1.
The Healthy Dutch
Workforce
Source: Eurofound (2012), Sustainable work and the ageing workforce,
Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Martin C. Overbeeke
January, 2012
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2.
Differences in age groups 40-49 and 50-59
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• Begin of the arrow indicates the age
group 40-49 year, the end of the
arrow indicates the age group 50-59
 e • Work seems more sustainable in
these countries
• The time pressure in the
Netherlands is lower (is related to high
level of part time work)
• Green arrows: older workers
perceive their working conditions as
less rich but also less subject to time
constraints
• Blue arrows: older workers perceive
their work as less rich and less
autonomous
• Red arrows: Older workers perceive
their working conditions less subject
to time constraints
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3.
Dissatisfaction with working conditions
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Dissatisfaction with working conditions (%), EU Member States, by
age groups 40–49 and 50–59
 The European mean perc.
of dissatisfied workers in
the age group 50-59 is 18%
 The percentage in the
Netherlands is approx. 7%
and belongs to the lowest
in Europe
 France above 20%,
Belgium above 10% and
Germany approx. 13%
 Remarkable is the
difference in the
Netherlands between men
5% and women 10%.
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4.
Poor self reported health
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 Self reported health
status is often
considered as a predictor
for job sustainability
Age group 50-59
 Remarkable low level in
Ireland
 The Netherlands on the
same level as the
Sweden, Denmark and
Belgium
 Much higher scores in
Germany and France,
around 40%.
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5.
Ability to perform the same job at the age of 60
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 The European average
percentage of workers who
answered that the would
not be able to do the same
job when they reached the
age of 60 is 30%
 Dutch workers are much
more positive. Only 11%
thinks that they are not
able to do the same job at
60.
 In Germany 20%, in
Belgium 34% and France
even 44% of the workers
answerden that the would
not be able to continue
their job until the age of
60
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6.
Correlation between job sustainability and
employment rate
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 This graph shows a strong linear trend between the employment rate and job
sustainability: the percentages of ‘NO’ answers on the question “do you think you
will be able to do the same job you are doing now when you are 60 years old?”
 The employment rate in the Netherlands for the age group 50-59 belongs to the
highest in Europe . Nearly 90% of the Dutch workers expect to be able to do the
same work at the age of 60 years. This is remarkable high level.
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