Distribution of employment categories and health outcome by country (percentages)
| Belgium | Denmark | Germany | Greece | Italy | Spain | France | Ireland | Luxembourg | Netherlands | Portugal | Great Britain | Finland | Sweden | Austria | |
| Employment categories (%) | |||||||||||||||
| Permanent employment | |||||||||||||||
| Full time | 53.8 | 66.4 | 62.5 | 36.2 | 51.7 | 40.5 | 52.1 | 53.8 | 69.7 | 53.2 | 47.2 | 51.5 | 62.7 | 61.9 | 68.1 |
| Part time | 12.5 | 14.2 | 14.9 | 6.2 | 11.6 | 5.7 | 14.5 | 12.0 | 9.2 | 23.1 | 11.0 | 26.6 | 8.5 | 18.4 | 12.6 |
| Small employers | 8.0 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 6.7 | 3.8 | 8.9 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 9.5 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 4.9 |
| Sole traders | |||||||||||||||
| Full time | 12.9 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 29.5 | 16.1 | 15.2 | 8.4 | 11.9 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 17.5 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
| Part time | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
| Precarious | |||||||||||||||
| Fixed term, full time | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 17.4 | 11.2 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 8.5 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 9.1 | 1.6 | 6.6 |
| Fixed term, part time | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| Temporary, full time | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 5.2 | 0.4 |
| Temporary, part time | 0.9 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| Health outcomes (%) | |||||||||||||||
| Job dissatisfaction | 6.7 | 5.4 | 12.2 | 35.4 | 18.2 | 20.0 | 17.9 | 5.5 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 16.0 | 12.1 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 11.3 |
| Absenteeism | 26.4 | 14.7 | 33.3 | 16.9 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 20.4 | 17.2 | 31.1 | 28.3 | 22.7 | 16.5 | 29.5 | 12.5 | 35.5 |
| Stress | 20.9 | 28.5 | 27.2 | 49.1 | 40.4 | 21.8 | 23.9 | 12.4 | 37.3 | 19.6 | 28.2 | 26.6 | 35.7 | 38.4 | 26.8 |
| Fatigue | 13.7 | 10.6 | 16.2 | 55.9 | 24.6 | 28.1 | 23.6 | 10.0 | 13.8 | 11.8 | 27.8 | 14.8 | 21.6 | 19.7 | 5.2 |
| Backache | 20.5 | 29.2 | 35.4 | 40.5 | 30.5 | 33.5 | 28.7 | 14.6 | 28.3 | 17.7 | 40.0 | 23.8 | 33.5 | 32.7 | 31.3 |
| Muscular pains | 9.7 | 23.7 | 14.2 | 33.4 | 17.1 | 22.5 | 18.1 | 7.3 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 31.0 | 13.3 | 28.0 | 24.7 | 14.4 |