EWCS 2010 Survey Results

Does your work involve repetitive hand or arm movements? (q24e)

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Gender

Does your work involve repetitive hand or arm movements? (q24e) - (Almost) all of the time
Country	Gender	1995	2000	2005	2010
BE (Belgium)	Male	26.3	26.7	27.8	36.9
	Female	30.9	27.8	30.7	40.1
	Total	28.2	27.2	29.1	38.4
BG (Bulgaria)	Male	.	32.3	46.1	37.4
	Female	.	37.4	52.7	42.2
	Total	.	34.7	49.2	39.7
CZ (Czech Republic)	Male	.	29.8	36.4	27.4
	Female	.	30.3	36.9	33.6
	Total	.	30.0	36.6	30.1
DK (Denmark)	Male	18.3	17.9	30.8	17.1
	Female	25.8	24.5	38.9	27.6
	Total	21.7	21.0	34.5	22.1
DE (Germany)	Male	20.2	16.5	19.9	18.5
	Female	25.0	18.2	21.1	19.0
	Total	22.3	17.2	20.4	18.7
EE (Estonia)	Male	.	31.8	37.6	33.6
	Female	.	30.9	37.9	38.7
	Total	.	31.4	37.7	36.2
EL (Greece)	Male	46.6	47.1	49.3	39.8
	Female	51.6	41.2	47.6	37.1
	Total	48.4	44.9	48.6	38.7
ES (Spain)	Male	44.3	47.0	38.1	42.4
	Female	42.7	47.0	39.3	38.9
	Total	43.8	47.0	38.6	40.9
FR (France)	Male	40.4	40.9	38.5	43.6
	Female	41.4	42.2	46.8	45.0
	Total	40.9	41.5	42.4	44.2
IE (Ireland)	Male	23.5	30.4	30.2	36.6
	Female	27.9	26.2	25.5	37.0
	Total	25.2	28.7	28.2	36.7
IT (Italy)	Male	28.0	27.2	32.4	41.4
	Female	33.2	28.8	33.1	33.0
	Total	29.8	27.8	32.7	38.0
CY (Cyprus)	Male	.	44.5	47.4	38.2
	Female	.	42.6	41.9	42.5
	Total	.	43.6	45.0	40.1
LV (Latvia)	Male	.	24.4	28.9	31.2
	Female	.	25.2	29.5	29.3
	Total	.	24.8	29.2	30.2
LT (Lithuania)	Male	.	28.4	43.5	32.8
	Female	.	29.6	40.4	37.4
	Total	.	29.0	42.0	35.2
LU (Luxembourg)	Male	20.7	27.1	33.2	42.0
	Female	21.4	27.4	40.6	41.2
	Total	20.9	27.2	36.3	41.6
HU (Hungary)	Male	.	36.2	43.2	44.3
	Female	.	38.7	39.6	47.2
	Total	.	37.4	41.6	45.6
MT (Malta)	Male	.	26.7	35.4	39.3
	Female	.	44.2	37.9	44.4
	Total	.	31.9	36.2	41.0
NL (Netherlands)	Male	35.4	27.8	20.9	22.6
	Female	41.3	39.4	25.3	25.4
	Total	37.8	32.8	22.8	23.9
AT (Austria)	Male	29.6	21.8	31.8	23.8
	Female	27.5	22.8	33.4	27.9
	Total	28.6	22.3	32.5	25.7
PL (Poland)	Male	.	18.0	29.2	26.4
	Female	.	13.2	36.4	25.4
	Total	.	15.9	32.4	25.9
PT (Portugal)	Male	44.4	39.3	43.3	45.2
	Female	52.0	38.3	50.8	41.7
	Total	47.8	38.8	46.7	43.6
RO (Romania)	Male	.	41.8	48.9	34.5
	Female	.	49.6	49.3	40.5
	Total	.	45.5	49.1	37.1
SI (Slovenia)	Male	.	10.7	36.7	36.9
	Female	.	17.1	48.2	43.4
	Total	.	13.7	41.9	39.9
SK (Slovakia)	Male	.	32.5	43.1	33.5
	Female	.	35.5	37.5	32.9
	Total	.	33.9	40.6	33.2
FI (Finland)	Male	36.7	35.0	47.1	42.6
	Female	44.0	40.5	63.2	46.1
	Total	40.2	37.6	54.9	44.3
SE (Sweden)	Male	15.5	25.8	33.1	41.8
	Female	19.9	34.3	34.7	39.0
	Total	17.6	29.9	33.8	40.5
UK (United Kingdom)	Male	35.9	29.7	30.9	32.4
	Female	38.1	27.0	30.5	30.3
	Total	36.9	28.5	30.7	31.4
HR (Croatia)	Male	.	.	50.5	29.6
	Female	.	.	53.8	37.9
	Total	.	.	52.0	33.4
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Male	.	.	.	55.6
	Female	.	.	.	53.4
	Total	.	.	.	54.8
TR (Turkey)	Male	.	.	49.1	44.7
	Female	.	.	65.3	44.3
	Total	.	.	53.4	44.6
NO (Norway)	Male	.	.	30.9	31.2
	Female	.	.	25.5	25.8
	Total	.	.	28.3	28.6
AL (Albania)	Male	.	.	.	48.4
	Female	.	.	.	50.1
	Total	.	.	.	49.2
XK (Kosovo)	Male	.	.	.	49.4
	Female	.	.	.	51.5
	Total	.	.	.	49.9
ME (Montenegro)	Male	.	.	.	31.6
	Female	.	.	.	33.1
	Total	.	.	.	32.2
CH (Switzerland)	Male	.	.	14.4	.
