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Safety and Health at work is everyone's concern. It's good for you. It's good for business.
Pan-European opinion poll on occupational safety and health
Representative sample in 36 participating European countries for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
Results across 36 European countries
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Opinion poll design
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Universe: Population aged 18+ with usual place of residence and in the respective language
Sample: Representative sample in each of the 36 participating European countries
Method of data collection:
CATI (Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviews) across 31 countries. In Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, and Turkey, interviews were conducted face to face
Sample size: 35,540 interviews (approximately 1,000 per country except in Liechtenstein with 200 interviews conducted)
Margin of error: ±0.3 to 0.5 percentage points (across Europe)
Fieldwork period: 28th October 2011 - 17th January 2012
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Questionnaire overview
Q1. Do you think the number of people suffering from job-related stress in (your country) will increase, decrease or stay around the same over the next five years? (Increase a lot | Increase a little | Stay around the same | Decrease a little | Decrease a lot)
Q2. Regarding safety and health risks at the workplace, do you consider yourself ….? (Very well informed | Fairly well informed | Not very well informed | Not at all informed)
Q3. Many European governments are considering or have decided to increase their retirement age because people are living for longer.
In your view, how important, if at all, are good health and safety practices to help people work for longer before they retire? (Very important | Fairly important | Not very important | Not at all important)
Q4. If you raised a health and safety problem in your workplace with your supervisor, how confident are you that it would be addressed? (Very confident | Fairly confident | Not very confident | Not at all confident)
Q5. How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement.
In order for (your country) to be economically competitive, workplaces need to follow good health and safety practices? (Strongly agree | Tend to agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Tend to disagree | Strongly disagree)
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Two-letter country designations used in charts
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Letters Country Letters Country Letters Country
AL Albania HR Croatia NO Norway
AT Austria HU Hungary PL Poland
BE Belgium IE Ireland PT Portugal
BG Bulgaria IS Iceland RO Romania
CY Cyprus IT Italy RS Serbia
CZ Czech Republic LI Liechtenstein SE Sweden
DE Germany LT Lithuania SI Slovenia
DK Denmark LU Luxembourg SK Slovakia
EE Estonia LV Latvia TR Turkey
EL Greece ME Montenegro UK United Kingdom
ES Spain MK Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
ALL All countries
FI Finland MT Malta
FR France NL Netherlands
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Regions used in this report
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Region Countries
North Eastern Europe Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia
North Western Europe Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
South Eastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Southern Europe Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain
EU27 The 27 countries that currently form the European Union
EU15 The 15 countries that formed the European Union until 1st May 2004
EEA Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein
CCS Candidate and potential candidate countries
Level of job-related stress
Level of job-related stress
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49
28
12
4
3
4
Universe: Population aged 18+
Do you think the number of people suffering from job-related stress in (your country) will increase, decrease or stay around the same over the next five years? (%)
Increase a lot
Increase a little
Stay around the same
Decrease a little
Decrease a lot
Don’t know
Level of job-related stress
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77
76
79
76
80
75
80
75
12
13
11
15
11
12
12
13
7
7
7
7
6
6
7
7
Increase (aggregate) Stay around the same Decrease (aggregate)
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
Gender
Age
Working status
Do you think the number of people suffering from job-related stress in (your country) will increase, decrease or stay around the same over the next five years? (%)
Total
Male
Female
Aged 18-34
Aged 35-54
Aged 55+
Active
Non active
Level of job-related stress
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Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
Employer size (number of employees)
Employment contract
79
78
79
80
82
80
78
12
12
13
12
12
12
13
7
7
6
6
5
7
7
Increase (aggregate) Stay around the same Decrease (aggregate)
Do you think the number of people suffering from job-related stress in (your country) will increase, decrease or stay around the same over the next five years? (%)
Total
0-9
10-49
50-249
250+
Indefinite
Other
Level of job-related stress
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ELBG CY DE
RO PT SIRS UK BE FR M
EEU27 HR
ALL SK ES CZM
T LU ALM
K IE HU TR PL IT EE AT SE LV FINL LI IS LT DK
NO
83 69 69 64 63 60 58 54 54 52 52 51 50 50 49 47 47 46 46 44 44 44 44 43 41 40 39 39 36 34 34 33 31 29 27 26 22 16
10
18 15 21 17 24 2724 24 30 28 28 27
1728 33
22 30 28 33 31 26 25 2640
33 34 32 4036
2946
37 41
20
39 4247
25 6 5 10 8 11
8 14 12 1510 13
8
1215
1816 14 13 11
14 18 13
916 11 17
1722
25
17
1821
28
1727 28
3 1 8 8 3 4
3 8
4 1 4 9 7
13
7 1 7
8 2
9 11 14 9 14 6 7
10 7 3 4 9 2
7 6
8
16 6 2
Increase a lot Increase a little Stay around the same Decrease (aggregate)
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
Level of job-related stress
Do you think the number of people suffering from job-related stress in (your country) will increase, decrease or stay around the same over the next five years? (%)
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All
cou
nt..
