The chart below shows the results of three surveys on absenteeism in a particular European country in the years 2000, 2005 and 2010. The results show the reasons people gave for not going to work. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the data of three studies regarding non-attendance of work conducted in a specific European country in 2000, 2005 and 2010.

Overall

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, it is noticeable that sickness was consistently the major cause for not attending work

whereas

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stress was the opposite case.

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, the number of employers using health-related explanations and family obligations saw a downturn. Meanwhile, those using personal needs problems as the reason experienced an upward trend and the two other reasons witnessed an oscillation over the given time. In detail, 43 per cent of the reasons for absenting from work was illness in the year 2000,

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rate

then

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decreased substantially in the next 2 timelines, which was 40% and 35%, respectively. Turning to family duties, there was a moderate plunge from 2005 to 2010, and

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from 2010 onward,

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number stayed unchanged at 25%.

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, the percentage of personal business surged significantly in 3 selected milestones. Specifically, it accounted for approximately 13% of causes in the first year and jumped by roughly one-third in the next 5 years. In the end, it hit the highest point of 23% in the final year.

Next,

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there was a fluctuation in the proportions of both stress and unpredicted problems. In 2000, pressure and undesirable issues took over 6% and 8% in turn. Over the next period, stress saw a slight drop

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there was a sharp rise in unexpected problems and both

finally

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reached the rate of around 13%

at the end

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.