Mental Well Being
Special Eurobarometer
European
Commission
Mental Well-being
Fieldwork: December 2005 – January 2006
Publication: May 2006
TNS Opinion & Social
obarometer 248 / Wave 64.4 –
This survey was requested by Directorate General SANCO and coordinated by
Directorate General Communication
This document does not represent the point of view of the European Commission.
Special Eur
The interpretations and opinions contained in it are solely those of the authors.
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PRESENTATION ............................................................................................... 2
1 THE PRESENT SITUATION.......................................................................... 4
1.1 Effects of the State of Health .........................................................4
1.2 Mental Well-being over the Last 4 Weeks ......................................8
2 PROBLEMS WITH WORK AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES .................................. 13
2.1 The Effects of Physical Health ......................................................13
2.1.1 Level of Accomplishment ........................................................... 13
2.1.2 The Effect of Pain...................................................................... 17
2.2 The Effects of Emotional Problems...............................................19
2.2.1 Level of Accomplishment ........................................................... 19
2.2.2 Effects on Working Life or other Regular Activities ......................... 24
2.3 Problems with Social Activities ....................................................27
3 CARE AND TREATMENT SERVICES............................................................ 30
3.1 Source of Professional Help .........................................................30
3.2 Recipients of Treatment ...............................................................34
3.3 Sources of Support.......................................................................37
4 AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ............................................................ 40
5 PERCEPTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL AND
EMOTIONAL HEALTH PROBLEMS ................................................................... 44
CONCLUSION................................................................................................. 48
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PRESENTATION
Everybody encounters varying degrees of pressure, stress, disappointment and
times of bereavement in their life. Most find ways to cope with these problems but
a significant proportion of people need help to re-balance their lives.
Every year over one in four European adults1 are affected by mental
health problems. Annually, mental illnesses lead to 58 000 suicides in Europe.
The estimated number of Europeans that have suffered from major depression is
18.4 millions and from specific phobias 18.5 million within the past 12 months2.
Today, mental health problems constitute one of the major public health
challenges. For years, the magnitude of problem has been overshadowed by
other public health matters.
The effects of mental ill health are manifold: a loss of quality of life, social
exclusion and stigmatisation of those who have psychological or emotional
problems, and significant losses and burdens to the economic, social, educational
as well as criminal and justice systems.
As a response to the framework for comprehensive action established by the WHO
European Ministerial Conference on Mental Health in January 2005, , the European
Commission adopted a Green Paper on Mental Health3 on the 17th of October 2005
to examine how to better tackle mental illness and promote mental well-being.
The main aim is to open up a framework for exchange, coordination and
cooperation and to develop a comprehensive EU strategy on mental
health.
With this in mind the Directorate-General of Health and Consumer Protection
launched this Eurobarometer survey on Mental Well-being in the 25 Member
States (including the Turkish Cypriot Community) as well as in the acceding and
candidate countries.
The questionnaire of this survey is based, among other instruments, on
the Short-Form-12 Health Survey, the SF-36 Health Survey4. The SF-12 is
designed for health care professionals to efficiently and reliably collect data. It
measures general health status from the patient’s point of view and includes eight
concepts commonly represented in health surveys: physical functioning, role
functioning, physical bodily pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, role
functioning emotional and mental health.
The recall period of the SF-12 is 4 weeks which was adopted because the previous
month is thought to capture a representative sample of recent health. The results
are expressed in terms of two meta-scores: the Physical Component Summary
and the Mental Component Summary.
This report takes a somewhat different approach and examines issues
raised by the Green Paper on Mental Health, such as the interconnection
between physical and mental health, the effects of mental health on society and
personal life, and the stigma posed on people having psychological or emotional
1 Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, Frank Jacobi (2005). Size and burden of mental disorders in Europe: a
critical review and appraisal of 27 studies. European Neurospsychopharmacology, Volume
15, Number 4, pp. 357-376.
2 See the Green Paper on Mental Health, Annex 2
3http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_determinants/life_style/mental/green_paper/mental_gp_en.pdf
4 See more in http://www.sf-36.org/
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problems. Following this, the questions dealing with general health and physical
health are partly interpreted in the context of mental well-being.
The chapters deal with the following themes:
• The present situation: how much health limits daily moderate physical
activities and what is the state of mental well-being over the last 4 weeks;
• Problems with work and social activities: The effects of physical health and
emotional problems on regular activities, such as work, and on social
activities;
• Care and treatment services: How many Europeans are treated for mental
illnesses, how often Europeans seek help for mental problems and where
do they turn to get support;
• Availability of information: How many Europeans find acquiring information
about mental health problems easy;
• Perceptions about people with psychological problems: how Europeans
perceive people with a mental illness.
This report presents the principal results obtained. For each of these themes, the
results are analysed in terms of the European average and then considered at the
country by country level. Also, some brief comments are made on the socio-
demographic variables of citizens of the European Union.5
Furthermore, the responses of three questions are systematically cross-tabulated
with the results of each question. These questions are:
• QA7 In the last 12 months, did you seek help from a professional in respect
of a psychological or emotional health problem?
• QA9 Please indicate which ones of the following statements possibly apply
to your situation. In the last 12 months…
1) You have received psychotherapy due to psychological or
emotional health problems
2) You have taken drugs due to psychological or emotional health
problems
3) You have been admitted to hospital due to psychological or
emotional health problems
• QA11 How easy or difficult do you find it is to find information on
psychological or emotional health problems and how to deal with them?
The fieldwork of this survey was conducted between 7 December 2005 and 11
January 2006 and it covered the population aged 15 and over. Further details of
the methodology of the survey can be found in the technical note in the annexes
of this report.
5In some cases, due to the rounding of figures, displayed sums can show a difference of one point with
the sum of the individual cells.
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1 THE PRESENT SITUATION
As a starting point, the first chapter gives a general overview of the effects of
respondents’ health on doing moderate physical activities, such as pushing
a vacuum cleaner or climbing up stairs. Moreover respondents’ overall state of
mental well-being is illustrated by nine statements about how they have been
feeling over the month prior to this survey was carried out.
1.1 Effects of the State of Health
- A vast majority reports that their health does not limit them from doing
moderate physical activities -
Source Questionnaire: QA1
QA1 To what extent, if at all, does your health limit you from…? - % EU25
It does not limit you at all
It limits you a little
It limits you a lot
DK
Doing moderate activities,
such as moving a table,
74%
17%
9%
pushing a vacuum cleaner
or carrying your shopping
Climbing several flights of
72%
18%
10%
stairs
0%
50%
100%
More than 7 out of 10 citizens of the European Union state that their
health does not limit them at all from doing moderate physical activities.
74% of respondents are able to move a table, push a vacuum cleaner or carry
their shopping without health constraints and 72% declare that they can climb
several flights of stairs without problems.
Nevertheless, over a quarter asserts that their health limits them a little
or a lot from doing moderate physical activities.
This is the case for 26% of respondents when it comes to moving furniture,
vacuum-cleaning or carrying shopping bags, out of which a third (9%) indicates
that their health restricts them a lot.
28% think that their health poses limits for climbing up stairs. 1 in 10 respondents
considers that their health restricts them a lot whereas 18% assert that this
limitation is moderate.
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QA1 To what extent, if at all, does your health limit you from doing
moderate activities, such as moving a table, pushing a vacuum cleaner or
carrying your shopping ?