	Female	.	.	19.7	.
	Total	.	.	16.8	.
EC12	Male	32.1	30.2	31.0	33.5
	Female	35.4	30.7	33.2	31.9
	Total	33.5	30.4	32.0	32.7
EU15	Male	31.7	30.0	31.3	33.6
	Female	34.8	30.7	33.7	32.2
	Total	33.0	30.3	32.4	32.9
EU27	Male	.	29.8	32.7	33.2
	Female	.	30.7	35.2	32.6
	Total	.	30.2	33.8	32.9

Age

Does your work involve repetitive hand or arm movements? (q24e) - (Almost) all of the time
Country	Age	1995	2000	2005	2010
BE (Belgium)	Under 30	32.6	33.1	38.7	41.7
	30 to 49	28.2	26.5	27.9	38.4
	50+	21.2	21.3	22.6	35.2
	Total	28.2	27.2	29.1	38.4
BG (Bulgaria)	Under 30	.	36.5	46.1	41.4
	30 to 49	.	36.2	52.0	41.0
	50+	.	29.7	45.3	36.2
	Total	.	34.7	49.2	39.7
CZ (Czech Republic)	Under 30	.	32.0	33.9	25.0
	30 to 49	.	27.8	38.6	32.3
	50+	.	33.2	34.9	28.2
	Total	.	30.0	36.6	30.1
DK (Denmark)	Under 30	21.3	26.0	42.2	34.1
	30 to 49	21.8	19.0	31.7	18.0
	50+	22.0	19.6	33.2	19.7
	Total	21.7	21.0	34.5	22.1
DE (Germany)	Under 30	21.1	16.8	27.2	17.6
	30 to 49	21.8	17.7	17.8	19.3
	50+	24.6	16.4	20.7	18.5
	Total	22.3	17.2	20.4	18.7
EE (Estonia)	Under 30	.	34.9	44.7	45.5
	30 to 49	.	32.1	36.8	35.2
	50+	.	27.6	34.3	32.5
	Total	.	31.4	37.7	36.2
EL (Greece)	Under 30	49.5	42.0	48.7	38.1
	30 to 49	46.8	44.9	50.1	41.9
	50+	50.6	47.7	45.0	32.6
	Total	48.4	44.9	48.6	38.7
ES (Spain)	Under 30	52.3	47.7	39.1	39.4
	30 to 49	41.9	44.7	37.4	42.4
	50+	37.9	52.5	41.2	38.2
	Total	43.8	47.0	38.6	40.9
FR (France)	Under 30	44.3	42.0	46.4	50.1
	30 to 49	38.6	41.7	42.6	43.8
	50+	44.7	40.3	39.7	40.4
	Total	40.9	41.5	42.4	44.2
IE (Ireland)	Under 30	30.4	32.0	34.0	45.5
	30 to 49	22.1	28.7	26.3	35.7
	50+	24.5	22.9	23.6	31.5
	Total	25.2	28.7	28.2	36.7
IT (Italy)	Under 30	34.2	39.3	45.6	41.5
	30 to 49	28.8	25.0	32.1	37.5
	50+	27.7	24.3	23.4	37.2
	Total	29.8	27.8	32.7	38.0
CY (Cyprus)	Under 30	.	38.5	45.9	43.5
	30 to 49	.	44.5	44.2	39.2
	50+	.	47.1	46.0	39.1
	Total	.	43.6	45.0	40.1
LV (Latvia)	Under 30	.	30.2	29.7	29.0
	30 to 49	.	22.3	30.9	31.1
	50+	.	25.2	25.3	29.7
	Total	.	24.8	29.2	30.2
LT (Lithuania)	Under 30	.	33.3	38.0	37.1
	30 to 49	.	28.7	41.7	36.1
	50+	.	25.9	46.1	32.3
	Total	.	29.0	42.0	35.2
LU (Luxembourg)	Under 30	19.3	29.4	38.2	41.5
	30 to 49	20.7	26.6	36.0	44.0
	50+	24.8	26.4	35.7	35.5
	Total	20.9	27.2	36.3	41.6
