The given bar chart depicts the ratio of individuals’ absence at work based on different excuses in a specific country from Europe over a period of ten years.
Overall, it is readily apparent that there was a rise in the percentage of people’s absence due to stress, personal needs and unexpected issues, while a downward trend was experienced in the figures for illness and family responsibilities. Additionally, the majority of people were prevented from going to work due to illness, whilst the opposite was true with problems related to stress during the period shown.
Starting at 43% in 2000, the proportion of people not going to work because of illness dropped to approximately 40% in 2005, followed by a decrease to 35% in 2010. Opposite changes can be witnessed in the statistics for personal needs, which started at 14% in 2000 and ended at 23% in 2010.
6% of people did not go to work as a result of stress in 2000, with a subsequent decline to 4% in 2005, and a final growth to 12% in 2010. The figure for unpredictable problems saw an opposite change, starting at 9% in 2000 and ending at 13% in 2010. At the same time, the rate of people being unable to arrive at the workplace due to family commitments started at 27% in 2000, after which it experienced a slight fall to 25% in 2005, before ending the period at 25% in 2010.