- % country
It does not limit you at all
It limits you a little
It limits you a lot
DK
UK
80%
11%
9%
IE
80%
14%
4%
SE
79%
13%
8%
FI
79%
15%
6%
FR
79%
13%
8%
DK
79%
13%
8%
NL
77%
16%
7%
BE
77%
15%
8%
C Y
76%
15%
8%
ES
76%
15%
9%
DE
76%
18%
6%
LU
75%
15%
9%
MT
74%
20%
6%
EL
74%
14%
11%
LV
73%
19%
8%
EE
73%
19%
8%
C Z
73%
19%
8%
SK
70%
21%
9%
SI
70%
21%
9%
PT
70%
21%
10%
AT
70%
24%
5%
HU
68%
19%
13%
PL
67%
20%
13%
LT
66%
24%
10%
IT
66%
23%
11%
RO
68%
19%
13%
TR
67%
25%
8%
HR
65%
21%
13%
BG
59%
24%
17%
C Y (tcc)
73%
18%
9%
0%
50%
100%
In every country polled, a vast majority does not experience health limits
while doing moderate activities, such as moving a table, pushing a vacuum
cleaner or carrying shopping bags.
Within the EU, the share of those not suffering from health effects ranges from
80% in Ireland and the United Kingdom to 66% in Italy and Lithuania. In the
acceding country Bulgaria, 59% of citizens announce that their health does not
limit them from doing these activities.
Consequently, 41% of Bulgarians and 34% of citizens in Lithuania and Italy state
that their health restricts them a little or a lot from doing activities such as moving
a table. The highest shares of respondents considering that their health limits
them a lot are found in Hungary and Poland (13% each) as well as in Bulgaria
(17%).
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QA1 To what extent, if at all, does your health limit you from Climbing
several flights of stairs?
- % country
It does not limit you at all
It limits you a little
It limits you a lot
DK
SE
82%
12%
6%
FI
81%
12%
6%
DK
79%
13%
8%
UK
78%
11%
11%
LU
78%
14%
8%
NL
77%
16%
7%
IE
77%
15%
7%
LV
76%
15%
8%
FR
76%
14%
9%
BE
76%
17%
8%
ES
75%
15%
10%
DE
74%
18%
8%
MT
72%
19%
9%
EE
72%
19%
8%
SI
71%
19%
10%
PT
71%
20%
10%
C Y
71%
16%
12%
EL
70%
19%
11%
AT
67%
26%
7%
CZ
66%
22%
12%
SK
65%
23%
11%
PL
64%
21%
14%
LT
63%
24%
13%
IT
62%
26%
12%
HU
60%
19%
19%
TR
67%
25%
8%
RO
65%
18%
15%
HR
64%
20%
15%
BG
56%
24%
19%
C Y (tcc)
71%
20%
8%
0%
50%
100%
The country-by-country results appear fairly similar when respondents
evaluate the restrictions caused by their health to climbing up stairs.
82% of Swedes and 81% Finns indicate that they do not experience health limits
whereas, on the bottom of the graph, Hungary (60%) and Italy (62%) have the
fewest citizens stating the same. The lowest share (56%) of those not
encountering limitations caused by their health occurs again in Bulgaria.
38% of citizens of Hungary and Italy evaluate that their health limits them at least
a little while climbing up the stairs whereas this is the case for 43% of Bulgarians.
The highest share, 19%, of those who experience a lot of restrictions caused by
their state of health is found in Hungary and Bulgaria.
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QA1 To what extent, if at all, does your health limit you from…?
Doing moderate activities, such as
Climbing several flights of
% - It limits you a lot
moving a table, pushing a vacuum
stairs
cleaner or carrying your shopping
EU25
10%
9%
GENDER
Male
7%
8%
Female
11%
12%
AGE
15 - 24
1%
1%
25 - 39
3%
2%
40 - 54
6%
6%
55 & +
19%
23%
EDUCATION
15
18%
22%
16-19
7%
7%
20+
5%
4%
Still Studying
1%
1%
OCCUPATION
Self-employed
4%
4%
Managers
3%
2%
Other white collars
2%
2%
Manual workers
3%
3%
House persons
11%
14%
Unemployed
5%
5%
Retired
24%
28%
Students
1%
1%
Has sought psychological help
Yes
20%
21%
No
7%
9%
Has received psychological treatment
Yes
26%
25%
No
7%
9%
Finding info about psychological problems
Easy
7%
8%
Difficult
11%
12%
The results of the socio-demographic analysis are to some degree foreseeable:
the strongest divider here appears to be the age of respondent.
The elderly (who could be presumed to have more often a low level of education
and to be retired) encounter significantly more restrictions due to their state of
health when carrying out moderate physical activities. Also, women and house
persons, categories that also are likely to overlap, stand out from their
counterparts for being more inclined to experience health limitations.
Moreover, a link between mental well-being and physical health becomes
visible. Those who have either sought psychological help or have been treated for
psychological or emotional health problems, state notably more frequently that
their health limits them a lot from doing moderate physical activities.
Finally, a slight difference is perceived between those who think that
finding information about psychological problems is easy and those who
find it difficult, the latter group being somewhat more likely to experience health
restrictions when doing moderate activities, such as vacuum-cleaning or climbing
stairs.
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1.2 Mental Well-being over the Last 4 Weeks
- In general, Europeans experience their life in a positive light but a
reasonable share feels tired -
Source questionnaire: QA5
In this question, nine statements were presented to the respondents, four
covering positive feelings and five dealing with negative feelings.
Furthermore, these two groups are divided to two sub-dimensions: mental
health and energy/vitality. The first category refers to the emotional
dimension. The second category is to a wider extent related to general health.
However, these categories are closely inter-related and tied with mental well-
being.
QA5 For each question, please give the one answer that
comes closest to the way you have been feeling. How much of
the time during the past 4 weeks...? - % EU
All the time
Most of the time
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
DK
Have you felt
17%
48%
25%
8%
happy
MENTAL
Have you felt calm
HEALTH
15%
48%
24%
10%
and peaceful
Have you felt full
21%
43%
23%
10%
of life
ENERGY/
Did you have lots
VITALITY
15%
40%
27%
13% 5%
of energy
0%
50%
100%
During the 4 weeks preceding the interview, a considerable majority of the EU
citizens have experienced positive and balanced feelings rather than
negative emotions such as feeling depressed.
64% have felt full of life all the time or most of the time and 55% have had lots of
energy while 65% have been happy and 63% have felt calm and peaceful.
However, a significant number of respondents indicate that they have
been having these feelings only sometimes, rarely or even never. 45%
state that they have had lots of energy only sometimes or less frequently, 5% say
that they have not felt energetic at all during the past 4 weeks.
Respectively, 37% of respondents have felt calm and peaceful only sometimes or
less often.
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QA5 For each question, please give the one answer that comes closest to
the way you have been feeling. How much of the time during the past 4
weeks...? - % EU
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Most of the time
All the time
DK
Have you felt so down in the dumps that
55%
23%
15%
nothing could cheer you up
Have you felt downhearted and depressed
43%
28%
21%
MENTAL
HEALTH
Have you felt particularly tense
23%
27%
36%
11%
Have you felt worn out
27%
27%
34%
10%
ENERGY/
VITALITY
Have you felt tired 11%
23%
48%
14%
0%
50%
100%
When analysing negative emotions experienced during the past month, it is
perceived that Europeans are most likely to feel tired. 18% of respondents
indicate that they have been tired all the time or most of the time, out of which
4% have been feeling like this all the time.
On the contrary, 55% state that they have not at all felt so down in the dumps
that nothing could cheer them up and 43% indicate the same when it comes to
feeling downhearted and depressed.
