Special Eurobarometer 'European social reality'

QA9.8 How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements describing positive and negative aspects of your job?
My job allows me to balance my professional, family and private life
(IF 'CURRENTLY WORK', CODE 5 TO 18 IN D15a)
Neither agree nor
TOTAL Strongly agree Agree
Disagree Strongly disagree DK Agree Disagree
disagree
EU25 12299 23% 46% 16% 11% 3% 1% 69% 14%
EU27 13257 22% 45% 16% 11% 4% 2% 67% 15%
BE 468 31% 47% 12% 8% 2% - 78% 10%
CZ 635 9% 53% 24% 10% 3% 1% 62% 13%
DK 578 21% 48% 16% 12% 3% - 69% 15%
D-W 482 36% 35% 12% 13% 3% 1% 71% 16%
DE 727 33% 36% 13% 13% 4% 1% 69% 17%
D-E 246 24% 38% 15% 16% 7% - 62% 23%
EE 544 13% 40% 19% 20% 6% 2% 53% 26%
EL 450 19% 38% 19% 19% 5% - 57% 24%
ES 506 20% 51% 18% 9% 1% 1% 71% 10%
FR 532 29% 43% 11% 10% 6% 1% 72% 16%
IE 515 15% 46% 22% 11% 2% 4% 61% 13%
IT 529 16% 50% 23% 8% 3% - 66% 11%
CY 257 17% 50% 16% 11% 6% - 67% 17%
LV 565 15% 52% 16% 14% 3% - 67% 17%
LT 491 18% 52% 16% 10% 3% 1% 70% 13%
LU 238 45% 35% 10% 6% 3% 1% 80% 9%
HU 435 18% 42% 21% 13% 6% - 60% 19%
MT 216 17% 42% 22% 18% 1% - 59% 19%
NL 574 27% 44% 16% 9% 3% 1% 71% 12%
AT 573 17% 48% 19% 9% 7% - 65% 16%
PL 425 21% 48% 16% 12% 2% 1% 69% 14%
PT 501 17% 52% 20% 8% 1% 2% 69% 9%
SI 462 11% 51% 22% 13% 3% - 62% 16%
SK 595 6% 42% 31% 11% 2% 8% 48% 13%
FI 565 18% 47% 17% 14% 3% 1% 65% 17%
SE 581 34% 39% 10% 8% 9% - 73% 17%
UK 628 18% 52% 9% 15% 3% 3% 70% 18%
BG 443 19% 39% 23% 12% 5% 2% 58% 17%
RO 482 9% 38% 28% 12% 3% 10% 47% 15%
Sex
Male 6938 21% 46% 16% 12% 4% 1% 67% 16%
Female 5361 25% 46% 14% 11% 3% 1% 71% 14%
Age
15-24 1111 19% 46% 17% 11% 5% 2% 65% 16%
25-39 4997 21% 45% 17% 13% 4% - 66% 17%
40-54 4703 24% 46% 15% 11% 3% 1% 70% 14%
55 + 1489 29% 45% 12% 8% 3% 3% 74% 11%
Education (End of)
15 1769 21% 46% 16% 12% 4% 1% 67% 16%
16-19 6241 22% 45% 17% 11% 4% 1% 67% 15%
20+ 4154 25% 46% 14% 11% 3% 1% 71% 14%
Still Studying 0 - - - - - -
Left-Right scale
(1-4) Left 3521 23% 47% 14% 12% 3% 1% 70% 15%
(5-6) Centre 4331 24% 45% 15% 11% 4% 1% 69% 15%
(7-10) Right 2159 24% 43% 17% 13% 3% - 67% 16%
Respondent occupation scale
Self- employed 1876 32% 42% 14% 8% 3% 1% 74% 11%
Managers 2241 23% 47% 15% 12% 2% 1% 70% 14%
Other white collars 2982 20% 49% 17% 11% 3% - 69% 14%
Manual workers 5201 21% 44% 16% 13% 5% 1% 65% 18%
House persons 0 - - - - - -
Unemployed 0 - - - - - -
Retired 0 - - - - - -
Students 0 - - - - - -
Subjective urbanisation
Rural village 4061 23% 45% 16% 12% 3% 1% 68% 15%
Small/ mid size town 5253 21% 48% 15% 11% 4% 1% 69% 15%
Large town 2967 24% 44% 17% 11% 3% 1% 68% 14%
EU27 results are purely indicative as it is impossible to anticipate the impact of the accession of these countries on the results.