	33.0	35.1	35.8
	30 to 49	37.1	51.3	51.1
	50+	32.2	39.9	47.2
	Total	34.8	44.4	46.5
DE (Germany)	Under 30	23.6	28.6	26.2
	30 to 49	32.3	39.9	38.0
	50+	30.9	28.3	33.8
	Total	30.2	34.7	34.3
EE (Estonia)	Under 30	54.6	49.9	29.5
	30 to 49	48.9	42.9	35.7
	50+	39.0	35.9	30.8
	Total	47.4	42.4	33.1
EL (Greece)	Under 30	33.1	45.0	28.4
	30 to 49	41.2	46.2	31.7
	50+	48.0	47.3	40.3
	Total	40.8	46.2	33.5
ES (Spain)	Under 30	24.2	23.2	13.3
	30 to 49	28.4	29.0	21.9
	50+	24.1	27.7	20.8
	Total	26.4	27.2	19.9
FR (France)	Under 30	23.8	32.7	25.8
	30 to 49	30.9	30.5	33.1
	50+	39.4	29.0	33.1
	Total	31.1	30.7	31.7
IE (Ireland)	Under 30	39.9	34.8	28.1
	30 to 49	41.5	47.6	41.1
	50+	40.6	38.4	37.2
	Total	40.8	41.7	37.0
IT (Italy)	Under 30	30.1	27.0	17.9
	30 to 49	35.0	37.5	25.3
	50+	32.7	38.6	22.8
	Total	33.5	35.8	23.5
CY (Cyprus)	Under 30	27.8	22.3	20.4
	30 to 49	36.6	34.7	22.0
	50+	34.6	26.3	20.2
	Total	34.0	29.8	21.2
LV (Latvia)	Under 30	50.0	46.1	41.8
	30 to 49	48.8	47.5	34.7
	50+	42.9	38.9	29.5
	Total	47.6	45.0	34.8
LT (Lithuania)	Under 30	46.1	42.4	26.1
	30 to 49	37.9	35.9	28.5
	50+	42.7	30.8	22.8
	Total	40.6	36.0	26.4
LU (Luxembourg)	Under 30	20.7	22.9	27.7
	30 to 49	23.1	29.1	36.2
	50+	33.0	35.3	38.1
	Total	24.2	29.0	35.1
HU (Hungary)	Under 30	38.1	38.1	24.9
	30 to 49	33.6	36.3	35.0
	50+	36.8	35.2	32.8
	Total	35.4	36.5	32.6
MT (Malta)	Under 30	32.1	30.2	28.3
	30 to 49	35.3	39.8	29.6
	50+	26.5	33.2	28.1
	Total	32.3	35.3	28.9
NL (Netherlands)	Under 30	37.2	34.6	31.0
	30 to 49	37.6	45.0	44.7
	50+	29.0	43.4	34.9
	Total	35.9	41.9	38.6
AT (Austria)	Under 30	24.1	29.4	30.2
	30 to 49	38.2	47.1	35.1
	50+	40.4	51.1	26.8
	Total	35.0	43.2	31.8
PL (Poland)	Under 30	30.9	33.1	32.2
	30 to 49	45.7	43.0	38.3
	50+	55.0	36.5	31.9
	Total	44.1	39.2	35.3
PT (Portugal)	Under 30	21.7	27.1	30.9
	30 to 49	22.4	31.1	20.9
	50+	26.1	23.8	17.3
	Total	23.2	28.3	21.5
RO (Romania)	Under 30	40.5	42.8	30.3
	30 to 49	49.8	50.9	31.8
	50+	40.4	55.1	40.8
	Total	44.9	50.2	33.9
SI (Slovenia)	Under 30	36.2	43.3	45.5
	30 to 49	50.7	55.9	45.6
	50+	34.1	44.7	40.4
	Total	44.4	50.8	44.2
SK (Slovakia)	Under 30	50.7	47.5	38.8
	30 to 49	42.1	49.9	42.0
	50+	49.3	49.3	30.8
	Total	45.5	49.2	38.5
FI (Finland)	Under 30	48.3	45.6	39.5
	30 to 49	55.5	56.2	51.0
	50+	51.5	48.1	47.2
	Total	52.9	51.7	47.3
SE (Sweden)	Under 30	38.4	48.9	41.4
	30 to 49	54.2	59.1	54.6
	50+	43.6	52.3	47.4
	Total	47.8	55.0	50.0
UK (United Kingdom)	Under 30	36.5	29.1	24.5
	30 to 49	41.5	34.9	40.8
	50+	31.7	31.5	34.0
	Total	37.9	32.4	34.9
HR (Croatia)	Under 30	.	35.5	21.6
	30 to 49	.	35.5	30.5
	50+	.	32.6	27.5
	Total	.	34.8	28.0
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Under 30	.	.	32.0
	30 to 49	.	.	33.5
	50+	.	.	29.4
	Total	.	.	32.1
TR (Turkey)	Under 30	.	51.1	30.2
	30 to 49	.	49.2	25.8
	50+	.	35.4	17.4
	Total	.	47.6	26.1
NO (Norway)	Under 30	.	32.6	38.7
	30 to 49	.	45.4	47.2
	50+	.	37.4	41.9
	Total	.	40.1	43.8
AL (Albania)	Under 30	.	.	31.7
	30 to 49	.	.	32.3
	50+	.	.	27.5
	Total	.	.	30.7
XK (Kosovo)	Under 30	.	.	25.8