All in all, it can be said that Europeans appear to have had mainly positive
feelings recently. However, a substantial share indicates that they do not
have lots of energy and they feel tired, the feelings related to
energy/vitality dimension, at least sometimes.
Examining the results at the country level reveals significant discrepancies
between countries.
When it comes to the positive feelings related to mental health, the share
of those who have felt happy all the time or most of the time varies
between 83% in the Netherlands and 42% in Latvia and Bulgaria. Over a
quarter of respondents in Belgium (27%), the Netherlands and Luxembourg (26%
each) indicate that they have been happy all the time while 7% of Bulgarians and
6% of Latvians announce not having had this feeling at all.
Finns (83%) top the table with the highest number of respondents having
felt calm and peaceful almost all the time while less than half, 46%, of
Italians state the same. Respondents in Finland and Sweden share the first
place with the highest number of respondents, declaring that they have felt
balanced all the time whereas 5% of Luxembourgish citizens indicate that they
have not felt in this way at all.
Regarding the energy/vitality dimension, 90% of Finnish respondents,
again, have felt full of life all the time or most of the time whereas only
30% of Hungarians have experienced the same. Also, citizens of Finland
most frequently announce that they have felt full of life all the time (45%),
followed by Swedes with a 28% share. Instead, 16% of Hungarians and 14% of
Estonians indicate that they have never felt this way in the past month before the
survey.
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Finally, 72% of the Dutch indicate that they have had lots of energy all the
time or most of the time during the past month and, in turn, only 37% of
German respondents indicate the same. Greeks (25%), Cypriots (24%) and
citizens of Luxembourg (24%) state that they have felt energetic all the time
whereas 8% of Estonians and Hungarians indicate that they have not had energy
at all during the past 4 weeks before the interview.
QA5 These questions are about how you feel and how things have been with you during the past 4 weeks. For each
question, please give the one answer that comes closest to the way you have been feeling. How much of the time during
the past 4 weeks...?
MENTAL HEALTH
ENERGY/VITALITY
% All the
% All the
% All the
% All the
Have you felt
Did you
time +
Have you
time +
time + Have you felt
time +
calm and
have lots
Most of
felt happy
Most of
Most of
full of life
Most of the
peaceful
of energy
the time
the time
the time
time
NL
83%
FI
83%
FI
90%
NL
72%
IE
82%
DK
80%
DK
77%
FI
70%
BE
80%
NL
76%
NL
76%
CY
68%
FI
78%
SE
75%
LU
74%
DK
67%
LU
75%
SK
72%
BE
72%
FR
66%
UK
75%
BE
71%
DE
71%
LU
66%
FR
74%
CZ
71%
SE
72%
EL
65%
DK
71%
LT
71%
ES
70%
AT
65%
ES
70%
PL
69%
FR
68%
SK
63%
SE
70%
HU
68%
SK
68%
BE
62%
CY
67%
DE
67%
AT
66%
IE
61%
EU25
65%
IE
67%
IE
65%
HU
60%
SK
63%
FR
66%
EU25
64%
SE
60%
CZ
62%
LU
66%
CZ
64%
ES
59%
EL
61%
AT
66%
UK
64%
CZ
58%
MT
61%
MT
64%
PT
62%
EU25
55%
SI
61%
UK
64%
SI
61%
SI
55%
AT
60%
EU25
63%
LV
58%
UK
55%
PL
60%
EE
63%
LT
58%
PL
54%
DE
59%
LV
62%
CY
57%
LT
53%
HU
57%
ES
61%
PL
57%
IT
50%
PT
56%
CY
61%
EL
56%
MT
49%
LT
52%
EL
58%
MT
56%
LV
47%
EE
48%
SI
52%
IT
50%
PT
46%
IT
48%
PT
50%
EE
34%
EE
45%
LV
42%
IT
46%
HU
30%
DE
37%
RO
56%
RO
65%
RO
63%
RO
61%
HR
53%
BG
61%
BG
58%
BG
55%
TR
52%
HR
59%
HR
51%
HR
44%
BG
42%
TR
49%
TR
49%
TR
44%
CY (tcc)
61%
CY (tcc)
55%
CY (tcc)
54%
CY (tcc)
40%
No clear consistencies between the countries are observed. Nevertheless, it
appears that citizens of the Netherlands and Finland have experienced
more often positive feelings during the 4 weeks preceding the interview.
Also, it can be said that Italians and respondents in the three Baltic States
seem to indicate slightly less frequently positive emotions when the month
before the interview is considered.
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QA5.1 These questions are about how you feel and how things have been with you during the past 4 weeks. For each question,
please give the one answer that comes closest to the way you have been feeling. How much of the time during the past 4
weeks...?
MENTAL HEALTH
ENERGY/VITALITY
Have you felt
%
%
Have you felt
%
Have you
%
%
so down in the
Have you
Never
Never downhearted
Never
felt
Never
Never Have you
dumps that
felt worn
+
+
and
+
particularly
+
+
felt tired
nothing could
out
Rarely
Rarely
depressed
Rarely
tense
Rarely
Rarely
cheer you up
SE
90%
DK
83%
FI
70%
BE
43%
UK
27%
DK
87%
DE
80%
DK
66%
DK
40%
SK
32%
LU
87%
SE
80%
SE
65%
ES
40%
SI
27%
FR
85%
CZ
79%
IE
61%
CZ
38%
SE
27%
DE
84%
IE
78%
ES
58%
AT
38%
PT
35%
FI
84%
NL
78%
LU
57%
DE
36%
PL
33%
BE
83%
AT
78%
UK
57%
NL
36%
NL
36%
IE
83%
LU
77%
CZ
56%
PT
35%
MT
28%
NL
83%
FI
77%
MT
56%
FI
35%
LV
31%
CZ
82%
HU
76%
AT
56%
EU25
34%
LU
33%
UK
81%
BE
75%
PT
56%
FR
33%
LT
31%
EE
79%
SK
75%
SI
54%
LU
33%
IT
30%
SI
79%
UK
75%
NL
53%
PL
33%
IE
30%
EU25
78%
SI
74%
SK
53%
SK
32%
HU
29%
SK
78%
EE
73%
EE
52%
LV
31%
FR
33%
CY
77%
ES
72%
LT
52%
LT
31%
FI
35%
MT
77%
FR
72%
BE
51%
EL
30%
EU25
34%
ES
76%
EU25
71%
HU
51%
IE
30%
ES
40%
AT
76%
CY
70%
PL
51%
IT
30%
EL
30%
LV
75%
PT
67%
EU25
50%
HU
29%
EE
26%
PL
75%
EL
66%
DE
48%
MT
28%
DK
40%
HU
73%
MT
66%
FR
47%
CY
27%
DE
36%
PT
73%
LV
64%
LV
46%
SI
27%
CZ
38%
EL
70%
PL
61%
EL
36%
SE
27%
CY
27%
IT
65%
IT
55%
IT
35%
UK
27%
BE
43%
LT
61%
LT
54%
CY
35%
EE
26%
AT
38%
BG
70%
BG
70%
BG
51%
BG
40%
BG
40%
HR
73%
HR
64%
HR
40%
HR
26%
HR
26%
RO
67%
RO
66%
RO
46%
RO
37%
RO
37%
TR
69%
TR
49%
TR
36%
TR
35%
TR
35%
CY
CY
CY
CY
CY
50%
59%
38%
30%
30%
(tcc)
(tcc)
(tcc)
(tcc)
(tcc)
When analysing the results in the light of negative feelings, again great
differences emerge between the countries polled.