HU (Hungary)	Under 30	.	42.9	42.8	47.8
	30 to 49	.	35.9	43.0	47.0
	50+	.	34.2	37.1	41.4
	Total	.	37.4	41.6	45.6
MT (Malta)	Under 30	.	38.2	45.2	44.7
	30 to 49	.	30.8	29.6	36.9
	50+	.	23.1	37.3	44.2
	Total	.	31.9	36.2	41.0
NL (Netherlands)	Under 30	38.2	40.0	22.8	23.9
	30 to 49	39.4	29.8	22.9	21.6
	50+	31.3	30.1	22.8	27.6
	Total	37.8	32.8	22.8	23.9
AT (Austria)	Under 30	27.4	24.5	36.9	25.5
	30 to 49	29.4	21.8	32.4	25.7
	50+	28.1	20.5	26.3	25.8
	Total	28.6	22.3	32.5	25.7
PL (Poland)	Under 30	.	18.7	34.7	22.4
	30 to 49	.	15.2	31.7	27.7
	50+	.	14.4	32.2	25.7
	Total	.	15.9	32.4	25.9
PT (Portugal)	Under 30	55.4	34.9	40.8	43.4
	30 to 49	44.0	40.4	47.9	46.4
	50+	48.0	39.6	49.8	39.0
	Total	47.8	38.8	46.7	43.6
RO (Romania)	Under 30	.	42.2	57.7	44.8
	30 to 49	.	42.0	51.4	37.8
	50+	.	53.7	35.4	30.2
	Total	.	45.5	49.1	37.1
SI (Slovenia)	Under 30	.	12.3	41.7	48.1
	30 to 49	.	14.6	40.0	39.6
	50+	.	12.4	47.4	32.2
	Total	.	13.7	41.9	39.9
SK (Slovakia)	Under 30	.	37.8	45.4	34.0
	30 to 49	.	32.4	39.1	34.1
	50+	.	33.3	38.7	30.4
	Total	.	33.9	40.6	33.2
FI (Finland)	Under 30	49.3	42.6	62.8	44.2
	30 to 49	37.1	36.6	51.1	45.8
	50+	40.4	35.3	55.9	42.3
	Total	40.2	37.6	54.9	44.3
SE (Sweden)	Under 30	24.0	34.5	40.9	47.0
	30 to 49	18.7	28.0	33.6	41.2
	50+	11.3	29.9	29.9	34.7
	Total	17.6	29.9	33.8	40.5
UK (United Kingdom)	Under 30	42.2	32.6	38.8	32.7
	30 to 49	34.3	27.6	29.4	31.7
	50+	36.0	26.0	25.5	29.5
	Total	36.9	28.5	30.7	31.4
HR (Croatia)	Under 30	.	.	54.0	33.6
	30 to 49	.	.	51.4	34.5
	50+	.	.	51.3	31.2
	Total	.	.	52.0	33.4
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Under 30	.	.	.	56.2
	30 to 49	.	.	.	52.7
	50+	.	.	.	57.9
	Total	.	.	.	54.8
TR (Turkey)	Under 30	.	.	52.7	36.1
	30 to 49	.	.	56.0	48.7
	50+	.	.	48.2	51.4
	Total	.	.	53.4	44.6
NO (Norway)	Under 30	.	.	37.4	33.2
	30 to 49	.	.	28.4	27.8
	50+	.	.	21.3	26.6
	Total	.	.	28.3	28.6
AL (Albania)	Under 30	.	.	.	53.8
	30 to 49	.	.	.	49.0
	50+	.	.	.	46.4
	Total	.	.	.	49.2
XK (Kosovo)	Under 30	.	.	.	49.2
	30 to 49	.	.	.	51.9
	50+	.	.	.	47.8
	Total	.	.	.	49.9
ME (Montenegro)	Under 30	.	.	.	31.7
	30 to 49	.	.	.	34.5
	50+	.	.	.	28.6
	Total	.	.	.	32.2
CH (Switzerland)	Under 30	.	.	19.5	.
	30 to 49	.	.	16.7	.
	50+	.	.	14.8	.
	Total	.	.	16.8	.