	30 to 49	.	.	17.4
	50+	.	.	11.8
	Total	.	.	19.0
ME (Montenegro)	Under 30	.	.	26.4
	30 to 49	.	.	27.6
	50+	.	.	13.0
	Total	.	.	23.6
CH (Switzerland)	Under 30	.	25.9	.
	30 to 49	.	37.7	.
	50+	.	33.2	.
	Total	.	34.0	.
EC12	Under 30	28.7	29.5	24.1
	30 to 49	34.1	36.2	33.4
	50+	32.2	32.1	30.8
	Total	32.4	33.7	30.7
EU15	Under 30	29.1	30.1	24.8
	30 to 49	34.9	37.3	34.1
	50+	33.1	33.4	31.5
	Total	33.2	34.8	31.5
EU27	Under 30	30.9	32.0	26.6
	30 to 49	36.9	38.7	34.7
	50+	35.6	34.9	31.9
	Total	35.2	36.3	32.3

Employment status

How many times a month do you work more than 10 hours a day? (q36) - Once or more
Country	Employment status	2000	2005	2010
BE (Belgium)	Employee: permanent contract	26.1	31.9	26.8
	Employee: other arrangement	22.6	15.3	18.1
	Self-employed	70.6	77.9	47.3
	Total	32.8	35.8	28.4
BG (Bulgaria)	Employee: permanent contract	29.6	32.0	26.9
	Employee: other arrangement	40.8	34.4	21.1
	Self-employed	62.0	69.6	49.8
	Total	37.6	37.3	28.5
CZ (Czech Republic)	Employee: permanent contract	47.2	48.7	46.0
	Employee: other arrangement	52.1	35.4	35.9
	Self-employed	66.8	63.5	61.9
	Total	50.4	47.0	46.6
DK (Denmark)	Employee: permanent contract	33.8	47.1	45.7
	Employee: other arrangement	26.2	23.6	38.8
	Self-employed	69.1	75.9	67.7
	Total	34.8	44.4	46.5
DE (Germany)	Employee: permanent contract	27.5	30.5	33.3
	Employee: other arrangement	16.9	37.3	18.4
	Self-employed	60.5	69.3	69.0
	Total	30.2	34.7	34.3
EE (Estonia)	Employee: permanent contract	44.9	41.6	32.0
	Employee: other arrangement	51.0	35.3	33.3
	Self-employed	68.4	71.4	40.8
	Total	47.4	42.4	33.1
EL (Greece)	Employee: permanent contract	25.5	32.8	19.4
	Employee: other arrangement	28.0	35.0	18.1
	Self-employed	60.6	71.0	61.0
	Total	40.8	46.2	33.5
ES (Spain)	Employee: permanent contract	20.4	24.1	16.5
	Employee: other arrangement	18.9	20.1	18.4
	Self-employed	47.3	47.5	40.7
	Total	26.4	27.2	19.9
FR (France)	Employee: permanent contract	26.5	26.6	29.5
	Employee: other arrangement	19.6	20.9	22.5
	Self-employed	68.7	69.1	59.8
	Total	31.1	30.7	31.7
IE (Ireland)	Employee: permanent contract	37.3	38.1	35.5
	Employee: other arrangement	23.0	34.3	27.2
	Self-employed	70.1	64.0	62.9
	Total	40.8	41.7	37.0
IT (Italy)	Employee: permanent contract	30.6	31.0	19.5
	Employee: other arrangement	20.2	17.8	16.4
	Self-employed	47.0	55.7	43.5
	Total	33.5	35.8	23.5
CY (Cyprus)	Employee: permanent contract	32.2	27.6	16.9
	Employee: other arrangement	20.0	27.1	20.2
	Self-employed	63.9	41.2	33.3
	Total	34.0	29.8	21.2
LV (Latvia)	Employee: permanent contract	47.8	41.2	35.2
	Employee: other arrangement	40.5	56.2	32.1
	Self-employed	58.3	63.5	39.9
	Total	47.6	45.0	34.8
LT (Lithuania)	Employee: permanent contract	35.8	31.9	25.7
	Employee: other arrangement	42.2	31.7	28.0
	Self-employed	67.3	59.5	30.4
	Total	40.6	36.0	26.4
LU (Luxembourg)	Employee: permanent contract	21.6	27.3	31.6
	Employee: other arrangement	20.9	19.6	25.0
	Self-employed	46.4	53.5	72.2
	Total	24.2	29.0	35.1
