Band 7+: The chart below shows the results of three surveys on absenteeism in a particular European country in the years 2000, 2005 and 2010. The results show the reasons people gave for not going to work. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of people absent from work for five different reasons in a country in Europe between 2000 and 2010.

Overall, the percentage of reasons for absence from work witnessed an upward trend over the period, apart from the figures for illness and family responsibility exhibited a gradual fall during the time frame. However, illness was still the pervasive reason for absenteeism in this country during the period.

Regarding rising categories, there was a substantial increase to around 11% in 2010 after decreasing negligibly to 5% in 2005. Furthermore, the percentage of unexpected problems experienced a period of stability at close to 15% from 2005 to 2010, increasing doubled compared to the initial period. Meanwhile, the figure for individual needs decreased slightly by around 3% after reaching a peak of 20% in 2005.

By contrast, the proportion of workers absent for health issues gradually leveled down by one-tenth in comparison to the data of the initial period, followed by the figure for family obligations occupying more than one-third in 2000, then falling dramatically to 20% from 2005 to 2010.