EWCS 2010 Survey Results

Do you think your health or safety is at risk because of your work? (q66)

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Gender

Do you think your health or safety is at risk because of your work? (q66) - Yes
Country	Gender	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010
BE (Belgium)	Male	23.0	22.7	27.8	26.9	24.7
	Female	11.4	14.9	24.9	20.1	18.9
	Total	18.4	19.6	26.5	23.9	22.1
BG (Bulgaria)	Male	.	.	48.2	53.1	49.0
	Female	.	.	33.7	34.5	27.2
	Total	.	.	41.3	44.4	38.7
CZ (Czech Republic)	Male	.	.	38.9	31.3	24.3
	Female	.	.	33.8	14.2	13.9
	Total	.	.	36.6	23.7	19.8
DK (Denmark)	Male	23.3	17.4	21.2	27.0	15.8
	Female	22.2	20.9	24.3	18.9	15.0
	Total	22.8	19.0	22.6	23.2	15.5
DE (Germany)	Male	35.5	26.7	27.0	23.2	22.3
	Female	20.2	17.4	19.2	11.8	15.5
	Total	29.0	22.8	23.5	18.0	19.1
EE (Estonia)	Male	.	.	40.3	42.9	44.2
	Female	.	.	39.4	35.8	33.2
	Total	.	.	39.9	39.4	38.5
EL (Greece)	Male	51.1	58.4	53.9	57.9	46.0
	Female	29.3	33.7	39.4	39.2	28.8
	Total	43.8	49.4	48.6	50.8	39.2
ES (Spain)	Male	65.2	42.1	46.9	45.1	38.5
	Female	56.1	17.5	32.7	24.9	25.6
	Total	62.3	33.5	41.6	37.2	32.9
FR (France)	Male	38.0	34.9	32.1	24.9	28.6
	Female	24.8	26.3	24.2	21.0	20.3
	Total	32.3	31.0	28.6	23.1	24.6
IE (Ireland)	Male	24.1	21.2	23.4	28.6	21.3
	Female	17.6	12.3	19.5	16.6	11.9
	Total	21.9	17.7	21.8	23.5	16.9
IT (Italy)	Male	32.2	36.2	29.0	30.9	20.6
	Female	16.2	23.2	23.4	24.6	12.9
	Total	26.6	31.6	26.9	28.4	17.5
CY (Cyprus)	Male	.	.	49.3	41.4	35.9
	Female	.	.	28.6	24.4	23.3
	Total	.	.	40.5	34.0	30.3
LV (Latvia)	Male	.	.	54.3	60.8	55.4
	Female	.	.	42.1	37.3	39.5
	Total	.	.	48.3	49.1	47.2
LT (Lithuania)	Male	.	.	55.5	52.5	36.9
	Female	.	.	42.2	34.3	22.4
	Total	.	.	48.7	43.4	29.3
LU (Luxembourg)	Male	43.8	33.2	32.0	32.3	25.6
	Female	16.3	17.3	18.6	26.3	25.5
	Total	33.9	27.5	26.8	29.8	25.5
HU (Hungary)	Male	.	.	43.4	41.2	38.0
	Female	.	.	31.8	24.0	23.5
	Total	.	.	38.2	33.4	31.3
MT (Malta)	Male	.	.	36.5	39.9	34.5
	Female	.	.	19.1	25.5	15.0
	Total	.	.	31.5	35.4	28.0
NL (Netherlands)	Male	20.7	27.3	25.0	27.8	20.0
	Female	9.7	17.5	19.0	16.1	11.4
	Total	16.4	23.3	22.4	22.6	16.1
AT (Austria)	Male	.	35.8	27.3	27.0	27.8
	Female	.	23.3	19.2	18.7	15.8
	Total	.	30.1	23.7	23.2	22.1
PL (Poland)	Male	.	.	53.0	55.5	40.7
	Female	.	.	34.1	37.0	20.3
	Total	.	.	44.4	47.3	31.5
PT (Portugal)	Male	34.2	39.1	47.2	35.0	28.6
	Female	21.0	30.3	40.4	27.1	21.1
	Total	28.5	35.2	44.1	31.4	25.1
RO (Romania)	Male	.	.	54.2	54.8	36.7
	Female	.	.	46.3	42.3	35.1
	Total	.	.	50.5	49.1	36.0
SI (Slovenia)	Male	.	.	45.7	50.0	40.6
	Female	.	.	38.4	40.3	33.2
	Total	.	.	42.4	45.6	37.2
SK (Slovakia)	Male	.	.	40.5	42.3	39.1
	Female	.	.	31.8	25.4	19.2
	Total	.	.	36.4	34.7	30.3
FI (Finland)	Male	.	36.6	29.5	26.7	24.3
	Female	.	23.7	18.9	21.7	25.6
	Total	.	30.4	24.5	24.3	24.9
SE (Sweden)	Male	.	29.5	4.1	51.5	45.7
	Female	.	27.7	6.3	45.2	36.5
	Total	.	28.6	5.1	48.5	41.3
UK (United Kingdom)	Male	39.0	33.7	33.6	22.5	22.5
	Female	14.2	24.3	19.2	15.1	11.9
	Total	28.0	29.5	26.9	19.1	17.6
HR (Croatia)	Male	.	.	.	40.9	41.4
	Female	.	.	.	36.5	27.5
	Total	.	.	.	38.9	35.0
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Male	.	.	.	.	52.0
	Female	.	.	.	.	38.5
	Total	.	.	.	.	46.7
TR (Turkey)	Male	.	.	.	44.4	30.5
	Female	.	.	.	44.4	17.0
	Total	.	.	.	44.4	26.8
NO (Norway)	Male	.	.	.	22.1	22.4
	Female	.	.	.	14.0	19.3
	Total	.	.	.	18.2	20.9
AL (Albania)	Male	.	.	.	.	30.9
	Female	.	.	.	.	20.6
	Total	.	.	.	.	26.3
XK (Kosovo)	Male	.	.	.	.	22.9
	Female	.	.	.	.	12.1
	Total	.	.	.	.	19.9
ME (Montenegro)	Male	.	.	.	.	34.2
	Female	.	.	.	.	18.9
	Total	.	.	.	.	27.7
CH (Switzerland)	Male	.	.	.	27.2	.