.
EU
27
EU
15
EE
A
CC
S
No
rth
Ea
...
No
rth
We
...
No
rdic
co
...
So
uth
Ea
...
So
uth
er.
..
49 50 51
17
43 4255
28
49 47
28 27 27
45
3732
26
41
3227
12 13 1328
9 1612
239
13
7 7 6 3 8 8 5 4 5 8
Increase a lot Increase a little Stay around the same Decrease (aggregate)
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
Level of job-related stress
Do you think the number of people suffering from job-related stress in (your country) will increase, decrease or stay around the same over the next five
years? (%)
Level of information about safety and health risks at work
Level of information about safety and health risks at work
13
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24
43
19
8
6
Universe: Population aged 18+
Level of information about safety and health risks at work
Very well informed
Fairly well informed
Not very well informed
Not at all informed
Don’t know
Regarding safety and health risks at the workplace, do you consider yourself ….? (%)
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67
70
64
67
76
57
82
50
27
26
28
29
22
31
18
38
Informed (aggregate) Not informed (aggregate)
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
Gender
Age
Working status
Total
Male
Female
Aged 18-34
Aged 35-54
Aged 55+
Active
Non active
Level of information about safety and health risks at work
Regarding safety and health risks at the workplace, do you consider yourself ….? (%)
15
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Total
0-9
10-49
50-249
250+
Indefinite
Other
82
78
81
86
88
83
78
18
20
18
14
11
16
20
Informed (aggregate) Not informed (aggregate)
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
Employer size (number of employees)
Employment contract
Regarding safety and health risks at the workplace, do you consider yourself ….? (%)
Level of information about safety and health risks at work
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IE FIUK IS NL
DKNO SE AT PL LI EE LV CZ
DEEU27 M
T PTBG CY LT ALL FR SI
ES SK LU IT ELBE RS AL
HR ME
RO HU TR MK
53 45 44 40 34 33 32 32 32 32 30 29 29 29 27 26 26 25 25 24 24 24 23 21 20 18 17 17 16 16 16 16 14 14 13 11 10 10
3535 37 47
42 50 47 41 40 3951 50 45 44 47 43 37 43
34
6048 43 43 52
43 4355 54
40 34 3223
37 33 31
60
39 33
6 6 8 5 7 9 7 9 13 15 12 12
18 16 17 17 20 22 22 9
16 19 15 17
25 22 20 21
29 23
32 36
25 38 28
21
32 35
3 2 4 3 3 3 5 3 7 6 6 3 5 5 4 6 7 8 7 5 7 8 7 4 9 9 5 6 14 13 16 20 14 13 186
16 18
Very well informed Fairly well informed Not very well informed Not at all informed
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
Level of information about safety and health risks at work
Regarding safety and health risks at the workplace, do you consider yourself ….? (%)
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IE UK FI IS NL PLSE
NO CZ LV ATBG DK LI M
TEU27 PT EE LT DE
ALL IT SIES FR RO SK BE CY RS
HR AL LU ME EL
MK
HU TR
62 56 53 45 44 42 41 39 39 39 39 39 38 37 37 36 35 34 34 33 33 28 28 28 27 27 26 26 25 25 23 23 22 22 19 18 16 15
31 36 39
47 48 43 47 52 47 46 45 43
54 52 43 48 48 56 55 52 49 59 58
51 48 46 55
46 59
44 48
29
61
43 44 44
69
52
6 6 5 4 4 10 8 4 10 11 10 14 6 8
14 12 14 9 9 11 14 11 11 17
16 19 16
20 9
25 22
30
13
27 24 27
12
27
1 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 4 0 1 2 5 3 3 1 2 1 4 1 3 3 7 8 2 7 6 4 6 15
4 8 12 10 3 5
Very well informed Fairly well informed Not very well informed Not at all informed
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
Level of information about safety and health risks at work (employees only)
Regarding safety and health risks at the workplace, do you consider yourself ….? (%)
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All
cou
nt..
.
EU
27
EU
15
EE
A
CC
S
Nor
th E
a...
Nor
th W
e...
Nor
dic
co...
So
uth
Ea
...
So
uth
ern.
..