HU (Hungary)	Employee: permanent contract	32.1	31.6	31.3
	Employee: other arrangement	34.6	29.2	23.7
	Self-employed	49.7	66.3	52.4
	Total	35.4	36.5	32.6
MT (Malta)	Employee: permanent contract	30.7	34.6	26.6
	Employee: other arrangement	24.9	37.1	28.0
	Self-employed	50.9	33.4	43.3
	Total	32.3	35.3	28.9
NL (Netherlands)	Employee: permanent contract	36.0	40.9	38.6
	Employee: other arrangement	26.6	35.5	25.8
	Self-employed	54.2	62.6	60.0
	Total	35.9	41.9	38.6
AT (Austria)	Employee: permanent contract	32.2	35.2	30.7
	Employee: other arrangement	21.2	26.2	27.8
	Self-employed	65.5	84.3	52.8
	Total	35.0	43.2	31.8
PL (Poland)	Employee: permanent contract	30.6	29.7	25.3
	Employee: other arrangement	19.2	35.1	32.6
	Self-employed	74.9	73.5	69.5
	Total	44.1	39.2	35.3
PT (Portugal)	Employee: permanent contract	16.3	25.4	18.8
	Employee: other arrangement	16.9	22.0	19.8
	Self-employed	48.9	45.3	33.4
	Total	23.2	28.3	21.5
RO (Romania)	Employee: permanent contract	41.4	41.5	28.0
	Employee: other arrangement	22.5	44.1	26.3
	Self-employed	66.3	77.9	51.6
	Total	44.9	50.2	33.9
SI (Slovenia)	Employee: permanent contract	44.1	49.3	42.9
	Employee: other arrangement	38.5	43.9	39.8
	Self-employed	65.7	77.3	65.1
	Total	44.4	50.8	44.2
SK (Slovakia)	Employee: permanent contract	43.4	46.0	38.5
	Employee: other arrangement	42.0	46.2	32.9
	Self-employed	62.6	66.9	52.9
	Total	45.5	49.2	38.5
FI (Finland)	Employee: permanent contract	49.7	50.2	45.3
	Employee: other arrangement	40.7	40.2	39.9
	Self-employed	82.6	75.8	73.9
	Total	52.9	51.7	47.3
SE (Sweden)	Employee: permanent contract	47.9	54.8	50.4
	Employee: other arrangement	38.5	49.7	31.0
	Self-employed	64.7	75.1	70.0
	Total	47.8	55.0	50.0
UK (United Kingdom)	Employee: permanent contract	37.7	36.1	34.7
	Employee: other arrangement	28.7	21.1	26.3
	Self-employed	51.6	39.7	48.9
	Total	37.9	32.4	34.9
HR (Croatia)	Employee: permanent contract	.	33.3	22.6
	Employee: other arrangement	.	31.7	22.9
	Self-employed	.	48.1	53.9
	Total	.	34.8	28.0
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	27.2
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	28.3
	Self-employed	.	.	49.0
	Total	.	.	32.1
TR (Turkey)	Employee: permanent contract	.	35.9	23.0
	Employee: other arrangement	.	52.3	25.9
	Self-employed	.	47.1	28.3
	Total	.	47.6	26.1
NO (Norway)	Employee: permanent contract	.	39.7	44.3
	Employee: other arrangement	.	23.9	30.3
	Self-employed	.	71.2	64.0
	Total	.	40.1	43.8
AL (Albania)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	17.3
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	22.5
	Self-employed	.	.	43.0
	Total	.	.	30.7
XK (Kosovo)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	15.5
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	19.5
	Self-employed	.	.	20.7
	Total	.	.	19.0
ME (Montenegro)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	22.0
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	23.3
	Self-employed	.	.	29.1
	Total	.	.	23.6
CH (Switzerland)	Employee: permanent contract	.	34.6	.
