The given bar chart depicts the figures for the factors that prevent workers in a country in Europe from going to work from 2000 to 2010, at five-years intervals.
From an overall perspective, it is evident that all reasons for absent from work have an upward trend, except for sickness and being responsible for family. Additionally, being sick is the common reason that workers usually offer, whereas the worker being absent due to stress have a reverse position throughout the period.
Regarding the categories that have a downward trend, one can see that although the figure for illness had an continuous drop around 5% of respondents each 5 years and reached 35% in the end, it remaining the most cited reason. In addition, the percentage of individuals who absent due to family responsibilities remained stable at 23% in the next two years after have a plummet of approximately 7% from 2000 to 2005.
In contrast to the aforementioned trends, the proportion of respondents whom stress is their reason for being absent surged to a peak of nearly 13% at the end despite having a minimal fall of about 1% in 2005. Furthermore, although the figures for personal requirements and unexpected problems started at different points at 15% and 10% of respondents, respectively, they both had similar climb of roughly 12% in 2005. However, the percentage of individuals who absented because of unwanted issues remained stable at about 17% until 2010, while the figure for personal needs receded by approximately 2% in the end.