24 26 27 33
1127 31 35
12 19
43 43 4447
38
44 4243
36
48
19 17 177
32
17 148
30
23
8 6 6 416
6 5 316
8
Very well informed Fairly well informed Not very well informed Not at all informed
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
Level of information about safety and health risks at work
Regarding safety and health risks at the workplace, do you consider yourself ….? (%)
Importance of workplace safety and health for later retirement
Importance of workplace safety and health for later retirement
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Very important
Fairly important
Not very important
Not at all important
Don’t know
56
31
5
4
4
Universe: Population aged 18+
Importance of workplace safety and health for later retirement
Many European governments are considering or have decided to increase their retirement age because people are living for longer.
In your view, how important, if at all, are good health and safety practices to help people work for longer before they retire? (%)
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Total
Male
Female
Aged 18-34
Aged 35-54
Aged 55+
Active
Non active
87
85
87
89
88
83
89
85
9
11
9
9
10
10
10
10
Important (aggregate) Not important (aggregate)
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
Gender
Age
Working status
In your view, how important, if at all, are good health and safety practices to help people work for longer before they retire? (%)
Importance of workplace safety and health for later retirement
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Total
0-9
10-49
50-249
250+
Indefinite
Other
89
89
89
89
90
89
89
10
10
9
9
8
9
10
Important (aggregate) Not important (aggregate)
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
Employment contract
Employer size (number of employees)
In your view, how important, if at all, are good health and safety practices to help people work for longer before they retire? (%)
Employer size (number of employees)
Importance of workplace safety and health for later retirement
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IS RS IE LV AT LT FIDE UK
NOEU27 SE BE
MK SK TR AL
BG CZ
77 71 70 69 69 67 67 63 63 63 62 62 61 61 61 60 60 59 58 58 57 56 56 55 54 54 54 52 51 50 49 49 46 46 42 41 41 37
12 2216 23 20 25 23
20 2215
2720
30 29 27 31 29 32 34
1730 31
2437 35 34 30 36 36
27
4235
24 28 32 37 34 37
4 4 4 3 5
4 6
5 8 3 5 6 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 9 6 5
8
4 4 6
8 5 6
9
2
4
11 13
10 9 14 12
3 1 4 1 4 2 28 5 4 4 3 3 2 4 2 5 5 2 6 4 4 6 2 1 4 6 4 1
113
7 12 92 9 8 10
Very important Fairly important Not very important Not at all important
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
Importance of workplace safety and health for later retirement
In your view, how important, if at all, are good health and safety practices to help people work for longer before they retire? (%)
24
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All
cou
ntr
ies
EU
27
EU
15
EE
A
CC
S
No
rth
Ea
s...
No
rth
We
s...
No
rdic
co
u...
So
uth
Ea
s...
So
uth
ern
...
56 57 56 5952 58 58 61
53 52
31 30 3133
37 29 30 2733 33
5 6 6 6 3 7 5 6 46
4 4 5 2 3 4 4 3 3 6
Very important Fairly important Not very important Not at all important
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
Importance of workplace safety and health for later retirement
In your view, how important, if at all, are good health and safety practices to help people work for longer before they retire? (%)
Confidence in action to address workplace safety and health problems
Confidence in action to address workplace safety and health problems
26
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Very confident
Fairly confident
Not very confident
Not at all confident
Don’t know
40
34
16
7
3
Universe: Employees aged 18+
Confidence in action to address workplace safety and health problems
If you raised a health and safety problem in your workplace with your supervisor, how confident are you that it would be addressed? (%)
27
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Total
Male
Female
Aged 18-34
Aged 35-54
Aged 55+
74
73
74
74
74
70
23
23
23
23
23
24
Confident (aggregate) Not Confident (aggregate)
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
Gender
Age
If you raised a health and safety problem in your workplace with your supervisor, how confident are you that it would be addressed? (%)
Confidence in action to address workplace safety and health problems
28
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Total
0-9
10-49
50-249
250+
Indefinite
Other
74
69
74
77
79
75
69
23
27
23
22
19
22
26
Confident (aggregate) Not Confident (aggregate)
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
Employment contract
Employer size (number of employees)
Employer size (number of employees)
If you raised a health and safety problem in your workplace with your supervisor, how confident are you that it would be addressed? (%)
Confidence in action to address workplace safety and health problems
29
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UK IS FINL
DE MT
EU27 ALL LU ES FR TR BG LV ALRS IT M
E SK
71 69 62 58 57 56 53 52 48 47 46 45 41 40 40 36 36 36 35 32 31 31 29 27 27 27 26 25 25 23 23 21 19 18 18 18 17 13
20 2024 31 30 33 36
24 35 3726
3634 38 34 47
38 36 3534 40
30 34 41 38 3632
27 26 30 2741 45
32 3120
46
37
6 6 9 6 8 6 8
14 12 14
15
11 15 12 16
11
15 15 14 21 18
23 28 18 16
19 24 26 21 29 24
23 21
27 28 31
26
32
2 3 1 1 2 4 3 7 3 29
5 7 8 7 4 9 814 10 9
136 11 10
17 15 17 2014 19
8 918 20 18
613
Very confident Fairly confident Not very confident Not at all confident
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
If you raised a health and safety problem in your workplace with your supervisor, how confident are you that it would be addressed? (%)
Confidence in action to address workplace safety and health problems
30
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All
cou
ntr
ies
EU
27
EU
15
EE
A
CC
S
No
rth
Ea
st...