Concerning the emotional dimension, in all countries polled, only a
minority states that they have sometimes or more often felt so down in
the dumps that nothing could cheer them up. On the contrary, 90% of
Swedes and 87% of Danes and Luxembourgish respondents assert that they have
never or rarely felt completely down. 76% of respondents of Luxembourg and
75% in Sweden indicate that they have not felt like this at all whereas 10% of
respondents in Italy have felt completely blue all the time.
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83% of Danes and 80% of German and Swedes say that they have never
or rarely felt downhearted and depressed whereas this is the case for
49% of Turks and 54% of Latvians. Approximately 1 in 10 residents of
Lithuania (10%) and Greece (10%) have felt depressed most of the time while
57% of Luxembourgish citizens claim not to have felt this way at all.
The three Nordic Countries again appear on the top of the table when
feeling tense is discussed. 70% of Finns, 66% of Danes and 65% of Swedes
assert that they have felt tense only rarely while only 35% of Cypriots and Italians
indicate the same. Respondents in Sweden and the United Kingdom most often
state that they have not felt tense at all (35% each). In turn, about 1 in 5
Cypriots (20%) and Greeks (18%) admit that they have felt tense most of the
time.
In terms of the energy/vitality dimension, it can be clearly observed that
Europeans are often feeling tired. Less than half of the respondents in each
country state that they have been tired only rarely or never. The highest shares of
those not feeling often tired are found in Belgium (43%), Denmark and Spain
(40%) whereas about a quarter of Estonians and Croatians (26% each) indicate
the same.
This result reinforces the observation already made concerning positive feelings:
EU citizens indicate more often having negative feelings related to the
energy/vitality dimension than to the mental health dimension.
The Danes (79%) also most often indicate that they have almost never
felt worn out, followed by citizens of Finland (78%). On the contrary, only
35% of respondents in Croatia, 42% in the United Kingdom and 43% in Turkey
express the same view. The highest number of Finns (54%) indicates that they
have not felt worn out at all, followed by 49% of Danes. On the other hand, 15%
of Hungarians and 14% of the Portuguese and Croatians admit that they have felt
worn out most of the time.
When it comes to the socio-demographic analysis, some consistent patterns are
perceived in the group of those who are likely to have positive feelings and among
those who appear to have negative perceptions of the past 4 weeks.
Men, the young, those who have studied longer, students, managers and
self-employed and those who have neither sought nor received help for
mental problems are more likely to state that they have felt positive all the time
or most of the time during the past 4 weeks.
On the contrary, women, those aged 55 and more, those who have finished
their education at 15, the retired, house persons and unemployed and
those who have sought or received psychological help are more likely to
describe their last 4 weeks in negative terms.
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2 PROBLEMS WITH WORK AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
The second chapter examines the influence of physical and mental health on
regular activities, mainly on working life and on social relations. The effects on
the level of accomplishment, on efficiency at work and on activity in social
interaction, such as meeting friends and relatives are portrayed.
2.1 The Effects of Physical Health
2.1.1 Level of Accomplishment
- Over half of Europeans assert that they have no problems caused by
physical health that would limit their usual activities -
Source Questionnaire: QA2
QA2 During the past 4 weeks how much of the time have you had any of the
following problems with your work or other regular activities as a result of
your physical health? - % EU25
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Most of the time
All the time
DK
You have accomplished
54%
17%
17%
8% 5%
less than you would like
You have accomplished
your usual activities less
58%
18%
14%
6%
carefully
0%
50%
100%
54% of the EU citizens state that their physical health has not prevented
them from accomplishing the things they wanted to at work or in regular
life in the 4 weeks preceding the interview. 58% maintain that their physical
condition has not led them to accomplishing their usual activities less carefully.
Only 5% of respondents indicate that due to the state of their physical health they
have always accomplished less than they would like while 8% say that this has
been the case most of the time. The respective figures for those who indicate that
they have accomplished their usual activities less carefully are 3% for all the time
and 6% for most of the time.
However, 17% indicate that they have sometimes or rarely experienced negative
effects on the level of accomplishment. When it comes to the carefulness of
accomplishments, 14% admit that there are sometimes negative effects caused by
their physical condition, the respective figure for rarely being 18%.
Overall, it can be said that for the majority of Europeans, their physical
health bears no consequences on the level of accomplishment when it
comes to their work or other regular activities.
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QA2.1 During the past 4 w eeks how m uch of the tim e have you had any of the follow ing
problem s w ith your w ork or other regular activities as a result of your physical health?
You have accom plished less than you w ould like - % Country
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Most of the time
Al the time
DK
UK
65%
10%
12%
7% 6%
LU
65%
10%
10%
7%
7%
ES
62%
14%
11%
9% 3%
CY
61%
12%
17%
7% 3%
SE
60%
13%
14%
7%
FR
59%
14%
15%
7%
NL
57%
16%
16%
6% 5%
PT
56%
14%
15%
9%
5%
DE
56%
20%
14%
6% 4%
BE
56%
15%
16%
7% 5%
DK
54%
17%
15%
10% 4%
IE
53%
19%
20%
4%2%
EL
53%
19%
13%
9%
6%
LV
51%
16%
20%
8%
EE
50%
19%
17%
10% 4%
FI
49%
22%
18%
8% 3%
CZ
48%
27%
19%
5%2%
SI
45%
24%
20%
8%
LT
44%
15%
23%
12%
PL
42%
18%
21%
7%
HU
42%
16%
18%
15%
8%
IT
42%
21%
25%
8% 4%
MT
41%
24%
24%
8% 2%
AT
36%
32%
24%
6%1%
SK
30%
31%
23%
11%
TR
56%
15%
19%
7% 3%
HR
49%
17%
20%
9%
RO
40%
21%
20%
12%
BG
34%
26%
19%
13%
7%
CY (tcc)
46%
18%
23%
8% 4%
0%
50%
100%
Citizens of the United Kingdom and Luxembourg (65%) declare most
often that their physical health has had no effect on the amount of things
they have accomplished. On the contrary, only 30% of Slovaks and 34% of
Bulgarians indicate the same.
23% Hungarians state that their physical health has lead them to all the
time or most of the time accomplish less than they would like, the share
being 8% for those who think this is the case all the time. Bulgarians follow
second, 7% of them feeling the effects of their physical health all the time and
13% most of the time.
Altogether, in 15 out of 29 countries polled the majority maintains that
their physical health has never made them to accomplish less than they
would like when it comes to their work or other regular activities. Moreover,
Slovakia remains the only country where the largest share of responses does not
fall in the category of ‘never’ but in the group of those who rarely experience the
effect of physical health.
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QA2.2 During the past 4 w eeks how m uch of the tim e have you had any of the follow ing
problem s w ith your w ork or other regular activities as a result of your physical health?
You have accom plished your usual activities less carefully - % Country
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Most of the time
All the time
DK
LU
70%
9%
9%
6%
SE
69%
13%
10% 5%
ES
69%
14%
9%
5%
FR
68%
13%
10% 5%
UK
67%
12%
11%
6%
CY
63%
13%
14%
8%
BE
62%
15%
13%
6%
NL
61%
17%
13%
6%
DE
61%
18%
12%
5%
LV
60%
15%
16%
5%
PT
58%
15%
14%
9%
EL
57%
18%
13%
8%
FI
56%
22%
15%
5%
IE
55%
20%
17%
EE
55%
20%
16%
6%
DK
52%
19%
16%
7% 6%
SI
49%
23%
17%
6%
HU
49%
19%
17%
10% 5%
CZ
49%
30%
15%
PL
47%
19%
19%
10%
AT
45%
28%
20%
5%
LT
45%
18%
23%
9% 5%
IT
45%
24%
20%
8%
MT
43%
26%
22%
5%
SK
38%
31%
20%
6%
TR
57%
16%
17%
6%
HR
49%
19%
18%
8%
RO
45%
22%
20%
8% 5%
BG
39%
25%
20%
9%
6%
CY (tcc)
46%
21%
18%
8% 5%
0%
50%
100%
When comparing the effects of physical health on the amount of accomplishment
and on how carefully regular activities are carried out, the results appear almost
parallel. The same group of countries as previously emerge both at the top and
the bottom of the graph.