	Female	.	.	.	16.6	.
	Total	.	.	.	22.4	.
EC12	Male	38.2	33.3	32.8	29.3	25.7
	Female	21.6	21.9	23.2	18.8	16.8
	Total	31.5	28.6	28.7	24.6	21.7
EU15	Male	.	33.3	32.0	29.7	26.3
	Female	.	22.1	22.6	19.6	17.4
	Total	.	28.6	27.9	25.2	22.2
EU27	Male	.	.	35.3	33.7	28.7
	Female	.	.	25.7	22.4	18.8
	Total	.	.	31.1	28.6	24.2

Age

Do you think your health or safety is at risk because of your work? (q66) - Yes
Country	Age	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010
BE (Belgium)	Under 30	18.0	16.7	21.4	21.9	23.4
	30 to 49	19.1	20.5	28.3	26.2	21.8
	50+	16.3	20.4	27.3	18.9	21.8
	Total	18.4	19.6	26.5	23.9	22.1
BG (Bulgaria)	Under 30	.	.	38.5	38.2	32.7
	30 to 49	.	.	43.2	47.0	39.8
	50+	.	.	38.8	43.4	39.9
	Total	.	.	41.3	44.4	38.7
CZ (Czech Republic)	Under 30	.	.	35.9	25.1	13.2
	30 to 49	.	.	35.9	23.9	21.7
	50+	.	.	39.9	22.3	20.1
	Total	.	.	36.6	23.7	19.8
DK (Denmark)	Under 30	28.7	18.4	27.0	22.0	14.7
	30 to 49	21.8	20.8	23.0	26.3	15.1
	50+	16.6	15.5	17.4	18.6	16.7
	Total	22.8	19.0	22.6	23.2	15.5
DE (Germany)	Under 30	29.3	25.9	18.2	20.1	13.0
	30 to 49	26.9	20.7	25.6	16.8	20.0
	50+	32.9	24.2	23.1	18.9	21.9
	Total	29.0	22.8	23.5	18.0	19.1
EE (Estonia)	Under 30	.	.	39.9	31.9	39.0
	30 to 49	.	.	43.4	43.1	41.9
	50+	.	.	33.4	38.1	32.0
	Total	.	.	39.9	39.4	38.5
EL (Greece)	Under 30	36.2	36.2	34.8	44.3	33.3
	30 to 49	42.0	49.0	50.4	53.7	38.0
	50+	53.3	60.7	58.4	49.7	45.4
	Total	43.8	49.4	48.6	50.8	39.2
ES (Spain)	Under 30	60.8	25.8	41.8	30.3	33.8
	30 to 49	62.0	36.5	40.7	41.4	32.7
	50+	64.6	35.1	43.9	34.1	32.5
	Total	62.3	33.5	41.6	37.2	32.9
FR (France)	Under 30	32.7	30.5	21.7	21.2	23.1
	30 to 49	34.1	31.7	31.4	23.7	24.7
	50+	25.8	29.4	27.8	23.9	25.8
	Total	32.3	31.0	28.6	23.1	24.6
IE (Ireland)	Under 30	21.5	19.5	19.3	25.1	14.8
	30 to 49	26.0	17.8	23.3	24.3	18.3
	50+	12.6	14.3	22.3	19.3	15.7
	Total	21.9	17.7	21.8	23.5	16.9
IT (Italy)	Under 30	20.7	28.7	26.2	29.9	15.3
	30 to 49	27.5	33.0	28.3	32.6	16.1
	50+	31.7	30.7	24.0	15.9	21.8
	Total	26.6	31.6	26.9	28.4	17.5
CY (Cyprus)	Under 30	.	.	29.6	32.1	22.1
	30 to 49	.	.	41.2	36.7	29.4
	50+	.	.	50.6	29.9	38.1
	Total	.	.	40.5	34.0	30.3
LV (Latvia)	Under 30	.	.	51.1	37.1	39.2
	30 to 49	.	.	48.8	55.7	49.7
	50+	.	.	44.3	45.7	49.0
	Total	.	.	48.3	49.1	47.2
LT (Lithuania)	Under 30	.	.	46.2	40.2	27.7
	30 to 49	.	.	48.7	44.2	30.0
	50+	.	.	51.1	43.7	28.9
	Total	.	.	48.7	43.4	29.3
LU (Luxembourg)	Under 30	37.4	26.1	29.4	41.5	25.6
	30 to 49	32.9	29.6	26.0	26.5	27.2
	50+	29.6	21.6	26.2	29.4	20.4