No
rth
We
st...
No
rdic
co
un
...
So
uth
Ea
st...
So
uth
ern
...
40 41 4256
27
44 49 48
26 25
34 34 35
32
33
3233 36
32 40
16 15 147
28
1512 9
27 19
7 7 7 4 9 6 5 4 10 12
Very confident Fairly confident Not very confident Not at all confident
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
If you raised a health and safety problem in your workplace with your supervisor, how confident are you that it would be addressed? (%)
Confidence in action to address workplace safety and health problems
Importance of workplace safety and health for economic competitiveness
Importance of workplace safety and health for economic competitiveness
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Strongly agree
Tend to agree
Neither agree nor disagree
Tend to disagree
Strongly disagree
Don’t know
56
30
7
3
3
2
Importance of workplace safety and health for economic competitiveness (UK)
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement.In order for (your country) to be economically competitive, workplaces need
to follow good health and safety practices? (%)
Universe: Population aged 18+
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Total
Male
Female
Aged 18-34
Aged 35-54
Aged 55+
Active
Non active
86
85
86
84
87
86
86
85
7
7
7
10
6
5
7
6
6
6
5
5
6
6
5
6
Agree (aggregate) Neither agree nor disagree Disagree (aggregate)
Gender
Age
Working status
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement.In order for (your country) to be economically competitive, workplaces need
to follow good health and safety practices? (%)
Importance of workplace safety and health for economic competitiveness (UK)
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
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Total
0-9
10-49
50-249
250+
Permanent
Other
86
86
86
87
87
86
86
7
7
7
8
8
7
7
5
6
5
4
4
6
6
Agree (aggregate) Neither agree nor disagree Disagree (aggregate)
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Employees aged 18+
Employment contract
Employer size (number of employees)
Employer size (number of employees)
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement.In order for (your country) to be economically competitive, workplaces need
to follow good health and safety practices? (%)
Importance of workplace safety and health for economic competitiveness (UK)
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CY ALM
TDE LT FI
LV IE FR BGALL HU NL LU UK PT TR CZ SI
81 75 72 72 70 68 65 65 64 63 62 62 61 59 59 57 57 57 57 56 56 56 56 55 54 53 52 52 51 50 49 46 45 43 43
37 35 35
1312 18 20 19 20 26 24 22
30 3225 25 28 24 24
33 29 27 33 30 2721 27 31 36 37 32 29 30
4036 40
38
23 3545 41
46 4 3 4 5 4 4 8
5 3
3 6 98 9
57 8
5 77 15 10 9
7 67
9 6
613 8 12
7
1912
12
2 2 5 3 2 3 3 4 5 2 1
8 7 3 8 9 4 6 3 6 6 8 7 8 4 2 4
3 10 4
3 3 3 6
26
6 7 8
Strongly agree Tend to agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree (aggregate)
Importance of workplace safety and health for economic competitiveness
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement.In order for (your country) to be economically competitive, workplaces need to follow good health
and safety practices? (%)
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
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All
coun
trie
s
EU
27
EU
15
EE
A
CC
S
Nor
th E
as...
Nor
th W
es...
Nor
dic
cou.
..
Sou
th E
as...
Sou
ther
n ...
56 57 56 5848
57 58 60 54 51
30 29 30 2837
28 30 2831 32
7 7 7 9 7 8 6 7 7 7
6 6 6 3 4 7 5 3 3 8
Strongly agree Tend to agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree (aggregate)
Importance of workplace safety and health for economic competitiveness
How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement.In order for (your country) to be economically competitive, workplaces need to follow good health
and safety practices? (%)
Difference to 100 per cent due to exclusion of Don't Know; Universe: Population aged 18+
37
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European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
• Contributes to making Europe a safer, healthier and more productive place to work;
• Researches, develops, and distributes reliable, balanced, and impartial safety and health information;
• Organises pan-European awareness raising campaigns;
• Set up by the European Union in 1996 and based in Bilbao, Spain;
• Brings together representatives from the European Commission, Member State governments, employers’ and workers’ organisations and leading experts in each of the EU-27 Member States and beyond.
For more information about EU OSHA: http://osha.europa.eu
For more information on the pan-European poll on OSH: http://osha.europa.eu/en/safety-health-in-figures/
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