EC12	Under 30	36.7	33.8	37.6	33.9
	30 to 49	32.2	29.6	31.0	33.5
	50+	33.1	28.9	29.1	30.4
	Total	33.5	30.4	32.0	32.7
EU15	Under 30	36.2	33.7	38.0	34.1
	30 to 49	31.8	29.4	31.3	33.6
	50+	32.3	28.9	29.6	30.7
	Total	33.0	30.3	32.4	32.9
EU27	Under 30	.	33.1	38.9	33.8
	30 to 49	.	29.1	33.1	33.7
	50+	.	29.7	30.8	30.6
	Total	.	30.2	33.8	32.9

Employment status

Does your work involve repetitive hand or arm movements? (q24e) - (Almost) all of the time
Country	Employment status	1995	2000	2005	2010
BE (Belgium)	Employee: permanent contract	30.4	27.1	26.1	37.9
	Employee: other arrangement	33.5	29.2	30.0	43.2
	Self-employed	21.7	26.2	31.8	36.6
	Total	28.2	27.2	29.1	38.4
BG (Bulgaria)	Employee: permanent contract	.	33.3	46.7	42.8
	Employee: other arrangement	.	42.5	56.0	29.2
	Self-employed	.	27.7	46.7	32.1
	Total	.	34.7	49.2	39.7
CZ (Czech Republic)	Employee: permanent contract	.	30.8	36.6	31.3
	Employee: other arrangement	.	38.0	39.2	39.5
	Self-employed	.	24.5	31.6	18.5
	Total	.	30.0	36.6	30.1
DK (Denmark)	Employee: permanent contract	22.4	20.3	31.0	22.0
	Employee: other arrangement	16.7	26.7	45.8	26.5
	Self-employed	26.6	13.4	34.6	14.7
	Total	21.7	21.0	34.5	22.1
DE (Germany)	Employee: permanent contract	21.2	18.5	20.1	18.6
	Employee: other arrangement	29.9	15.2	24.3	24.1
	Self-employed	23.0	10.3	19.0	10.6
	Total	22.3	17.2	20.4	18.7
EE (Estonia)	Employee: permanent contract	.	31.6	38.4	34.8
	Employee: other arrangement	.	38.9	31.2	54.2
	Self-employed	.	18.1	38.2	24.3
	Total	.	31.4	37.7	36.2
EL (Greece)	Employee: permanent contract	41.6	37.3	47.6	35.2
	Employee: other arrangement	53.7	48.9	51.7	41.5
	Self-employed	53.0	48.0	45.3	40.6
	Total	48.4	44.9	48.6	38.7
ES (Spain)	Employee: permanent contract	38.8	46.9	36.6	38.5
	Employee: other arrangement	55.4	49.1	44.8	48.4
	Self-employed	40.0	44.2	32.4	37.0
	Total	43.8	47.0	38.6	40.9
FR (France)	Employee: permanent contract	38.4	42.3	43.0	44.3
	Employee: other arrangement	44.3	39.2	54.4	47.0
	Self-employed	43.2	38.5	30.5	43.6
	Total	40.9	41.5	42.4	44.2
IE (Ireland)	Employee: permanent contract	24.8	28.7	26.4	30.4
	Employee: other arrangement	25.3	23.4	30.9	44.3
	Self-employed	27.1	31.0	28.2	42.1
	Total	25.2	28.7	28.2	36.7
IT (Italy)	Employee: permanent contract	26.9	25.5	31.3	36.8
	Employee: other arrangement	45.6	37.0	38.5	41.1
	Self-employed	28.7	29.1	32.6	39.4
	Total	29.8	27.8	32.7	38.0
CY (Cyprus)	Employee: permanent contract	.	47.6	42.3	36.9
	Employee: other arrangement	.	35.6	45.0	37.5
	Self-employed	.	49.1	50.9	50.6
	Total	.	43.6	45.0	40.1
LV (Latvia)	Employee: permanent contract	.	22.4	28.7	29.2
	Employee: other arrangement	.	27.0	40.7	41.1
	Self-employed	.	24.3	13.8	20.3
	Total	.	24.8	29.2	30.2
LT (Lithuania)	Employee: permanent contract	.	27.3	42.5	33.4
	Employee: other arrangement	.	43.7	44.5	39.3
	Self-employed	.	24.3	40.3	41.0
	Total	.	29.0	42.0	35.2
LU (Luxembourg)	Employee: permanent contract	20.9	27.4	38.3	41.8
	Employee: other arrangement	28.7	33.0	36.8	39.3
	Self-employed	15.0	22.8	21.1	38.5
	Total	20.9	27.2	36.3	41.6
HU (Hungary)	Employee: permanent contract	.	38.8	42.9	46.7
	Employee: other arrangement	.	31.0	44.2	44.2
	Self-employed	.	35.1	33.8	41.1
	Total	.	37.4	41.6	45.6
MT (Malta)	Employee: permanent contract	.	30.9	34.0	34.2
	Employee: other arrangement	.	33.8	37.4	50.5
	Self-employed	.	33.6	38.5	44.3
	Total	.	31.9	36.2	41.0
NL (Netherlands)	Employee: permanent contract	37.4	32.0	22.3	21.9
	Employee: other arrangement	39.7	36.3	23.8	31.3