	Employee: other arrangement	.	19.6	.
	Self-employed	.	45.5	.
	Total	.	34.0	.
EC12	Employee: permanent contract	29.5	31.1	29.2
	Employee: other arrangement	21.4	24.6	20.8
	Self-employed	55.3	56.8	53.4
	Total	32.4	33.7	30.7
EU15	Employee: permanent contract	30.4	32.3	30.1
	Employee: other arrangement	22.1	25.3	21.4
	Self-employed	55.9	58.0	53.9
	Total	33.2	34.8	31.5
EU27	Employee: permanent contract	31.8	33.1	30.2
	Employee: other arrangement	23.7	27.4	23.0
	Self-employed	59.0	61.0	55.3
	Total	35.2	36.3	32.3

Industry/services

How many times a month do you work more than 10 hours a day? (q36) - Once or more
Country	Industry/services	2000	2005	2010
BE (Belgium)	Industry	30.5	40.8	31.8
	Services	33.6	34.0	27.1
	Total	32.8	35.8	28.4
BG (Bulgaria)	Industry	31.9	35.9	30.3
	Services	41.8	39.0	27.8
	Total	37.6	37.3	28.5
CZ (Czech Republic)	Industry	50.6	47.0	44.6
	Services	50.3	47.9	48.8
	Total	50.4	47.0	46.6
DK (Denmark)	Industry	36.4	39.0	47.7
	Services	34.2	46.6	46.1
	Total	34.8	44.4	46.5
DE (Germany)	Industry	30.5	40.4	32.3
	Services	30.0	32.6	35.4
	Total	30.2	34.7	34.3
EE (Estonia)	Industry	46.4	45.5	33.7
	Services	48.1	41.0	32.9
	Total	47.4	42.4	33.1
EL (Greece)	Industry	47.3	56.4	40.9
	Services	36.6	40.9	30.0
	Total	40.8	46.2	33.5
ES (Spain)	Industry	22.0	28.8	16.4
	Services	29.1	26.6	21.3
	Total	26.4	27.2	19.9
FR (France)	Industry	30.5	29.1	33.2
	Services	31.3	31.9	31.1
	Total	31.1	30.7	31.7
IE (Ireland)	Industry	43.4	57.4	36.9
	Services	39.3	33.5	37.1
	Total	40.8	41.7	37.0
IT (Italy)	Industry	36.0	30.6	23.0
	Services	32.1	38.8	23.5
	Total	33.5	35.8	23.5
CY (Cyprus)	Industry	44.5	26.6	22.3
	Services	29.8	31.2	20.8
	Total	34.0	29.8	21.2
LV (Latvia)	Industry	46.6	47.6	36.5
	Services	48.3	43.9	34.0
	Total	47.6	45.0	34.8
LT (Lithuania)	Industry	42.8	36.3	24.0
	Services	38.9	35.9	27.8
	Total	40.6	36.0	26.4
LU (Luxembourg)	Industry	25.3	31.0	35.0
	Services	23.9	28.7	35.0
	Total	24.2	29.0	35.1
HU (Hungary)	Industry	36.1	36.8	31.9
	Services	34.9	36.2	33.1
	Total	35.4	36.5	32.6
MT (Malta)	Industry	35.9	35.5	35.8
	Services	30.6	35.2	26.7
	Total	32.3	35.3	28.9
NL (Netherlands)	Industry	40.7	45.6	40.2
	Services	34.3	41.0	38.2
	Total	35.9	41.9	38.6
AT (Austria)	Industry	36.9	44.5	40.0
	Services	34.0	42.6	28.6
	Total	35.0	43.2	31.8
PL (Poland)	Industry	49.4	48.3	41.4
	Services	38.7	32.6	32.0
	Total	44.1	39.2	35.3
PT (Portugal)	Industry	25.1	23.4	16.1
	Services	21.6	31.9	24.5
	Total	23.2	28.3	21.5
RO (Romania)	Industry	47.5	54.9	35.7
	Services	39.4	44.2	30.2
	Total	44.9	50.2	33.9
SI (Slovenia)	Industry	42.2	48.1	43.3
	Services	46.4	53.1	44.8
	Total	44.4	50.8	44.2
SK (Slovakia)	Industry	49.6	51.7	41.6
	Services	42.3	47.1	36.7
	Total	45.5	49.2	38.5
FI (Finland)	Industry	56.4	54.1	49.2
	Services	51.3	50.7	46.6