Luxembourgish (70%), Swedish (69%) and Spanish (69%) respondents
seem to most often indicate that they have never experienced negative
effects caused by their physical condition on the level of care they take in their
regular activities, such as working. As before, fewest Slovakians (38%) and
Bulgarians (39%) are of this view.
The shares of those feeling that their physical health impairs all the time
or most of the time the level of carefulness with which they accomplish
their daily activities remain minor. 6% of Danes and Bulgarians indicate that
their physical condition always has an effect whereas 10% of Hungarians and
Poles think this is the case most of the time.
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In general, in all countries polled a majority of respondents assert that
their physical health never leads them to accomplish their regular
activities less carefully.
QA2 During the past 4 weeks how much of
QA2 During the past 4 weeks how much of
the time have you had any of the following
the time have you had any of the following
problems with your work or other regular
problems with your work or other regular
activities as a result of your physical
activities as a result of your physical
health?- % Never
health?- % Never
You have accomplished less than you would like
You have accomplished your usual activities less carefully
GENDER
GENDER
M ale
58%
M ale
Female
63%
50%
Female
55%
AGE
AGE
15-24
72%
15-24
74%
25-39
65%
25-39
69%
40-54
56%
40-54
61%
55 +
34%
55 +
40%
EDUCATION (End of)
EDUCATION (End of )
15
38%
15
43%
16-19
56%
16-19
62%
20+
61%
20+
66%
Still Studying
70%
St ill St udying
70%
OCCUPATION
OCCUPATION
Unemployed
70%
Unemployed
60%
Students
68%
St udent s
70%
Self- employed
64%
Self - employed
63%
Ret ired
63%
Retired
35%
Ot her whit e collars
59%
Other white collars
68%
M anual workers
56%
M anual workers
68%
M anagers
47%
M anagers
72%
House persons
28%
House persons
53%
HAS SOUGHT PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP
HAS SOUGHT PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP
Yes
30%
Yes
33%
No
57%
No
62%
HAS RECEIVED TREATM ENT
HAS RECEIVED TREATM ENT
Yes
26%
Yes
30%
No
56%
No
61%
Some interesting patterns emerge in the socio-demographic analysis. First, men
are slightly more likely than women to indicate that their physical health has no
effect on their level of accomplishment or on how carefully they carry out their
regular activities.
This is also the case the younger the respondent is and the longer the
education he/she has. These observations correspond to the results that were
already introduced in relation to the limits that respondents’ heath poses when
carrying out moderate physical activities.
Second, when comparing the occupational groups, it can be observed that
students and managers most often indicate that their physical condition has
never affected their level of accomplishment during the month preceding the
survey whereas significantly fewer retired respondents are of this view.
Finally, distinct discrepancies again occur when comparing the groups of those
who have sought help or received treatment and those who have not. Those who
have not sought help or received treatment are twice as likely to state that their
physical health never led them to accomplish less or accomplish their usual
activities less carefully. This result reinforces again an observation of a close
connection between the state of physical health and mental well-being.
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2.1.2 The Effect of Pain
Source Questionnaire: QA4
- For most of Europeans, pain does not interfere with their activities, or
does so only a little -
QA4 During the past 4 weeks, how much, if at all, has pain interfered with your
activities? - % country
Not at all
A little
Moderately
Quite a bit
Extremely
DK
IE
71%
13%
7% 5%
UK
67%
15%
7%
7%
LU
66%
13%
9%
8%
CY
65%
12%
11%
8%
ES
65%
14%
8%
10%
EL
64%
14%
9%
9%
NL
63%
20%
8%
6%
FR
63%
14%
10%
9%
DK
62%
20%
9%
6%
BE
57%
20%
13%
8%
EU25
57%
19%
12%
9%
DE
56%
17%
14%
9%
SE
54%
20%
12%
10%
PT
54%
14%
17%
11%
HU
54%
17%
13%
11%
5%
MT
52%
25%
16%
6%
AT
51%
25%
14%
8%
LT
49%
23%
13%
10%
5%
LV
49%
27%
9%
10%
IT
49%
28%
12%
7%
FI
48%
28%
13%
8%
SI
48%
24%
12%
8%
6%
EE
46%
28%
13%
10%
SK
43%
26%
14%
13%
PL
43%
20%
18%
13%
6%
CZ
41%
38%
15%
5%
TR
56%
18%
13%
6%
HR
51%
18%
13%
12%
7%
RO
49%
21%
12%
12%
5%
BG
43%
21%
13%
9%
10%
C Y (tcc)
56%
19%
13%
7% 5%
0%
50%
100%
The majority of EU citizens, 57%, state that pain has not at all interfered
with their activities. 19% of respondents claim that pain disturbs them a little
and 12% assess that the effect of pain is moderate. Only 4% of Europeans
indicate that pain has interfered with their life to an extreme extent whereas 9%
state that pain causes them problems quite a bit.
When interpreting this question it should be borne in mind that the results do not
indicate how many respondents report having pain but, instead, for how many it
has caused problems in their activities.
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Some differences between the countries are observed. The Irish (71%), the British
(67%) and Luxembourgish (66%) citizens indicate most often that pain does not
at all limit them from doing their activities while this is the case for only 41% of
citizens of the Czech Republic.
QA4 During the past 4 weeks, how much, if at all, has pain interfered with
your activities? - % Not at all
GENDER
Male
61%
Female
53%
AGE
15-24
75%
25-39
69%
40-54
59%
55 +
37%
EDUCATION (end of)
15
42%
16-19
60%
20+
63%
Still Studying
75%
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
1
47%
2
51%
3
62%
4+
67%
OCC UPATION
Students
75%
Managers
70%
Other white collars
68%
Manual workers
66%
Self- employed
63%
Unemployed
60%
House persons
50%
Retired
32%
HAS SOUGHT PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP
Yes
33%
No
61%
HAS RECEIVED PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT
Yes
27%
No
60%
0%
80%
The number of those for whom pain causes extreme or quite a bit
problems remains low. 6% of the Poles and Slovenes state that this is the case
to an extreme extent whereas 13% of respondents again in Poland but also in
Slovakia indicate that pain has interfered quite a bit with their life during the last 4
weeks before the interview.
Again, the same socio-demographic patterns that are perceived when the effects
of physical health on the level of accomplishment are observed occur here.
Men, the young, well educated, students and managers indicate more
frequently that they have not felt pain that would have prevented them from
doing their activities during the month before the survey.
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In addition, the distinction between the groups of those who have sought
psychological help or have been treated for psychological or emotional
problems and those who have not reappears.
The differences are striking since 61% of those who have not sought help and
60% of those who have not been treated announce that pain has never interfered
with their life while the respective figures are 33% for those who have looked for
help and 27% for those who have received treatment for psychological problems.
2.2 The Effects of Emotional Problems
2.2.1 Level of Accomplishment
- Over 3 in 5 respondents maintain that emotional problems do not
deteriorate their level of accomplishment -
Source questionnaire: QA3
QA3 During the past 4 weeks how much of the time have you had any of the
following problems with your work or other regular activities as a result of any
emotional problem?