	Total	33.9	27.5	26.8	29.8	25.5
HU (Hungary)	Under 30	.	.	37.7	29.2	28.6
	30 to 49	.	.	39.2	37.4	31.7
	50+	.	.	35.7	27.9	32.4
	Total	.	.	38.2	33.4	31.3
MT (Malta)	Under 30	.	.	22.6	28.8	25.1
	30 to 49	.	.	38.8	41.1	30.2
	50+	.	.	31.6	32.6	27.5
	Total	.	.	31.5	35.4	28.0
NL (Netherlands)	Under 30	17.2	25.9	19.8	22.2	14.4
	30 to 49	16.7	23.7	24.0	25.0	16.7
	50+	13.5	16.7	22.0	17.6	16.4
	Total	16.4	23.3	22.4	22.6	16.1
AT (Austria)	Under 30	.	27.9	20.2	18.1	21.2
	30 to 49	.	31.5	24.8	24.6	20.9
	50+	.	29.3	24.8	26.4	25.2
	Total	.	30.1	23.7	23.2	22.1
PL (Poland)	Under 30	.	.	31.2	36.2	23.4
	30 to 49	.	.	49.3	52.7	34.5
	50+	.	.	46.7	45.4	32.6
	Total	.	.	44.4	47.3	31.5
PT (Portugal)	Under 30	25.5	34.2	35.1	24.6	17.0
	30 to 49	29.6	35.5	44.0	29.7	23.6
	50+	29.9	35.5	53.1	40.7	31.7
	Total	28.5	35.2	44.1	31.4	25.1
RO (Romania)	Under 30	.	.	45.9	45.8	27.7
	30 to 49	.	.	53.1	48.2	35.3
	50+	.	.	49.8	53.7	43.5
	Total	.	.	50.5	49.1	36.0
SI (Slovenia)	Under 30	.	.	26.4	38.6	28.4
	30 to 49	.	.	48.3	49.0	40.4
	50+	.	.	43.2	43.5	39.6
	Total	.	.	42.4	45.6	37.2
SK (Slovakia)	Under 30	.	.	34.7	31.4	28.6
	30 to 49	.	.	37.4	35.0	32.8
	50+	.	.	35.8	37.8	26.1
	Total	.	.	36.4	34.7	30.3
FI (Finland)	Under 30	.	28.6	24.4	17.0	18.9
	30 to 49	.	28.8	24.3	25.3	28.2
	50+	.	36.5	24.9	27.6	24.4
	Total	.	30.4	24.5	24.3	24.9
SE (Sweden)	Under 30	.	32.3	7.4	45.9	39.3
	30 to 49	.	29.3	5.2	55.3	41.9
	50+	.	24.8	3.7	39.6	40.1
	Total	.	28.6	5.1	48.5	41.3
UK (United Kingdom)	Under 30	27.4	24.6	19.5	18.9	12.1
	30 to 49	32.0	31.4	31.5	20.1	19.8
	50+	19.3	31.3	25.3	17.2	18.2
	Total	28.0	29.5	26.9	19.1	17.6
HR (Croatia)	Under 30	.	.	.	31.8	30.3
	30 to 49	.	.	.	40.7	37.0
	50+	.	.	.	41.1	35.1
	Total	.	.	.	38.9	35.0
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Under 30	.	.	.	.	37.7
	30 to 49	.	.	.	.	47.4
	50+	.	.	.	.	52.8
	Total	.	.	.	.	46.7
TR (Turkey)	Under 30	.	.	.	42.0	18.2
	30 to 49	.	.	.	44.4	31.2
	50+	.	.	.	49.1	33.0
	Total	.	.	.	44.4	26.8
NO (Norway)	Under 30	.	.	.	22.7	24.1
	30 to 49	.	.	.	18.6	24.1
	50+	.	.	.	14.3	13.4
	Total	.	.	.	18.2	20.9
AL (Albania)	Under 30	.	.	.	.	20.5
	30 to 49	.	.	.	.	26.4
	50+	.	.	.	.	30.1
	Total	.	.	.	.	26.3
XK (Kosovo)	Under 30	.	.	.	.	14.4
	30 to 49	.	.	.	.	21.7
	50+	.	.	.	.	24.7
	Total	.	.	.	.	19.9
ME (Montenegro)	Under 30	.	.	.	.	22.2
	30 to 49	.	.	.	.	32.3
	50+	.	.	.	.	24.9
	Total	.	.	.	.	27.7
CH (Switzerland)	Under 30	.	.	.	28.9	.
	30 to 49	.	.	.	21.2	.
	50+	.	.	.	19.7	.
	Total	.	.	.	22.4	.
