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Table 5 Factors that would contribute to staying longer at work

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

 

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

  1. Note: Percentages of people in the study group who answered “yes”, i.e., they assume that the respective factor would contribute to a person staying longer at work. Source: AHM 2006.