- % EU25
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Most of the time
All the time
DK
You have accomplished
61%
16%
14%
6%
less than you would like
You have accomplished
your usual activities less
64%
17%
13%
5%
carefully
0%
50%
100%
Over 3 in 5 Europeans announce that emotional problems have never
affected their level of accomplishment while carrying out regular
activities when the 4 weeks before the interview are considered.
61% of respondents state that emotional problems have not led them to
accomplish less than they would have liked and 64% indicate the same when it
comes to the level of care they take with their usual activities.
Only a minor share of respondents admits that emotional problems have
had an effect on their level of accomplishment.
9% of EU citizens indicate that this has been the case all the time or most of the
time when it comes to the amount of things accomplished. Only 7% of
respondents state the same concerning how carefully they have carried out their
usual activities, such as work.
In comparison with the results about the effects of physical health on the level of
accomplishment (sub-chapter 2.1.1), it is worth pointing out that respondents
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evaluate that their physical condition restricts the level of accomplishment
more often than emotional problems.
Again, at the country level clear differences are perceived. Luxembourg
(77%) is where the highest number of citizens indicate that emotional problems
have never lead them to accomplish less than they would have liked to, followed
by 71% of the Spanish asserting the same. On the other hand, only 39% of
Slovaks and 42% of Bulgarians agree with this opinion.
QA3.1 During the past 4 weeks, how much of the time have you had any
of the following problems with your work or other regular activities as a
result of any emotional problem? You have accomplished less than you
would like - % Country
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Most of the time
All the time
DK
LU
77%
7%
9% 3%4%
ES
71%
13%
8%
NL
69%
14%
11%
2%
FR
68%
11%
12%
6%
DE
68%
16%
11% 3%
UK
67%
10%
13%
5%
SE
66%
15%
13%
CY
64%
12%
15%
7%2%
BE
63%
13%
14%
6%
C Z
62%
22%
11% 3%
IE
60%
18%
16%
4%
PT
58%
15%
14%
DK
56%
19%
15%
7%
EL
55%
18%
16%
8%
FI
54%
22%
18%
5%
SI
54%
24%
15%
6%
LT
49%
19%
21%
8%
EE
48%
21%
21%
7%
HU
47%
19%
16%
12%
IT
47%
22%
20%
7%
AT
46%
29%
20%
5%
1%
LV
46%
20%
25%
6%
MT
44%
24%
25%
5%
PL
43%
21%
21%
10%
SK
39%
34%
19%
6%
HR
56%
18%
16%
6%
TR
52%
17%
20%
8%
RO
49%
20%
19%
9%
BG
42%
29%
17%
7%
CY (tcc)
42%
20%
23%
7% 5%
0%
50%
100%
It can be observed that the share of those considering that emotional
problems affect all the time or most of the time the amount of things they
carry out remains minor. Hungarians (6%) announce most frequently that
emotional problems have affected them all the time. This is also the case when
the category of most of the time is considered, 12% of respondents in Hungary
state that most of the time they have accomplished less because of emotional
problems.
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QA3.2 During the past 4 weeks, how much of the time have you had any
of the following problems with your work or other regular activities as a
result of any emotional problem? You have accomplished your usual
activities less carefully - % Country
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Most of the time
All the time
DK
LU
78%
7%
8%
ES
75%
13%
8%
SE
71%
14%
11%
NL
71%
13%
10%
FR
71%
11%
10%
UK
70%
11%
12%
DE
70%
16%
9%
BE
66%
16%
12%
CZ
65%
21%
10%
C Y
64%
14%
14%
7%
IE
61%
19%
14%
FI
59%
21%
15%
PT
58%
16%
15%
7%
SI
57%
24%
14%
EL
57%
19%
15%
6%
DK
56%
19%
15%
6%
AT
54%
26%
15%
LV
54%
18%
21%
HU
53%
19%
16%
8%
EE
52%
23%
17%
LT
51%
20%
19%
8%
IT
49%
24%
18%
6%
MT
48%
25%
20%
PL
47%
22%
20%
8%
SK
44%
34%
16%
HR
56%
20%
15%
6%
TR
53%
17%
19%
7%
RO
52%
21%
18%
6%
BG
44%
28%
16%
7%
C Y (tcc)
42%
22%
21%
8%
0%
50%
100%
When these results are compared with those obtained when respondents are
asked if they have accomplished less as a result of their physical health, it is
perceived that in 25 out of 29 countries polled those who say that emotional
problems have not at all lead them to achieve less outnumber the share of those
who indicate that physical problems have not effected the amount of things they
have carried out. In other words, in most countries physical health is seen to
have more negative effects on the volume of accomplishment than
emotional problems.
Luxembourgish (78%) residents again top the ranks when the highest
share of those saying that emotional problems have never caused them to
accomplish their usual activities less carefully is considered. The Spanish
follow next with a 75% share.
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Moreover, Slovakia (44%), Bulgaria (44%) and the Turkish Cypriot community
(42%) are again found to have fewest respondents saying that emotional
problems do not disturb their usual activities at all.
The shares of those indicating that emotional problems have caused them to
achieve things less carefully all the time or most of the time are low.
Reflecting the results before, respondents appear to evaluate that physical
health problems are more often a cause of accomplishing activities less
carefully than emotional problems. This is the case in 23 out of 29 countries
polled.
QA3 During the past 4 weeks, how much of the time have you had any of
the following problems with your work or other regular activities as a
result of any emotional problem (such as feeling depressed or being
anxious)? - % never
You have accomplished less than you would like
You have accomplished your usual activities less carefully
HAS SOUGHT PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP
30%
Yes
33%
65%
No
68%
HAS RECEIVED TREATMENT
24%
Yes
27%
64%
No
67%
FINDING INFO
63%
Easy
67%
53%
Difficult
56%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
The already familiar socio-demographic characteristics emerge. Women, the
elderly, those with a low education level, those who live in a one-person-
household, and the retired are significantly more likely than their counterparts
to assert that emotional problems have made them rarely accomplish less or carry
out their activities with less care.
The interesting co-variation between whether the respondent has sought
psychological help/received treatment for psychological problems or not
and whether they have accomplished less or achieved things less
carefully becomes prominent here.
65% of respondents that have not searched psychological help indicate that
emotional problems have never led them to accomplish less and 68% of them say
the same for achieving things less carefully, the respective shares for those who
have either sought help or received treatment are 30% and 33%.
The same pattern appears when those who have received treatment are
considered. Only 24% of them state that they have never achieved less and 27%
indicate that they have not at all been less careful with their daily activities due to
emotional problems, whereas for those who have not been treated these figures
are 64% and 67%
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These results suggest that mental problems, when experienced, have a
strong impact on the level of achievement when it comes to usual daily
activities. The same pattern was already perceived with the effects of physical
health but to a slightly lesser extent.
Finally, it can be pointed out that those respondents who feel that
information on psychological problems is easily found say somewhat
more often that emotional problems have never caused them to
accomplish less or to be more careless with normal activities than those who
indicate that finding information is difficult.
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2.2.2 Effects on Working Life or other Regular Activities
- The effects of emotional problems in working life remain limited -
Source questionnaire: QA8
QA8 During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems with
your work or other regular activities as a result of any emotional problems
(such as feeling depressed or anxious)?
- % EU25
Yes
No
Have you accomplished less
18%
82%
than you would like?
Did you not do work or
other activities as carefully
14%
86%
as usual?
Have you cut down on the
amount of time you spent
12%
88%
on work or other activities?
