Pan-European poll on occupational safety and health 2012

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

2

http://osha.europa.eu

Click to add text here

Opinion poll design

Note: insert graphs, tables, images here

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

3


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)

4



Two-letter country designations used in charts


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

5



Regions used in this report


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


7


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


8


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


Total

Male

Female

Aged 18-34

Aged 35-54

Aged 55+

Active

Non active


9


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)


Total

0-9

10-49

50-249

250+

Indefinite

Other


10


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)




11


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)



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


13


24

43

19

8

6



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 ….? (%)

14


67

70

64

67

76

57

82

50

27

26

28

29

22

31

18

38

Informed (aggregate) Not informed (aggregate)


Gender

Age

Working status

Total

Male

Female

Aged 18-34

Aged 35-54

Aged 55+

Active

Non active



15


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)



Employment contract



16


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




17


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



Level of information about safety and health risks at work (employees only)


18


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





Importance of workplace safety and health for later retirement


20


Very important

Fairly important

Not very important

Not at all important

Don’t know

56

31

5

4

4



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? (%)

21


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)


Gender

Age

Working status



22


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)


Employment contract





23


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




24


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




Confidence in action to address workplace safety and health problems


26


Very confident

Fairly confident

Not very confident

Not at all confident

Don’t know

40

34

16

7

3

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? (%)

27


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)


Gender

Age



28


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)


Employment contract





29


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




30


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




Importance of workplace safety and health for economic competitiveness


32


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? (%)


33


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





34


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)


Employment contract






35


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)


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? (%)


36


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)


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? (%)


37


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/

Pan-European poll on occupational safety and health 2012

Health & Medicine