	Self-employed	35.2	32.2	22.9	22.3
	Total	37.8	32.8	22.8	23.9
AT (Austria)	Employee: permanent contract	26.3	23.2	34.5	24.3
	Employee: other arrangement	55.8	28.3	32.8	34.8
	Self-employed	23.6	12.0	24.7	23.5
	Total	28.6	22.3	32.5	25.7
PL (Poland)	Employee: permanent contract	.	17.1	31.2	26.0
	Employee: other arrangement	.	25.7	41.0	32.3
	Self-employed	.	10.9	24.3	20.5
	Total	.	15.9	32.4	25.9
PT (Portugal)	Employee: permanent contract	48.8	41.8	49.7	43.1
	Employee: other arrangement	46.4	34.4	46.2	55.2
	Self-employed	45.5	35.0	39.2	32.8
	Total	47.8	38.8	46.7	43.6
RO (Romania)	Employee: permanent contract	.	42.0	47.2	34.9
	Employee: other arrangement	.	37.2	55.1	44.5
	Self-employed	.	58.3	43.5	42.3
	Total	.	45.5	49.1	37.1
SI (Slovenia)	Employee: permanent contract	.	15.8	40.9	41.9
	Employee: other arrangement	.	11.4	47.0	43.3
	Self-employed	.	8.4	38.4	28.7
	Total	.	13.7	41.9	39.9
SK (Slovakia)	Employee: permanent contract	.	32.4	39.6	33.4
	Employee: other arrangement	.	49.6	47.6	37.0
	Self-employed	.	30.7	39.6	30.6
	Total	.	33.9	40.6	33.2
FI (Finland)	Employee: permanent contract	41.0	39.9	55.5	43.6
	Employee: other arrangement	37.8	36.3	54.3	41.2
	Self-employed	40.6	31.1	51.4	56.3
	Total	40.2	37.6	54.9	44.3
SE (Sweden)	Employee: permanent contract	17.0	29.1	33.4	40.6
	Employee: other arrangement	22.8	32.1	35.9	35.3
	Self-employed	16.5	30.3	42.0	42.0
	Total	17.6	29.9	33.8	40.5
UK (United Kingdom)	Employee: permanent contract	36.3	27.6	29.9	31.1
	Employee: other arrangement	39.2	33.8	30.4	32.7
	Self-employed	37.7	29.2	33.4	34.0
	Total	36.9	28.5	30.7	31.4
HR (Croatia)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	50.0	32.0
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	59.2	41.1
	Self-employed	.	.	53.2	32.4
	Total	.	.	52.0	33.4
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	.	50.9
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	.	62.2
	Self-employed	.	.	.	52.1
	Total	.	.	.	54.8
TR (Turkey)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	49.5	36.4
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	53.9	44.0
	Self-employed	.	.	54.5	50.1
	Total	.	.	53.4	44.6
NO (Norway)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	29.6	29.8
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	21.2	21.4
	Self-employed	.	.	31.3	26.8
	Total	.	.	28.3	28.6
AL (Albania)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	.	31.5
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	.	52.1
	Self-employed	.	.	.	56.3
	Total	.	.	.	49.2
XK (Kosovo)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	.	58.3
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	.	43.1
	Self-employed	.	.	.	48.7
	Total	.	.	.	49.9
ME (Montenegro)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	.	28.8
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	.	37.7
	Self-employed	.	.	.	34.6
	Total	.	.	.	32.2
CH (Switzerland)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	16.3	.
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	10.4	.
	Self-employed	.	.	22.1	.
	Total	.	.	16.8	.
EC12	Employee: permanent contract	31.2	29.4	30.6	31.5
	Employee: other arrangement	42.0	34.8	37.0	38.3
	Self-employed	34.4	30.3	31.3	32.3
	Total	33.5	30.4	32.0	32.7
EU15	Employee: permanent contract	30.7	29.4	31.2	31.8
	Employee: other arrangement	41.7	34.7	37.1	38.2
	Self-employed	34.1	30.0	31.5	32.6
	Total	33.0	30.3	32.4	32.9
EU27	Employee: permanent contract	.	29.6	32.6	32.1