Have you missed work
6%
94%
days?
0%
50%
100%
The vast majority of EU citizens assert that emotional problems, such as
feeling depressed or anxious, do not cause difficulties in their working life
or other regular activities.
94% of respondents maintain that they have not missed working days due to
emotional problems while 88% state that they have not cut down the amount of
time they have spent on work or other activities during the last month before the
survey. 86% of European citizens indicate that they have not accomplished their
tasks less carefully, and for 82% of respondents emotional problems have not led
them to accomplish less than they would have liked.
These results can be compared with those presented in the previous subchapter
(2.2). It is perceived that when the question about the effects of emotional
problems on work or other regular activities is posed with a five-point
scale6, more respondents indicate that emotional problems have at least
rarely caused them to accomplish less (36%) or to accomplish their
regular activities less carefully (35%) compared to the figures shown in
the graph above.
In other words, it appears that those respondents who have rarely or sometimes
experienced negative effects of their emotional health on work, tend to state in
this question that emotional problems have not caused them difficulties with
regular activities.
When the focus is placed on the working age population excluding house
persons, the retired and students, it can be observed that the results are in
parallel with the EU average except when it comes to accomplishing less.
Furthermore, those who are unemployed tend to indicate more often that
emotional problems have disturbed their regular activities than those who are
working at present.
6 Never – Rarely – Sometimes – Most of the time – All the time
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QA8 During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems with your work or other
regular activities as a result of any emotional problems (such as feeling depressed or anxious)?
% Yes
Working Age population Employed Unemployed
1. Have you cut down on the amount of time
9%
8%
17%
you spent on work or other activities?
2. Have you accomplished less than you
14%
13%
24%
would like?
3. Did you not do work or other activities as
11%
10%
18%
carefully as usual?
4. Have you missed work days?
6%
6%
9%
Whether this implies that the unemployed have more emotional problems or
whether emotional problems cause more often disturbance in daily activities for
them, cannot be said. However, it might be presumed that emotional problems
might complicate to some extent the process of finding a work for the
unemployed.
QA8 During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems with your work or other regular
activities as a result of any emotional problems (such as feeling depressed or anxious)?
Have you
Did you not do
Have you cut down
work or other
on the amount of
Have you
% Yes
accomplished
missed
less than you % Yes
activities as
% Yes
time you spent on
% Yes
work
would like?
carefully as
work or other
usual?
activities?
days?
EE
29%
LT
23%
LV
20%
NL
13%
PL
28%
PL
23%
PL
19%
LU
12%
SK
28%
EL
22%
EE
17%
DK
10%
LV
27%
LV
22%
LT
17%
CY
10%
EL
24%
EE
20%
SK
17%
BE
10%
MT
24%
SK
20%
MT
15%
IT
9%
SE
24%
DK
17%
PT
14%
SK
7%
LT
23%
MT
17%
SI
14%
PL
7%
DK
21%
SE
17%
SE
14%
LV
7%
FR
21%
FR
16%
EL
13%
LT
7%
PT
20%
IT
16%
FR
13%
AT
7%
CY
19%
LU
16%
IT
13%
SE
6%
SI
19%
HU
16%
CY
13%
FR
6%
EU25
18%
CY
15%
HU
13%
FI
6%
HU
18%
PT
15%
NL
13%
EU25
6%
FI
18%
SI
15%
EU25
12%
EL
6%
IT
17%
EU25
14%
LU
12%
EE
6%
LU
17%
CZ
14%
FI
12%
UK
5%
NL
17%
BE
13%
BE
11%
SI
5%
BE
16%
NL
12%
DK
11%
MT
5%
ES
16%
FI
12%
AT
11%
IE
5%
IE
16%
AT
11%
DE
10%
DE
5%
AT
16%
DE
10%
ES
10%
PT
4%
DE
15%
UK
10%
IE
10%
ES
4%
UK
13%
ES
9%
CZ
9%
HU
3%
CZ
12%
IE
9%
UK
9%
CZ
3%
RO
26%
TR
21%
TR
19%
TR
10%
BG
25%
RO
20%
RO
17%
HR
6%
TR
23%
BG
18%
HR
15%
BG
5%
HR
21%
HR
18%
BG
14%
RO
4%
CY (tcc)
30%
CY (tcc)
26%
CY (tcc)
25%
CY (tcc)
15%
Over a quarter of Estonians (29%), Poles (28%) and Slovaks (28%) admit that
they have accomplished less than they would have liked whereas this is the case
for only 12% of residents of the Czech Republic and 13% of British respondents.
23% of Lithuanians and Poles indicate that they have managed their work or other
usual activities with less care while, only 9% of Irish and Spanish respondents are
of this view.
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1 in 4 Latvians states that they have cut down the amount of time they spent on
work, followed by 19% of Poles. At the opposite end of the table, 9% of British
and citizens of the Czech Republic indicate the same. Finally, 13% of the
respondents in the Netherlands and 12% in Luxembourg admit that they have
skipped work days due to emotional problems whereas only 3% of respondents of
the Czech Republic and Hungary indicate that they have done so.
Roughly, it can be said that citizens of Poland, Latvia, Estonia and Slovakia are
more inclined to admit that they have accomplished less, they have accomplished
things less carefully or they have cut the amount of time they have spent on work.
In turn, the British, Irish, Spanish, German and Austrian respondents appear
to most frequently state the opposite.
When it comes to the last statement about missing work days, the countries that
top the ranks differ from those in the three other statements, these being the
Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Cyprus and Belgium. Countries where
fewest respondents admit having skipped work days remain more or less the same
as in the other statements.
The socio-demographic analysis reveals that when the first three statements are
considered, the previously perceived patterns re-emerge. Women, the elderly,
those living alone and the retired reply more frequently that they have
achieved less, carried out things with less care or cut down the amount of time
spent on work. When it comes to the last statement about missing work days, the
discrepancies between the socio-demographic categories diminish, partly due to
small numbers of respondents in each category.
Striking differences along with whether the respondent has sought for
psychological help or received treatment for psychological or emotional
problems are observed. Considering each statement, those who have sought
help or received treatment significantly outnumber those who have not in saying
that they have had problems with their work as a result of an emotional problem.
This is particularly the case for those who have been treated for psychological or
emotional problems.
To point out some examples, those who have received treatment outnumber by
50 points (64% against 14%) those who have not when it comes to accomplishing
less than wished. Considering doing usual activities less carefully or cutting down
on the time spent on work, the difference between those who have received
treatment and those who have not reaches 41 points (51% against 10%).
It can be concluded, as in the previous sub-chapter, that mental ill health,
when present, appears to have enormous negative effects on the way
Europeans perform in their work or in other regular activities.
QA8 During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems with your work or other regular
activities as a result of any emotional problems (such as feeling depressed or anxious)?
Have you cut down on
Have you
Did you not do work
Have you
the amount of time
accomplished
% Yes
or other activities as missed work
you spent on work or
less than you
carefully as usual?
days?
other activities?
would like?
