The provided chart illustrates the results of three surveys as to why employees in one European country are not going to work in 2000, 2005, and 2010.
Overall, while the percentage of people skipping the work due to illness or family responsibilities reduced significantly, it is evident that other reasons followed the opposite trend. Notably, although the proportion of people taking sick leave declined, it remained the most common reason for absence each year.
In 2000, the percentage of people not going to work because of illness was the highest among other reasons, standing at 45%, which then dwindled to 5% each year, demonstrating 40% in 2005 and 35% in 2010, respectively. The second most used excuse was family responsibilities, which initially accounted for 28%. By 2005 it declined to 23% and underwent no changes in 2010.
The reason related to stress was the least used one, with merely 6% in 2000. In 2005, it diminished to 5%, but soared to 14% in 2010. Personal need, on the other hand, showed much higher 15% in 2000, escalating to 22% in 2005 and showing moderate decline to 20% in 2010. In 2000, unexpected problems, such as transport or weather, accounted for 10%, which then surged to 18% in 2005 and did not change thereafter.