EC12	Under 30	30.3	26.6	24.2	23.7	18.1
	30 to 49	32.0	29.1	30.7	26.2	22.3
	50+	32.0	29.3	28.5	22.0	23.4
	Total	31.5	28.6	28.7	24.6	21.7
EU15	Under 30	.	26.8	23.8	24.0	18.6
	30 to 49	.	29.2	29.9	26.9	22.8
	50+	.	29.3	27.4	22.8	23.9
	Total	.	28.6	27.9	25.2	22.2
EU27	Under 30	.	.	26.5	26.5	19.9
	30 to 49	.	.	33.2	30.5	25.0
	50+	.	.	31.0	26.5	25.9
	Total	.	.	31.1	28.6	24.2

Employment status

Do you think your health or safety is at risk because of your work? (q66) - Yes
Country	Employment status	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010
BE (Belgium)	Employee: permanent contract	.	21.8	27.0	23.6	22.5
	Employee: other arrangement	.	17.3	17.7	17.7	22.1
	Self-employed	.	15.9	28.6	27.4	21.6
	Total	18.4	19.6	26.5	23.9	22.1
BG (Bulgaria)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	39.9	42.3	40.1
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	48.3	45.8	26.4
	Self-employed	.	.	34.1	51.1	44.6
	Total	.	.	41.3	44.4	38.7
CZ (Czech Republic)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	36.9	25.9	22.1
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	36.9	22.2	16.5
	Self-employed	.	.	35.8	20.7	15.8
	Total	.	.	36.6	23.7	19.8
DK (Denmark)	Employee: permanent contract	.	19.2	22.2	24.4	14.3
	Employee: other arrangement	.	20.4	24.8	17.8	18.2
	Self-employed	.	16.7	17.3	28.0	22.5
	Total	22.8	19.0	22.6	23.2	15.5
DE (Germany)	Employee: permanent contract	.	24.0	25.3	17.1	21.1
	Employee: other arrangement	.	28.3	18.7	25.3	16.0
	Self-employed	.	12.7	20.6	17.8	13.4
	Total	29.0	22.8	23.5	18.0	19.1
EE (Estonia)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	40.3	39.9	38.1
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	37.8	37.9	44.6
	Self-employed	.	.	43.0	40.1	35.6
	Total	.	.	39.9	39.4	38.5
EL (Greece)	Employee: permanent contract	.	47.6	41.2	45.7	32.8
	Employee: other arrangement	.	46.3	45.2	48.1	40.2
	Self-employed	.	52.1	56.5	57.5	45.2
	Total	43.8	49.4	48.6	50.8	39.2
ES (Spain)	Employee: permanent contract	.	37.1	41.9	38.8	34.5
	Employee: other arrangement	.	26.7	42.8	29.9	32.1
	Self-employed	.	36.5	39.7	43.0	29.2
	Total	62.3	33.5	41.6	37.2	32.9
FR (France)	Employee: permanent contract	.	32.5	29.7	22.5	24.3
	Employee: other arrangement	.	27.0	18.3	25.1	23.8
	Self-employed	.	31.6	33.6	27.4	31.2
	Total	32.3	31.0	28.6	23.1	24.6
IE (Ireland)	Employee: permanent contract	.	18.7	21.2	20.9	16.3
	Employee: other arrangement	.	14.2	21.4	24.0	17.2
	Self-employed	.	16.5	23.4	29.2	17.2
	Total	21.9	17.7	21.8	23.5	16.9
IT (Italy)	Employee: permanent contract	.	33.8	27.4	32.9	17.8
	Employee: other arrangement	.	30.6	32.1	22.4	12.9
	Self-employed	.	29.1	23.9	24.8	20.5
	Total	26.6	31.6	26.9	28.4	17.5
CY (Cyprus)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	38.6	37.0	27.3
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	34.5	29.1	29.5
	Self-employed	.	.	56.1	40.0	39.2
	Total	.	.	40.5	34.0	30.3
LV (Latvia)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	46.2	49.1	45.5
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	46.0	47.8	57.4
	Self-employed	.	.	56.0	50.0	47.8
	Total	.	.	48.3	49.1	47.2
LT (Lithuania)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	47.5	43.2	28.7
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	47.5	35.4	33.6
	Self-employed	.	.	57.9	51.4	28.8
	Total	.	.	48.7	43.4	29.3
LU (Luxembourg)	Employee: permanent contract	.	25.7	27.2	30.4	25.8
	Employee: other arrangement	.	38.0	22.2	26.9	24.7
	Self-employed	.	28.0	25.7	25.5	29.1
	Total	33.9	27.5	26.8	29.8	25.5
HU (Hungary)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	36.7	33.6	32.4
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	40.9	24.4	23.2
	Self-employed	.	.	44.1	43.4	34.3
	Total	.	.	38.2	33.4	31.3
MT (Malta)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	33.1	35.3	27.0
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	21.1	33.6	27.9