	Total	52.9	51.7	47.3
SE (Sweden)	Industry	49.1	59.1	43.3
	Services	47.3	53.9	51.8
	Total	47.8	55.0	50.0
UK (United Kingdom)	Industry	46.5	34.8	37.9
	Services	34.7	32.0	34.3
	Total	37.9	32.4	34.9
HR (Croatia)	Industry	.	35.6	36.9
	Services	.	34.1	22.5
	Total	.	34.8	28.0
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Industry	.	.	36.7
	Services	.	.	28.2
	Total	.	.	32.1
TR (Turkey)	Industry	.	48.6	22.7
	Services	.	46.0	29.0
	Total	.	47.6	26.1
NO (Norway)	Industry	.	59.6	60.2
	Services	.	34.0	39.6
	Total	.	40.1	43.8
AL (Albania)	Industry	.	.	32.4
	Services	.	.	29.3
	Total	.	.	30.7
XK (Kosovo)	Industry	.	.	19.6
	Services	.	.	18.6
	Total	.	.	19.0
ME (Montenegro)	Industry	.	.	26.0
	Services	.	.	22.1
	Total	.	.	23.6
CH (Switzerland)	Industry	.	35.9	.
	Services	.	33.3	.
	Total	.	34.0	.
EC12	Industry	33.7	34.9	30.0
	Services	31.8	33.5	31.1
	Total	32.4	33.7	30.7
EU15	Industry	34.4	35.9	30.7
	Services	32.6	34.6	31.8
	Total	33.2	34.8	31.5
EU27	Industry	37.7	39.0	32.7
	Services	33.8	35.3	32.1
	Total	35.2	36.3	32.3

Type of occupation

How many times a month do you work more than 10 hours a day? (q36) - Once or more
Country	Type of occupation	2000	2005	2010
BE (Belgium)	High-skilled clerical	45.0	51.2	38.1
	Low-skilled clerical	28.2	30.5	23.9
	High-skilled manual	27.7	36.1	25.0
	Low-skilled manual	27.1	20.7	22.3
	Total	32.8	35.8	28.4
BG (Bulgaria)	High-skilled clerical	39.8	33.2	23.9
	Low-skilled clerical	34.0	36.4	28.2
	High-skilled manual	38.7	40.5	37.5
	Low-skilled manual	39.7	39.0	26.0
	Total	37.6	37.3	28.5
CZ (Czech Republic)	High-skilled clerical	67.7	52.5	47.5
	Low-skilled clerical	43.7	43.2	45.1
	High-skilled manual	49.9	46.1	52.2
	Low-skilled manual	50.9	52.6	44.4
	Total	50.4	47.0	46.6
DK (Denmark)	High-skilled clerical	54.2	70.0	64.0
	Low-skilled clerical	29.9	36.6	42.3
	High-skilled manual	40.5	41.8	44.4
	Low-skilled manual	23.6	35.1	36.8
	Total	34.8	44.4	46.5
DE (Germany)	High-skilled clerical	47.3	58.4	62.5
	Low-skilled clerical	24.4	27.4	25.6
	High-skilled manual	34.5	34.5	31.8
	Low-skilled manual	20.6	27.9	26.8
	Total	30.2	34.7	34.3
EE (Estonia)	High-skilled clerical	49.1	41.4	37.1
	Low-skilled clerical	46.0	44.4	31.8
	High-skilled manual	47.1	45.6	35.8
	Low-skilled manual	47.7	38.4	28.3
	Total	47.4	42.4	33.1
EL (Greece)	High-skilled clerical	37.8	53.8	35.3
	Low-skilled clerical	33.0	32.8	22.2
	High-skilled manual	53.5	58.1	46.0
	Low-skilled manual	32.5	42.4	35.7
	Total	40.8	46.2	33.5
ES (Spain)	High-skilled clerical	28.7	31.7	35.0
	Low-skilled clerical	31.3	25.3	17.5
	High-skilled manual	30.7	31.6	10.2
	Low-skilled manual	14.2	23.4	16.5
	Total	26.4	27.2	19.9
FR (France)	High-skilled clerical	56.8	47.0	50.5
	Low-skilled clerical	23.7	27.6	24.7
	High-skilled manual	37.7	35.7	33.9
