From: Determinants for the transition from work into retirement in Europe
More flexible working time | More opportunities to update skills | Better health/safety at workplace | |||||||
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EU15, rich | EU15, poor | New EU MS | EU15, rich | EU15, poor | New EU MS | EU15, rich | EU15, poor | New EU MS | |
Sex | |||||||||
Men | 23.3 | 19.4 | 23.7 | 8.9 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 9.5 | 15.6 | 26.8 |
Women | 23.2 | 19.9 | 24.7 | 11.6 | 14.4 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 12.7 | 23.9 |
Occupational group | |||||||||
Intellectual workers | 27.6 | 21.6 | 29.2 | 10.8 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 26.3 |
Other white collar | 23.0 | 20.5 | 24.7 | 11.3 | 15.6 | 11.9 | 10.0 | 13.2 | 23.1 |
Blue collar | 18.9 | 17.4 | 22.1 | 7.9 | 11.8 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 17.1 | 26.4 |
Industry | |||||||||
Agriculture | 14.2 | 12.0 | 18.1 | 5.8 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 14.9 | 21.4 |
Manufacturing | 20.9 | 18.9 | 23.6 | 7.8 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 16.4 | 27.3 |
Personal services | 26.9 | 21.7 | 26.2 | 13.8 | 16.7 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 14.3 | 24.9 |
Other services | 22.8 | 20.0 | 26.1 | 9.6 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 8.7 | 13.2 | 25.2 |
Wish to change working hours | |||||||||
no | 22.4 | 18.8 | 24.1 | 9.4 | 13.2 | 11.4 | 9.2 | 13.4 | 24.8 |
yes | 31.5 | 25.2 | 24.3 | 16.0 | 19.0 | 11.6 | 14.2 | 20.1 | 26.2 |
Working conditions | |||||||||
No shift, night or weekend work | 22.8 | 19.6 | 24.1 | 9.9 | 14.1 | 11.9 | 9.2 | 13.7 | 25.0 |
Shift, night or weekend work | 24.7 | 19.5 | 24.7 | 11.0 | 13.4 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 17.3 | 26.5 |
Average hours worked | 36.2 | 39.8 | 40.9 | 35.6 | 38.4 | 40.6 | 35.9 | 39.4 | 40.8 |
Total - % | 23.3 | 19.6 | 24.2 | 10.2 | 14.0 | 11.8 | 9.9 | 14.4 | 25.4 |
Total - N | 21,817 | 25,103 | 20,175 | 21,965 | 25,308 | 20,185 | 22,000 | 25,369 | 20,188 |