	Employee: other arrangement	.	34.5	38.6	37.9
	Self-employed	.	29.1	32.1	31.7
	Total	.	30.2	33.8	32.9

Industry/services

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Country	Industry/services	1995	2000	2005	2010
BE (Belgium)	Industry	31.3	31.2	36.8	42.4
	Services	26.8	25.6	26.2	37.1
	Total	28.2	27.2	29.1	38.4
BG (Bulgaria)	Industry	.	45.5	61.0	47.2
	Services	.	26.8	40.5	34.9
	Total	.	34.7	49.2	39.7
CZ (Czech Republic)	Industry	.	35.8	47.0	38.3
	Services	.	25.1	30.3	24.7
	Total	.	30.0	36.6	30.1
DK (Denmark)	Industry	27.2	24.9	39.1	21.9
	Services	19.3	19.4	33.2	22.1
	Total	21.7	21.0	34.5	22.1
DE (Germany)	Industry	25.6	21.0	25.8	24.0
	Services	20.2	15.1	18.0	16.5
	Total	22.3	17.2	20.4	18.7
EE (Estonia)	Industry	.	42.5	44.5	47.0
	Services	.	23.6	33.3	30.4
	Total	.	31.4	37.7	36.2
EL (Greece)	Industry	56.8	58.5	63.7	52.2
	Services	42.1	35.8	40.5	32.2
	Total	48.4	44.9	48.6	38.7
ES (Spain)	Industry	53.8	56.8	42.6	49.5
	Services	37.6	41.2	37.0	37.7
	Total	43.8	47.0	38.6	40.9
FR (France)	Industry	51.7	52.2	50.6	50.3
	Services	36.0	36.8	39.0	42.3
	Total	40.9	41.5	42.4	44.2
IE (Ireland)	Industry	29.9	34.6	36.0	46.3
	Services	22.3	25.3	24.0	33.4
	Total	25.2	28.7	28.2	36.7
IT (Italy)	Industry	34.8	37.1	42.0	52.3
	Services	26.5	22.4	27.4	31.5
	Total	29.8	27.8	32.7	38.0
CY (Cyprus)	Industry	.	65.9	59.4	56.8
	Services	.	34.8	39.3	34.9
	Total	.	43.6	45.0	40.1
LV (Latvia)	Industry	.	34.5	37.5	39.6
	Services	.	17.8	23.8	25.9
	Total	.	24.8	29.2	30.2
LT (Lithuania)	Industry	.	39.1	56.4	45.2
	Services	.	21.0	31.0	29.8
	Total	.	29.0	42.0	35.2
LU (Luxembourg)	Industry	28.7	23.1	50.6	48.6
	Services	18.3	28.5	32.4	40.7
	Total	20.9	27.2	36.3	41.6
HU (Hungary)	Industry	.	45.1	47.8	59.4
	Services	.	32.0	38.0	38.4
	Total	.	37.4	41.6	45.6
MT (Malta)	Industry	.	50.8	46.5	48.8
	Services	.	22.4	31.5	38.5
	Total	.	31.9	36.2	41.0
NL (Netherlands)	Industry	47.8	34.4	27.6	32.0
	Services	34.1	32.3	21.3	21.6
	Total	37.8	32.8	22.8	23.9
AT (Austria)	Industry	34.0	26.8	35.5	25.9
	Services	25.4	19.7	31.0	25.6
	Total	28.6	22.3	32.5	25.7
PL (Poland)	Industry	.	19.2	40.5	34.1
	Services	.	12.5	26.3	20.6
	Total	.	15.9	32.4	25.9
PT (Portugal)	Industry	56.3	44.2	55.9	53.4
	Services	41.2	34.0	39.9	38.0
	Total	47.8	38.8	46.7	43.6
RO (Romania)	Industry	.	51.3	55.8	43.0
	Services	.	31.6	37.4	32.2
	Total	.	45.5	49.1	37.1
SI (Slovenia)	Industry	.	26.8	49.2	44.2
	Services	.	1.4	35.6	37.2
	Total	.	13.7	41.9	39.9
SK (Slovakia)	Industry	.	43.1	55.0	46.6
	Services	.	26.9	29.5	24.3
	Total	.	33.9	40.6	33.2
FI (Finland)	Industry	44.6	41.0	58.8	46.6
	Services	37.9	36.0	53.3	43.5
	Total	40.2	37.6	54.9	44.3
SE (Sweden)	Industry	25.7	32.1	41.3	49.9
	Services	14.3	29.1	31.5	38.1
	Total	17.6	29.9	33.8	40.5
UK (United Kingdom)	Industry	43.1	38.5	37.5	36.9
	Services	34.3	24.8	28.7	30.2
	Total	36.9	28.5	30.7	31.4
HR (Croatia)	Industry	.	.	58.0	36.2
	Services	.	.	47.0	31.9
	Total	.	.	52.0	33.4
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Industry	.	.	.	66.9
	Services	.	.	.	45.6
	Total	.	.	.	54.8
TR (Turkey)	Industry	.	.	60.5	55.4
	Services	.	.	43.1	35.2
	Total	.	.	53.4	44.6
NO (Norway)	Industry	.	.	35.6	31.3
	Services	.	.	26.0	27.7
	Total	.	.	28.3	28.6
AL (Albania)	Industry	.	.	.	58.4
	Services	.	.	.	41.3
	Total	.	.	.	49.2
XK (Kosovo)	Industry	.	.	.	53.5
	Services	.	.	.	48.0
	Total	.	.	.	49.9
ME (Montenegro)	Industry	.	.	.	36.6
	Services	.	.	.	30.6
	Total	.	.	.	32.2
CH (Switzerland)	Industry	.	.	16.8	.
	Services	.	.	16.8	.
	Total	.	.	16.8	.