	Self-employed	.	.	32.8	40.7	32.0
	Total	.	.	31.5	35.4	28.0
NL (Netherlands)	Employee: permanent contract	.	22.9	23.6	22.5	15.2
	Employee: other arrangement	.	29.2	15.7	25.3	15.8
	Self-employed	.	15.3	26.3	19.0	21.3
	Total	16.4	23.3	22.4	22.6	16.1
AT (Austria)	Employee: permanent contract	.	28.1	23.3	22.9	22.5
	Employee: other arrangement	.	47.3	20.6	25.1	23.2
	Self-employed	.	30.2	27.7	25.1	21.2
	Total	.	30.1	23.7	23.2	22.1
PL (Poland)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	38.5	42.4	31.7
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	45.5	41.4	24.9
	Self-employed	.	.	53.5	66.1	39.5
	Total	.	.	44.4	47.3	31.5
PT (Portugal)	Employee: permanent contract	.	34.0	44.2	30.8	26.6
	Employee: other arrangement	.	37.2	39.0	23.0	24.2
	Self-employed	.	37.7	49.2	42.4	23.8
	Total	28.5	35.2	44.1	31.4	25.1
RO (Romania)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	52.8	41.8	29.7
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	33.7	41.0	31.5
	Self-employed	.	.	50.9	66.6	50.2
	Total	.	.	50.5	49.1	36.0
SI (Slovenia)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	47.1	46.9	40.1
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	27.5	42.2	27.7
	Self-employed	.	.	40.6	45.8	43.3
	Total	.	.	42.4	45.6	37.2
SK (Slovakia)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	36.7	35.9	30.2
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	37.3	30.5	31.2
	Self-employed	.	.	33.9	34.9	32.0
	Total	.	.	36.4	34.7	30.3
FI (Finland)	Employee: permanent contract	.	28.4	24.2	22.9	26.1
	Employee: other arrangement	.	15.5	16.4	21.6	21.0
	Self-employed	.	50.0	34.9	34.6	25.2
	Total	.	30.4	24.5	24.3	24.9
SE (Sweden)	Employee: permanent contract	.	28.0	4.8	48.6	42.4
	Employee: other arrangement	.	29.3	7.0	45.0	21.1
	Self-employed	.	33.4	5.7	52.8	56.5
	Total	.	28.6	5.1	48.5	41.3
UK (United Kingdom)	Employee: permanent contract	.	28.3	26.2	20.1	16.9
	Employee: other arrangement	.	27.2	29.2	17.0	17.1
	Self-employed	.	39.1	27.3	21.2	21.7
	Total	28.0	29.5	26.9	19.1	17.6
HR (Croatia)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	.	40.7	34.2
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	.	44.0	34.2
	Self-employed	.	.	.	31.3	41.3
	Total	.	.	.	38.9	35.0
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	.	.	46.1
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	.	.	51.8
	Self-employed	.	.	.	.	39.4
	Total	.	.	.	.	46.7
TR (Turkey)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	.	34.7	24.1
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	.	44.0	26.5
	Self-employed	.	.	.	46.9	28.8
	Total	.	.	.	44.4	26.8
NO (Norway)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	.	17.3	20.5
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	.	21.7	19.3
	Self-employed	.	.	.	26.0	28.4
	Total	.	.	.	18.2	20.9
AL (Albania)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	.	.	26.8
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	.	.	28.1
	Self-employed	.	.	.	.	25.5
	Total	.	.	.	.	26.3
XK (Kosovo)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	.	.	22.6
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	.	.	22.2
	Self-employed	.	.	.	.	17.2
	Total	.	.	.	.	19.9
ME (Montenegro)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	.	.	28.9
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	.	.	29.2
	Self-employed	.	.	.	.	22.9
	Total	.	.	.	.	27.7
CH (Switzerland)	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	.	22.5	.
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	.	25.8	.
	Self-employed	.	.	.	20.1	.
	Total	.	.	.	22.4	.
EC12	Employee: permanent contract	.	28.6	28.4	24.1	21.7
	Employee: other arrangement	.	27.8	28.6	24.3	21.4
	Self-employed	.	29.7	30.7	28.8	23.7
	Total	31.5	28.6	28.7	24.6	21.7
EU15	Employee: permanent contract	.	28.6	27.5	24.8	22.4
	Employee: other arrangement	.	28.0	27.8	24.6	21.4
	Self-employed	.	30.0	30.4	29.0	24.2