	Low-skilled manual	17.7	20.1	22.8
	Total	31.1	30.7	31.7
IE (Ireland)	High-skilled clerical	51.4	56.0	53.2
	Low-skilled clerical	30.0	22.0	24.6
	High-skilled manual	50.8	52.7	43.1
	Low-skilled manual	31.3	42.1	25.2
	Total	40.8	41.7	37.0
IT (Italy)	High-skilled clerical	45.8	46.8	33.7
	Low-skilled clerical	29.2	35.7	21.5
	High-skilled manual	37.0	25.2	20.2
	Low-skilled manual	30.0	24.6	22.4
	Total	33.5	35.8	23.5
CY (Cyprus)	High-skilled clerical	39.8	32.0	32.8
	Low-skilled clerical	26.8	27.9	18.4
	High-skilled manual	39.6	31.0	19.6
	Low-skilled manual	38.2	30.9	17.0
	Total	34.0	29.8	21.2
LV (Latvia)	High-skilled clerical	45.8	43.4	33.4
	Low-skilled clerical	47.9	44.3	38.8
	High-skilled manual	52.2	54.5	29.1
	Low-skilled manual	45.3	40.6	33.6
	Total	47.6	45.0	34.8
LT (Lithuania)	High-skilled clerical	31.3	41.7	17.9
	Low-skilled clerical	41.8	29.9	32.3
	High-skilled manual	44.6	31.1	27.2
	Low-skilled manual	44.5	40.5	30.5
	Total	40.6	36.0	26.4
LU (Luxembourg)	High-skilled clerical	21.0	39.0	46.9
	Low-skilled clerical	25.1	31.5	30.8
	High-skilled manual	35.0	22.7	33.1
	Low-skilled manual	17.5	13.8	20.5
	Total	24.2	29.0	35.1
HU (Hungary)	High-skilled clerical	35.1	45.8	38.8
	Low-skilled clerical	31.6	31.2	33.4
	High-skilled manual	39.2	39.4	33.0
	Low-skilled manual	37.6	33.2	24.6
	Total	35.4	36.5	32.6
MT (Malta)	High-skilled clerical	45.1	43.7	30.5
	Low-skilled clerical	26.4	33.4	29.3
	High-skilled manual	30.4	32.8	33.0
	Low-skilled manual	34.5	32.3	24.1
	Total	32.3	35.3	28.9
NL (Netherlands)	High-skilled clerical	50.9	57.9	58.6
	Low-skilled clerical	27.6	33.4	27.8
	High-skilled manual	36.0	34.7	35.9
	Low-skilled manual	30.1	27.5	30.5
	Total	35.9	41.9	38.6
AT (Austria)	High-skilled clerical	46.2	80.3	44.6
	Low-skilled clerical	28.9	33.4	27.4
	High-skilled manual	41.6	45.2	41.3
	Low-skilled manual	31.3	31.9	24.7
	Total	35.0	43.2	31.8
PL (Poland)	High-skilled clerical	41.1	29.1	35.9
	Low-skilled clerical	28.4	30.4	27.3
	High-skilled manual	59.9	52.8	47.8
	Low-skilled manual	47.3	38.8	32.1
	Total	44.1	39.2	35.3
PT (Portugal)	High-skilled clerical	42.0	40.9	36.1
	Low-skilled clerical	18.7	22.4	21.0
	High-skilled manual	25.6	21.2	18.6
	Low-skilled manual	16.7	31.6	15.5
	Total	23.2	28.3	21.5
RO (Romania)	High-skilled clerical	45.9	35.6	39.5
	Low-skilled clerical	24.3	44.7	34.9
	High-skilled manual	51.6	63.4	35.9
	Low-skilled manual	49.6	38.1	24.9
	Total	44.9	50.2	33.9
SI (Slovenia)	High-skilled clerical	53.1	58.9	55.6
	Low-skilled clerical	38.0	47.0	42.7
	High-skilled manual	54.1	65.2	49.0
	Low-skilled manual	40.6	38.1	30.3
	Total	44.4	50.8	44.2
SK (Slovakia)	High-skilled clerical	45.1	44.6	39.4
	Low-skilled clerical	40.9	49.0	37.9
	High-skilled manual	48.6	61.3	41.4