EC12	Industry	39.6	38.0	39.3	40.5
	Services	30.2	26.6	28.8	29.9
	Total	33.5	30.4	32.0	32.7
EU15	Industry	39.2	37.6	39.5	40.4
	Services	29.7	26.7	29.3	30.3
	Total	33.0	30.3	32.4	32.9
EU27	Industry	.	37.4	42.0	40.7
	Services	.	25.9	29.7	29.8
	Total	.	30.2	33.8	32.9

Type of occupation

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Country	Type of occupation	1995	2000	2005	2010
BE (Belgium)	High-skilled clerical	16.2	14.8	23.7	29.3
	Low-skilled clerical	26.3	27.8	23.4	35.4
	High-skilled manual	37.2	32.1	40.7	45.3
	Low-skilled manual	43.8	41.7	42.4	57.1
	Total	28.2	27.2	29.1	38.4
BG (Bulgaria)	High-skilled clerical	.	19.1	29.3	23.0
	Low-skilled clerical	.	24.9	37.6	34.2
	High-skilled manual	.	52.2	64.8	47.4
	Low-skilled manual	.	48.1	64.5	53.7
	Total	.	34.7	49.2	39.7
CZ (Czech Republic)	High-skilled clerical	.	18.4	21.6	13.7
	Low-skilled clerical	.	16.2	23.2	22.6
	High-skilled manual	.	45.0	48.2	40.6
	Low-skilled manual	.	48.9	58.1	50.6
	Total	.	30.0	36.6	30.1
DK (Denmark)	High-skilled clerical	9.9	9.1	17.3	14.2
	Low-skilled clerical	19.2	20.8	34.0	24.1
	High-skilled manual	20.0	22.0	46.5	23.8
	Low-skilled manual	38.9	32.5	48.2	25.3
	Total	21.7	21.0	34.5	22.1
DE (Germany)	High-skilled clerical	6.9	7.5	9.8	8.3
	Low-skilled clerical	18.9	13.1	18.4	14.9
	High-skilled manual	25.0	18.1	28.6	22.5
	Low-skilled manual	46.2	39.9	31.0	39.3
	Total	22.3	17.2	20.4	18.7
EE (Estonia)	High-skilled clerical	.	10.8	21.0	16.6
	Low-skilled clerical	.	19.3	28.3	33.7
	High-skilled manual	.	44.8	53.2	52.5
	Low-skilled manual	.	52.8	56.7	54.0
	Total	.	31.4	37.7	36.2
EL (Greece)	High-skilled clerical	37.5	24.1	23.6	21.8
	Low-skilled clerical	37.0	34.6	47.3	36.2
	High-skilled manual	60.4	61.3	67.0	55.6
	Low-skilled manual	57.1	59.3	58.7	44.4
	Total	48.4	44.9	48.6	38.7
ES (Spain)	High-skilled clerical	21.4	26.8	16.3	23.0
	Low-skilled clerical	35.1	42.6	32.6	34.7
	High-skilled manual	64.2	59.5	53.0	51.7
	Low-skilled manual	53.4	57.7	52.4	60.8
	Total	43.8	47.0	38.6	40.9
FR (France)	High-skilled clerical	21.3	24.0	29.3	31.8
	Low-skilled clerical	32.0	34.9	34.3	38.5
	High-skilled manual	60.4	58.5	62.1	57.2
	Low-skilled manual	60.3	58.0	59.4	63.8
	Total	40.9	41.5	42.4	44.2
IE (Ireland)	High-skilled clerical	15.6	18.9	17.5	23.8
	Low-skilled clerical	18.6	24.6	29.7	38.6
	High-skilled manual	34.0	41.5	39.0	62.4
	Low-skilled manual	39.3	43.9	35.5	41.3
	Total	25.2	28.7	28.2	36.7
IT (Italy)	High-skilled clerical	15.4	9.8	15.7	22.3
	Low-skilled clerical	22.6	22.4	32.6	29.9
	High-skilled manual	39.5	40.0	53.5	55.5
	Low-skilled manual	43.9	41.9	47.3	53.4
	Total	29.8	27.8	32.7	38.0
CY (Cyprus)	High-skilled clerical	.	16.6	23.3	21.6
	Low-skilled clerical	.	29.8	39.2	33.5
	High-skilled manual	.	66.9	57.7	65.5
	Low-skilled manual	.	69.9	59.0	51.6
	Total	.	43.6	45.0	40.1
LV (Latvia)	High-skilled clerical	.	9.4	8.9	19.8
	Low-skilled clerical	.	20.2	24.0	22.6
	High-skilled manual	.	33.4	34.0	40.1
	Low-skilled manual	.	36.0	49.0	46.0
	Total	.	24.8	29.2	30.2
LT (Lithuania)	High-skilled clerical	.	12.0	25.2	16.8
	Low-skilled clerical	.	23.4	25.2	32.1
	High-skilled manual	.	41.5	66.1	54.9
	Low-skilled manual	.	37.1	54.2	45.5
	Total	.	29.0	42.0	35.2
LU (Luxembourg)	High-skilled clerical	6.2	9.4	21.7	28.5
	Low-skilled clerical	18.1	26.9	33.4	39.5
	High-skilled manual	33.7	24.2	52.9	58.1
	Low-skilled manual	31.9	50.5	53.7	67.6
	Total	20.9	27.2	36.3	41.6
HU (Hungary)	High-skilled clerical	.	15.5	32.3	24.2
	Low-skilled clerical	.	31.5	34.9	41.1
	High-skilled manual	.	46.9	55.3	61.2
	Low-skilled manual	.	55.9	48.8	60.9
	Total	.	37.4	41.6	45.6
MT (Malta)	High-skilled clerical	.	12.3	13.2	29.7
	Low-skilled clerical	.	19.4	30.0	38.0
	High-skilled manual	.	42.8	46.2	54.5
	Low-skilled manual	.	57.7	56.2	50.2
	Total	.	31.9	36.2	41.0
NL (Netherlands)	High-skilled clerical	15.8	21.0	14.8	13.9
	Low-skilled clerical	38.4	33.2	22.6	23.5
	High-skilled manual	56.7	39.7	37.7	44.8
	Low-skilled manual	60.9	48.5	34.5	32.5
	Total	37.8	32.8	22.8	23.9
AT (Austria)	High-skilled clerical	15.5	8.8	16.7	14.4
	Low-skilled clerical	20.1	20.1	27.4	23.8
	High-skilled manual	37.7	25.5	33.7	23.3
	Low-skilled manual	45.5	36.5	59.0	43.2
	Total	28.6	22.3	32.5	25.7
PL (Poland)	High-skilled clerical	.	3.3	12.8	10.0