	Total	.	28.6	27.9	25.2	22.2
EU27	Employee: permanent contract	.	.	30.4	27.5	24.1
	Employee: other arrangement	.	.	30.0	27.1	22.3
	Self-employed	.	.	35.0	35.5	27.8
	Total	.	.	31.1	28.6	24.2

Industry/services

Do you think your health or safety is at risk because of your work? (q66) - Yes
Country	Industry/services	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010
BE (Belgium)	Industry	.	21.9	28.7	28.1	25.0
	Services	.	18.5	25.7	22.4	21.3
	Total	18.4	19.6	26.5	23.9	22.1
BG (Bulgaria)	Industry	.	.	47.8	55.1	45.9
	Services	.	.	36.7	37.5	34.6
	Total	.	.	41.3	44.4	38.7
CZ (Czech Republic)	Industry	.	.	38.2	29.3	29.3
	Services	.	.	35.3	20.8	14.1
	Total	.	.	36.6	23.7	19.8
DK (Denmark)	Industry	.	22.7	22.7	24.8	22.4
	Services	.	17.4	22.6	22.7	13.4
	Total	22.8	19.0	22.6	23.2	15.5
DE (Germany)	Industry	.	30.3	31.1	21.9	23.5
	Services	.	18.2	19.4	15.8	17.5
	Total	29.0	22.8	23.5	18.0	19.1
EE (Estonia)	Industry	.	.	45.1	44.9	48.9
	Services	.	.	36.2	35.9	32.9
	Total	.	.	39.9	39.4	38.5
EL (Greece)	Industry	.	66.6	62.2	71.8	58.4
	Services	.	36.3	39.7	39.5	30.0
	Total	43.8	49.4	48.6	50.8	39.2
ES (Spain)	Industry	.	38.5	49.4	46.2	44.0
	Services	.	30.5	37.0	32.4	28.7
	Total	62.3	33.5	41.6	37.2	32.9
FR (France)	Industry	.	42.2	33.6	28.5	33.9
	Services	.	26.1	26.3	21.1	21.6
	Total	32.3	31.0	28.6	23.1	24.6
IE (Ireland)	Industry	.	19.8	25.7	29.8	20.1
	Services	.	16.5	19.6	20.0	15.9
	Total	21.9	17.7	21.8	23.5	16.9
IT (Italy)	Industry	.	30.9	32.1	32.6	24.2
	Services	.	32.0	24.0	26.3	14.6
	Total	26.6	31.6	26.9	28.4	17.5
CY (Cyprus)	Industry	.	.	60.0	45.5	44.5
	Services	.	.	32.9	29.3	25.8
	Total	.	.	40.5	34.0	30.3
LV (Latvia)	Industry	.	.	52.9	57.0	60.8
	Services	.	.	44.9	44.2	41.0
	Total	.	.	48.3	49.1	47.2
LT (Lithuania)	Industry	.	.	56.3	53.3	37.0
	Services	.	.	42.9	36.1	25.3
	Total	.	.	48.7	43.4	29.3
LU (Luxembourg)	Industry	.	43.2	37.1	44.2	43.4
	Services	.	22.2	23.7	25.8	22.6
	Total	33.9	27.5	26.8	29.8	25.5
HU (Hungary)	Industry	.	.	48.1	36.2	41.6
	Services	.	.	31.5	31.5	25.9
	Total	.	.	38.2	33.4	31.3
MT (Malta)	Industry	.	.	43.2	36.0	44.9
	Services	.	.	25.8	34.9	22.7
	Total	.	.	31.5	35.4	28.0
NL (Netherlands)	Industry	.	30.5	29.5	28.0	22.6
	Services	.	20.7	20.1	21.0	14.3
	Total	16.4	23.3	22.4	22.6	16.1
AT (Austria)	Industry	.	42.7	32.2	31.0	31.0
	Services	.	22.4	19.0	19.5	18.5
	Total	.	30.1	23.7	23.2	22.1
PL (Poland)	Industry	.	.	49.5	64.5	42.7
	Services	.	.	39.4	33.0	24.6
	Total	.	.	44.4	47.3	31.5
PT (Portugal)	Industry	.	42.5	51.6	33.8	36.0
	Services	.	29.7	37.5	29.6	18.9
	Total	28.5	35.2	44.1	31.4	25.1
RO (Romania)	Industry	.	.	53.7	59.1	44.0
	Services	.	.	42.9	33.5	26.9
	Total	.	.	50.5	49.1	36.0
SI (Slovenia)	Industry	.	.	48.9	53.0	47.0
	Services	.	.	36.2	39.2	31.0
	Total	.	.	42.4	45.6	37.2
SK (Slovakia)	Industry	.	.	43.4	43.1	40.4
	Services	.	.	31.2	28.4	23.7
	Total	.	.	36.4	34.7	30.3
FI (Finland)	Industry	.	40.8	31.1	31.6	32.5
	Services	.	24.8	21.1	21.3	22.0
	Total	.	30.4	24.5	24.3	24.9
SE (Sweden)	Industry	.	31.8	6.4	56.7	55.3
	Services	.	27.4	4.7	45.9	38.1
	Total	.	28.6	5.1	48.5	41.3
UK (United Kingdom)	Industry	.	36.0	37.8	25.9	21.7
	Services	.	26.8	23.0	17.1	16.6
	Total	28.0	29.5	26.9	19.1	17.6
HR (Croatia)	Industry	.	.	.	43.7	44.5
	Services	.	.	.	34.8	29.5
	Total	.	.	.	38.9	35.0
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	Industry	.	.	.	.	58.5
	Services	.	.	.	.	38.6
	Total	.	.	.	.	46.7
TR (Turkey)	Industry	.	.	.	51.7	33.0
	Services	.	.	.	32.9	21.3
	Total	.	.	.	44.4	26.8
NO (Norway)	Industry	.	.	.	24.6	28.4
	Services	.	.	.	16.3	18.9
	Total	.	.	.	18.2	20.9
AL (Albania)	Industry	.	.	.	.	30.3
	Services	.	.	.	.	23.0
	Total	.	.	.	.	26.3
XK (Kosovo)	Industry	.	.	.	.	27.3
	Services	.	.	.	.	15.9
	Total	.	.	.	.	19.9
ME (Montenegro)	Industry	.	.	.	.	37.6
	Services	.	.	.	.	23.9
	Total	.	.	.	.	27.7
CH (Switzerland)	Industry	.	.	.	25.9	.
	Services	.	.	.	21.2	.
	Total	.	.	.	22.4	.
