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

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In 2002 in Latvia and Estonia, a smaller proportion of working people than in
the 1998 survey felt that mental stress at work had increased within the space
of a year. The downward trend in Latvia and Estonia can be considered pretty
clear. In Lithuania, however, the situation is the complete opposite. The increase
in mental stress that has taken place there can be said to be almost dramatic.
60%
40%
20%
0%
-20%
-40%
-60%
47%
During the last 12 months
40%
MENTAL STRESS AT WORK
43%
-4% -3% -5% -4% -4% -3%
LATVIA ESTONIA LITHUANIA
1998 2002 1998 2002 1998 2002
has increased
has decreased
As to trends in physical stress at work, Finland differs clearly from the Baltic
countries. In Finland, only just over one-fifth (22 %) of the working people
felt that their work was more physically stressful than earlier. In the Baltic
countries, the corresponding proportion varied from Latvia's 37 per cent to
Lithuania's 40 per cent. On the whole, it can be seen that work in all three
countries is becoming not only mentally but also physically more burdensome,
since only very few workers told of an easing in work stress.
38%
31%
48%