	Low-skilled clerical	.	14.0	26.8	21.8
	High-skilled manual	.	19.7	38.0	32.2
	Low-skilled manual	.	22.9	45.3	44.8
	Total	.	15.9	32.4	25.9
PT (Portugal)	High-skilled clerical	28.3	23.5	32.5	21.8
	Low-skilled clerical	41.0	31.6	38.4	36.7
	High-skilled manual	59.0	46.0	59.9	55.6
	Low-skilled manual	58.2	46.7	54.8	57.2
	Total	47.8	38.8	46.7	43.6
RO (Romania)	High-skilled clerical	.	12.4	22.2	24.0
	Low-skilled clerical	.	28.2	32.4	27.2
	High-skilled manual	.	61.5	57.4	50.3
	Low-skilled manual	.	45.1	63.1	46.1
	Total	.	45.5	49.1	37.1
SI (Slovenia)	High-skilled clerical	.	0.0	14.3	20.6
	Low-skilled clerical	.	0.0	41.9	40.9
	High-skilled manual	.	27.1	51.7	47.5
	Low-skilled manual	.	32.7	58.0	55.3
	Total	.	13.7	41.9	39.9
SK (Slovakia)	High-skilled clerical	.	13.8	20.5	19.7
	Low-skilled clerical	.	24.4	28.9	21.5
	High-skilled manual	.	50.7	59.7	45.5
	Low-skilled manual	.	47.9	57.9	50.7
	Total	.	33.9	40.6	33.2
FI (Finland)	High-skilled clerical	23.1	22.4	37.3	37.7
	Low-skilled clerical	38.4	38.3	55.1	40.0
	High-skilled manual	46.7	44.7	68.8	53.4
	Low-skilled manual	62.1	51.0	70.0	59.4
	Total	40.2	37.6	54.9	44.3
SE (Sweden)	High-skilled clerical	8.1	15.5	22.3	24.8
	Low-skilled clerical	11.3	30.1	26.6	39.5
	High-skilled manual	28.8	37.7	65.8	58.3
	Low-skilled manual	37.6	40.9	48.2	55.6
	Total	17.6	29.9	33.8	40.5
UK (United Kingdom)	High-skilled clerical	19.6	9.6	22.3	27.1
	Low-skilled clerical	37.2	27.8	27.1	29.2
	High-skilled manual	51.6	47.3	47.5	38.6
	Low-skilled manual	54.7	53.0	42.3	41.2
	Total	36.9	28.5	30.7	31.4
HR (Croatia)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	31.5	16.0
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	43.5	30.7
	High-skilled manual	.	.	64.6	39.5
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	63.9	48.9
	Total	.	.	52.0	33.4
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	.	39.6
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	.	40.7
	High-skilled manual	.	.	.	70.8
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	.	66.2
	Total	.	.	.	54.8
TR (Turkey)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	33.9	27.3
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	33.3	29.1
	High-skilled manual	.	.	61.1	54.2
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	66.9	57.9
	Total	.	.	53.4	44.6
NO (Norway)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	16.9	21.2
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	25.8	25.6
	High-skilled manual	.	.	42.1	34.4
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	41.4	48.9
	Total	.	.	28.3	28.6
AL (Albania)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	.	30.8
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	.	41.1
	High-skilled manual	.	.	.	59.3
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	.	58.4
	Total	.	.	.	49.2
XK (Kosovo)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	.	46.9
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	.	45.3
	High-skilled manual	.	.	.	60.8
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	.	56.8
	Total	.	.	.	49.9
ME (Montenegro)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	.	14.9
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	.	32.9
	High-skilled manual	.	.	.	45.2
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	.	40.9
	Total	.	.	.	32.2
CH (Switzerland)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	14.2	.
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	16.2	.
	High-skilled manual	.	.	15.3	.
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	28.8	.
	Total	.	.	16.8	.
EC12	High-skilled clerical	16.9	14.5	18.6	21.5
	Low-skilled clerical	28.2	25.8	27.8	27.9
	High-skilled manual	45.2	41.3	46.6	44.3
	Low-skilled manual	51.5	48.9	46.5	49.8
	Total	33.5	30.4	32.0	32.7
EU15	High-skilled clerical	16.8	14.6	19.0	21.8
	Low-skilled clerical	27.5	26.0	28.2	28.2
	High-skilled manual	44.7	40.8	46.9	44.1
	Low-skilled manual	51.1	48.4	47.1	49.9
	Total	33.0	30.3	32.4	32.9
EU27	High-skilled clerical	.	13.9	19.1	20.9
	Low-skilled clerical	.	25.1	28.4	28.0
	High-skilled manual	.	41.1	47.7	43.7
	Low-skilled manual	.	46.0	48.7	49.7
	Total	.	30.2	33.8	32.9

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