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Working Life Barometer in the Baltic Countries 2002 (pdf) - mol.fi

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60%<br />

40%<br />

20%<br />

0%<br />

-20%<br />

-40%<br />

-60%<br />

Dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> last 12 months<br />

157<br />

MENTAL STRESS AT WORK<br />

40% 38%<br />

-3% -4% -3% -3%<br />

LATVIA ESTONIA LITHUANIA FINLAND<br />

48%<br />

has considerably <strong>in</strong>creased has somewhat <strong>in</strong>creased has decreased<br />

An <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g phenomenon is that women clearly felt more commonly than<br />

men that mental stress <strong>in</strong> work<strong>in</strong>g life had <strong>in</strong>creased, <strong>in</strong> all <strong>the</strong> <strong>Baltic</strong> countries<br />

as also <strong>in</strong> F<strong>in</strong>land. In addition to its prevalence, <strong>the</strong> women also saw <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>crease<br />

<strong>in</strong> mental stress as be<strong>in</strong>g more marked than <strong>the</strong> men did. The differences<br />

<strong>in</strong> experiences between <strong>the</strong> genders were similar <strong>in</strong> 1998, too (see Antila<br />

& Ylöstalo 1999, 108). It can be concluded that <strong>the</strong> women f<strong>in</strong>d work<strong>in</strong>g life<br />

more burdensome than <strong>the</strong> men. Increased mental stress had been experienced<br />

<strong>the</strong> most of all by <strong>the</strong> Lithuanian women. Over half (52 %) of <strong>the</strong>se mentioned<br />

some degree of <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> mental stress at work dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> past year.<br />

39%

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