The bar chart provides information about the results of three questionnaires focused on the reasons for not going to work in one European country between 2000 and 2010. Overall, the survey results revealed that while the percentages of participants who chose stress, personal needs, and unexpected problems as reasons for being absent at work followed an upward trend, the reverse was true for those who cited illness and family responsibilities. Additionally, despite decreases, illness remained the highest throughout the period.
Focusing on increases first, the proportion of people who mentioned stress as a key factor for not being at work started at just over 6% in 2000, a figure that then decreased to exactly 5% in 2005, before recovering to roughly 13% by 2010. Meanwhile, there was a moderate rise in the percentage of respondents choosing personal needs as a reason, reaching around 22 from 15% over 5 years, but this was followed by a decline to 20% in 2010. Similarly, a moderate increase was observed in the figure for participants citing unexpected problems, such as weather, as a cause for not going to work, from 10% to approximately 17% in 2005, after which the figure remained stable at roughly 17% in the final period.
By contrast, the remaining figures decreased over the years. Starting at a staggering 45% in 2000, the percentage of people who mentioned illness as a main reason for being absent at work witnessed a consistent drop to 35% over the decade. Moreover, there was a moderate fall in the proportion of respondents mentioning family responsibilities, as a reason, to about 23% in 2005, before remaining stable at approximately 23% by 2010.