EC12	Industry	.	35.1	36.5	31.3	29.1
	Services	.	25.1	24.9	21.8	19.1
	Total	31.5	28.6	28.7	24.6	21.7
EU15	Industry	.	35.4	35.7	31.8	29.7
	Services	.	25.1	24.2	22.4	19.7
	Total	.	28.6	27.9	25.2	22.2
EU27	Industry	.	.	39.6	38.0	33.1
	Services	.	.	26.3	23.9	20.6
	Total	.	.	31.1	28.6	24.2

Type of occupation

Do you think your health or safety is at risk because of your work? (q66) - Yes
Country	Type of occupation	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010
BE (Belgium)	High-skilled clerical	.	15.8	27.3	20.9	19.7
	Low-skilled clerical	.	17.2	21.7	20.0	18.5
	High-skilled manual	.	25.3	33.5	36.0	29.5
	Low-skilled manual	.	25.7	30.5	29.3	30.0
	Total	18.4	19.6	26.5	23.9	22.1
BG (Bulgaria)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	32.0	29.1	22.8
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	31.8	29.8	33.2
	High-skilled manual	.	.	49.9	58.3	53.4
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	55.6	61.0	47.9
	Total	.	.	41.3	44.4	38.7
CZ (Czech Republic)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	24.2	12.1	7.8
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	26.7	17.2	13.4
	High-skilled manual	.	.	54.4	33.0	36.0
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	47.4	35.7	29.0
	Total	.	.	36.6	23.7	19.8
DK (Denmark)	High-skilled clerical	.	11.7	15.9	17.7	10.9
	Low-skilled clerical	.	17.0	22.2	18.7	13.4
	High-skilled manual	.	24.0	32.3	36.9	33.6
	Low-skilled manual	.	26.7	24.9	32.1	15.7
	Total	22.8	19.0	22.6	23.2	15.5
DE (Germany)	High-skilled clerical	.	16.1	19.5	13.9	15.2
	Low-skilled clerical	.	14.4	16.1	12.4	13.5
	High-skilled manual	.	34.1	37.3	30.7	31.7
	Low-skilled manual	.	40.5	34.4	24.7	29.3
	Total	29.0	22.8	23.5	18.0	19.1
EE (Estonia)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	28.5	24.0	24.9
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	35.1	32.7	30.3
	High-skilled manual	.	.	55.4	63.5	64.7
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	43.3	47.4	51.3
	Total	.	.	39.9	39.4	38.5
EL (Greece)	High-skilled clerical	.	34.8	32.7	30.9	18.2
	Low-skilled clerical	.	34.7	32.1	40.7	28.1
	High-skilled manual	.	65.3	68.0	74.7	63.6
	Low-skilled manual	.	59.9	62.9	62.5	58.1
	Total	43.8	49.4	48.6	50.8	39.2
ES (Spain)	High-skilled clerical	.	24.2	26.1	32.0	26.4
	Low-skilled clerical	.	24.3	38.2	28.1	22.2
	High-skilled manual	.	44.1	51.6	58.5	45.8
	Low-skilled manual	.	43.3	49.8	37.5	47.6
	Total	62.3	33.5	41.6	37.2	32.9
FR (France)	High-skilled clerical	.	13.7	20.1	17.2	17.8
	Low-skilled clerical	.	25.9	23.3	17.4	17.4
	High-skilled manual	.	43.9	42.9	39.2	43.0
	Low-skilled manual	.	48.1	35.5	29.5	36.0
	Total	32.3	31.0	28.6	23.1	24.6
IE (Ireland)	High-skilled clerical	.	14.2	20.8	23.1	17.3
	Low-skilled clerical	.	17.7	15.9	18.6	12.8
	High-skilled manual	.	21.3	32.6	34.4	25.7
	Low-skilled manual	.	18.6	25.3	21.1	20.8
	Total	21.9	17.7	21.8	23.5	16.9
IT (Italy)	High-skilled clerical	.	29.4	21.1	21.9	10.2
	Low-skilled clerical	.	26.6	19.7	25.8	10.3
	High-skilled manual	.	39.3	36.7	48.2	29.8
	Low-skilled manual	.	35.6	40.4	30.8	29.2
	Total	26.6	31.6	26.9	28.4	17.5
CY (Cyprus)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	23.6	21.1	26.6
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	23.8	26.8	20.8
	High-skilled manual	.	.	76.3	51.8	50.3
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	53.5	41.9	37.8
	Total	.	.	40.5	34.0	30.3
LV (Latvia)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	32.1	30.7	34.9
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	39.3	42.4	40.0
	High-skilled manual	.	.	66.1	64.1	64.3
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	57.8	62.7	60.5
	Total	.	.	48.3	49.1	47.2
LT (Lithuania)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	34.3	36.2	18.0
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	37.9	29.4	19.9
	High-skilled manual	.	.	64.0	61.6	46.1
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	58.9	49.3	43.1
	Total	.	.	48.7	43.4	29.3
LU (Luxembourg)	High-skilled clerical	.	18.4	14.8	20.1	19.5
	Low-skilled clerical	.	22.6	20.3	27.9	21.6
	High-skilled manual	.	47.7	44.3	49.6	53.1
	Low-skilled manual	.	29.6	40.7	36.6	30.1
	Total	33.9	27.5	26.8	29.8	25.5
HU (Hungary)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	30.4	30.7	24.1
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	24.8	25.1	23.3
	High-skilled manual	.	.	51.2	47.6	43.5
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	53.1	35.8	41.5
	Total	.	.	38.2	33.4	31.3
MT (Malta)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	20.1	12.5	14.3
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	20.1	36.1	25.0
	High-skilled manual	.	.	60.8	55.5	61.5
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	41.3	39.7	28.0
	Total	.	.	31.5	35.4	28.0
NL (Netherlands)	High-skilled clerical	.	22.1	25.1	21.2	15.7
	Low-skilled clerical	.	17.5	16.3	20.2	11.3
	High-skilled manual	.	29.1	34.7	41.2	35.8
	Low-skilled manual	.	36.6	25.5	21.5	18.3
	Total	16.4	23.3	22.4	22.6	16.1