	Low-skilled manual	51.1	42.7	37.5
	Total	45.5	49.2	38.5
FI (Finland)	High-skilled clerical	70.0	67.2	61.3
	Low-skilled clerical	41.6	43.6	39.9
	High-skilled manual	56.7	48.9	48.2
	Low-skilled manual	41.9	47.9	40.1
	Total	52.9	51.7	47.3
SE (Sweden)	High-skilled clerical	65.3	65.0	62.6
	Low-skilled clerical	43.5	52.6	47.8
	High-skilled manual	46.9	51.3	50.8
	Low-skilled manual	39.1	50.0	37.7
	Total	47.8	55.0	50.0
UK (United Kingdom)	High-skilled clerical	44.6	53.5	55.2
	Low-skilled clerical	28.1	19.3	24.4
	High-skilled manual	50.6	29.4	33.1
	Low-skilled manual	39.7	32.3	25.6
	Total	37.9	32.4	34.9
HR (Croatia)	High-skilled clerical	.	30.8	31.8
	Low-skilled clerical	.	30.0	20.2
	High-skilled manual	.	42.0	46.0
	Low-skilled manual	.	39.1	21.5
	Total	.	34.8	28.0
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	29.7
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	23.2
	High-skilled manual	.	.	45.0
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	34.2
	Total	.	.	32.1
TR (Turkey)	High-skilled clerical	.	52.6	31.6
	Low-skilled clerical	.	41.0	26.9
	High-skilled manual	.	49.8	24.1
	Low-skilled manual	.	43.6	24.4
	Total	.	47.6	26.1
NO (Norway)	High-skilled clerical	.	55.9	64.3
	Low-skilled clerical	.	28.9	32.2
	High-skilled manual	.	54.4	51.8
	Low-skilled manual	.	51.0	56.6
	Total	.	40.1	43.8
AL (Albania)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	25.8
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	30.4
	High-skilled manual	.	.	35.3
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	26.1
	Total	.	.	30.7
XK (Kosovo)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	12.7
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	22.0
	High-skilled manual	.	.	19.4
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	22.8
	Total	.	.	19.0
ME (Montenegro)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	22.6
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	20.2
	High-skilled manual	.	.	34.2
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	27.3
	Total	.	.	23.6
CH (Switzerland)	High-skilled clerical	.	54.9	.
	Low-skilled clerical	.	24.8	.
	High-skilled manual	.	40.7	.
	Low-skilled manual	.	14.4	.
	Total	.	34.0	.
EC12	High-skilled clerical	45.9	50.4	50.4
	Low-skilled clerical	26.7	27.2	24.1
	High-skilled manual	37.5	33.4	27.8
	Low-skilled manual	24.4	26.5	23.7
	Total	32.4	33.7	30.7
EU15	High-skilled clerical	46.9	51.5	50.8
	Low-skilled clerical	27.5	28.3	25.0
	High-skilled manual	38.1	34.3	28.8
	Low-skilled manual	25.2	27.4	24.3
	Total	33.2	34.8	31.5
EU27	High-skilled clerical	46.5	49.5	48.2
	Low-skilled clerical	28.3	29.7	26.3
	High-skilled manual	41.9	40.5	32.4
	Low-skilled manual	30.6	30.2	25.8
	Total	35.2	36.3	32.3

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