AT (Austria)	High-skilled clerical	.	22.9	15.9	19.9	15.9
	Low-skilled clerical	.	20.5	17.4	13.6	15.7
	High-skilled manual	.	44.6	34.8	38.6	36.5
	Low-skilled manual	.	41.3	33.5	38.8	32.9
	Total	.	30.1	23.7	23.2	22.1
PL (Poland)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	29.7	28.8	22.2
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	33.5	33.3	21.0
	High-skilled manual	.	.	57.8	67.9	47.1
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	53.8	48.6	40.2
	Total	.	.	44.4	47.3	31.5
PT (Portugal)	High-skilled clerical	.	25.3	39.2	33.1	15.0
	Low-skilled clerical	.	27.2	34.9	23.1	16.6
	High-skilled manual	.	46.1	50.2	42.2	36.4
	Low-skilled manual	.	41.5	50.3	31.7	33.4
	Total	28.5	35.2	44.1	31.4	25.1
RO (Romania)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	34.1	24.4	36.5
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	36.3	29.6	25.9
	High-skilled manual	.	.	50.7	65.7	49.0
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	64.2	48.8	31.8
	Total	.	.	50.5	49.1	36.0
SI (Slovenia)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	27.8	34.1	28.2
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	31.3	32.7	27.7
	High-skilled manual	.	.	56.6	61.4	55.5
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	57.6	62.3	51.7
	Total	.	.	42.4	45.6	37.2
SK (Slovakia)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	26.5	27.7	17.0
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	25.4	28.2	22.2
	High-skilled manual	.	.	51.6	47.0	45.0
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	48.1	39.8	41.5
	Total	.	.	36.4	34.7	30.3
FI (Finland)	High-skilled clerical	.	20.0	13.7	20.4	17.1
	Low-skilled clerical	.	22.0	19.4	18.6	20.8
	High-skilled manual	.	54.1	37.2	36.8	42.7
	Low-skilled manual	.	38.0	38.0	34.0	33.2
	Total	.	30.4	24.5	24.3	24.9
SE (Sweden)	High-skilled clerical	.	18.6	3.4	45.2	33.2
	Low-skilled clerical	.	25.2	6.3	39.8	33.3
	High-skilled manual	.	42.7	5.1	78.4	79.4
	Low-skilled manual	.	39.0	4.1	56.7	52.3
	Total	.	28.6	5.1	48.5	41.3
UK (United Kingdom)	High-skilled clerical	.	26.8	24.1	19.5	17.0
	Low-skilled clerical	.	24.4	18.9	15.2	15.9
	High-skilled manual	.	43.2	43.9	23.4	26.6
	Low-skilled manual	.	34.3	40.4	24.5	17.4
	Total	28.0	29.5	26.9	19.1	17.6
HR (Croatia)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	.	24.3	17.8
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	.	32.6	29.5
	High-skilled manual	.	.	.	46.2	48.7
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	.	48.9	48.5
	Total	.	.	.	38.9	35.0
MK (FYR of Macedonia)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	.	.	25.6
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	.	.	33.8
	High-skilled manual	.	.	.	.	54.9
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	.	.	63.3
	Total	.	.	.	.	46.7
TR (Turkey)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	.	23.1	14.4
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	.	30.6	13.7
	High-skilled manual	.	.	.	50.7	30.9
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	.	56.9	41.7
	Total	.	.	.	44.4	26.8
NO (Norway)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	.	10.8	9.3
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	.	15.8	18.5
	High-skilled manual	.	.	.	36.2	34.6
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	.	20.9	38.9
	Total	.	.	.	18.2	20.9
AL (Albania)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	.	.	14.2
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	.	.	17.6
	High-skilled manual	.	.	.	.	30.4
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	.	.	44.2
	Total	.	.	.	.	26.3
XK (Kosovo)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	.	.	14.7
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	.	.	13.9
	High-skilled manual	.	.	.	.	30.0
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	.	.	41.5
	Total	.	.	.	.	19.9
ME (Montenegro)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	.	.	12.7
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	.	.	21.7
	High-skilled manual	.	.	.	.	47.7
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	.	.	49.2
	Total	.	.	.	.	27.7
CH (Switzerland)	High-skilled clerical	.	.	.	18.1	.
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	.	18.4	.
	High-skilled manual	.	.	.	34.3	.
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	.	28.5	.
	Total	.	.	.	22.4	.
EC12	High-skilled clerical	.	21.7	23.1	20.6	17.0
	Low-skilled clerical	.	21.8	21.3	18.6	15.4
	High-skilled manual	.	40.4	42.8	40.8	36.1
	Low-skilled manual	.	39.5	39.2	29.7	31.4
	Total	31.5	28.6	28.7	24.6	21.7
EU15	High-skilled clerical	.	21.6	22.2	21.2	17.4
	Low-skilled clerical	.	21.8	20.7	19.2	16.0
	High-skilled manual	.	40.7	41.8	41.4	37.0
	Low-skilled manual	.	39.5	38.2	30.5	32.0
	Total	.	28.6	27.9	25.2	22.2
EU27	High-skilled clerical	.	.	23.5	22.1	18.8
	Low-skilled clerical	.	.	22.4	20.5	17.0
	High-skilled manual	.	.	45.4	48.1	39.8
	Low-skilled manual	.	.	42.8	34.5	33.6
	Total	.	.	31.1	28.6	24.2

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