Has sought
Yes
40%
51%
40%
21%
psychological help No
8%
13%
10%
4%
Has received
Yes
50%
64%
51%
28%
psychological
treatment
No
9%
14%
10%
4%
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2.3 Problems with Social Activities
- 3 in 5 Europeans state that their physical heath or emotional problems
do not interfere with their social activities -
Source questionnaire: QA6
QA6 During the past 4 weeks, how much of the time has your physical
health or emotional problems interfered with social activities (like
visiting friends, relatives, etc.)? - % country
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Most of the time
All the time
DK
LU
72%
11%
12%
ES
69%
14%
11%
UK
66%
15%
11%
5%
IE
65%
17%
12%
FR
65%
14%
13%
5%
CZ
64%
19%
11%
DE
63%
19%
11%
5%
HU
62%
17%
11%
6%
BE
62%
17%
12%
6%
SE
60%
18%
14%
5%
EE
60%
16%
12%
6%
EU25
60%
19%
13%
6%
PT
59%
16%
15%
8%
DK
58%
22%
14%
FI
57%
21%
14%
5%
SI
57%
25%
13%
NL
55%
19%
16%
6%
MT
55%
25%
14%
5%
EL
55%
22%
15%
6%
CY
54%
20%
19%
6%
PL
53%
23%
13%
7%
LV
53%
19%
16%
6%
AT
52%
25%
19%
LT
48%
18%
19%
10%
IT
47%
24%
18%
8%
SK
44%
31%
17%
5%
RO
55%
19%
13%
8%
TR
53%
19%
15%
6%
HR
51%
20%
19%
7%
BG
51%
21%
14%
8%
CY (tcc)
49%
19%
18%
10%
0%
50%
100%
60% of EU citizens assert that their physical health or emotional
problems have not interfered with social activities, such as visiting friends or
relatives during the past 4 weeks before the interview. However, 2 in 5
respondents admit that their physical or mental well being has to some
extent had a negative effect on their social life.
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Out of those who have experienced negative effects caused by their physiological
health or emotional problems, the largest share assesses that these effects have
taken place only rarely (19%) while 13% consider that these negative effects have
occurred sometimes.
At the country level, residents of Luxembourg (72%), Spain (69%) and the
United Kingdom (66%) indicate most frequently that their physical or
psychological health has had no effect on their social activities during the last
month before this survey.
In turn, in four countries, the share of those who have at least rarely recognised
negative effects on social activities caused by their physical or psychological health
outnumbers those who have never experienced these effects. This is the case in
Slovakia (56% experienced effects), Italy (52%) and Lithuania (51%).
The largest number of those who have all the time or most of the time felt the
negative effects of their physical or mental health are found in Lithuania, the
share reaching 14%.
Once again the familiar socio-demographic conformities become visible. Women
are more likely than men to experience some negative effects on social activities
caused by their physical or mental health. This is also the case the older the
respondent is, the lower the education he or she has, as well as for those
living alone and for the retired.
Also, the effects of mental well-being on social activities are visible.
Notably fewer respondents that have sought for psychological help (29%) indicate
that their physical or mental health has had no effect on social activities than
those who have not looked for help (65%).
The results are parallel when the group of those who have been treated is
compared with those who have not received treatment. 22% of those who
have been treated indicate that their physical or emotional health has not caused
problems with social interaction whereas 63% of those who have not received
treatment are of this view.
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QA6 During the past 4 weeks, how much of the time has your physical
health or emotional problems interfered with social activities (like
visiting friends, relatives, etc.)?- % Never
SEX
Male
64%
Female
56%
AGE
15-24
73%
25-39
65%
40-54
61%
55 +
49%
EDUC ATION
15
49%
16-19
62%
20+
64%
Still Studying
71%
HOUSEHOLD C OMPOSITION
1
48%
2
58%
3
64%
4+
67%
RESPONDENTENTS OC CUPATION SC ALE
Students
71%
Managers
70%
Manual workers
67%
Other white collars
64%
Self- employed
61%
Unemployed
60%
House persons
54%
Retired
45%
HAS REC EIVED A TREATMENT
Yes
29%
No
65%
HAS RECEIVED TREATMENT
Yes
22%
No
63%
FIND INFO ABOUT PSYC HOLOGIC AL PROBLEMS
Easy
63%
Difficult
52%
0%
80%
Finally, a difference is also perceived between those who find that
information about psychological problems is easily available and those
who think that finding information is difficult. 63% of those who find gaining
information to be easy indicate that they have never experienced negative effects
on social activities caused by mental or physical health problems whereas this is
the case for 52% of those who have difficulties in finding information about
psychological problems.
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3 CARE AND TREATMENT SERVICES
The third chapter describes first the extent to which respondents have sought help
for psychological problems and in which professional groups they have trusted.
Secondly, the extent to which Europeans say that they have received treatment
for psychological or mental health problems over the previous year in the
form of drugs, psychotherapy or hospital treatment is examined. Finally, the
sources on which respondents are inclined to rely when they need support
are portrayed.
3.1 Source of Professional Help
- Europeans seek professional help from a general practitioner -
Source Questionnaire: QA7
QA7 In the last 12 months, did you seek help from a professional in
respect of a psychological or emotional health problem? - % Yes
No
87%
EU25
Yes
13%
LU
22%
SK
18%
NL
17%
EE
17%
DK
17%
PT
16%
LT
16%
AT
15%
IE
14%
FR
14%
DE
14%
SE
13%
HU
13%
EL
13%
C Z
13%
UK
12%
IT
12%
BE
12%
SI
11%
PL
11%
FI
10%
LV
10%
C Y
10%
ES
10%
MT
9%
RO
30%
BG
16%
HR
14%
TR
8%
C Y (tcc)
9%
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In the 12 months prior the interview, 13% of EU citizens have sought help
from a professional in respect of a psychological or emotional health problem.
The vast majority, 87%, indicate that they have not looked for professional help
over the last year.
30% of respondents in Romania state that they have sought professional help,
followed by 22% of citizens of Luxembourg and 18% of Slovaks. In turn, 8% of
Turks and 9% of the Maltese indicate that they have turned to a professional in
respect of a psychological or emotional health problem.
QA7 In the last 12 months, did you seek help from a professional in
respect of a psychological or emotional health problem? (IF YES)
Indicate who in the following list. - % EU25
Yes, a general practitioner
70%
Yes, a psychologist
14%
Yes, another health professional
13%
Yes, a psychiatrist
13%
Yes, a pharmacist
12%
Yes, a psychotherapist not mentioned previously
4%
Yes, a social worker
4%
Yes, a nurse
4%
Yes, a psychoanalyst
2%
DK
2%
N.B. The figures in this graph are based on 3205 (13% of the total population) respondents that
have sought help from a professional in the last 12 months.
Out of the 13% of respondents who have sought professional help, the vast
majority, 70%, has discussed their psychological or emotional health
problems with a general practitioner.
14% of respondents indicate that they have sought help from a psychologist and
13% from another health professional or from a psychiatrist.
Only a minor share has turned to another psychotherapist (4%), a social worker
(4%), a nurse (4%) or a psychoanalyst (2%).
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QA7 In the last 12 months, did you seek help from a professional in
respect of a psychological or emotional health problem? (IF YES)
Indicate who in the following list. - % Yes, general practioner
IE
91%
SI
87%
UK
82%
AT
80%
DE
80%
SK
77%
LU
77%
EE
76%
DK
76%
LV
74%
LT
71%
IT
71%
MT
69%
PT
68%
PL
68%
FR
66%
BE
66%
HU
64%
CZ
64%
EL
59%
ES
57%
SE
56%
FI
48%
NL
45%
CY
38%
BG
87%
HR
75%
RO
71%
TR
48%
CY (tcc)
35%
0%
50%
100%
N.B. Figures in this graph are based on the share of respondents in each country that have soughthelp
from a professional in the last 12 months.
At the country level, it can be noted that in each country a large share of
those who have sought psychological help from a professional has turned
to a general practitioner. This is especially the case in Ireland (91%), Slovenia
(87%) and the United Kingdom (82%).
On the other hand, less than half the citizens of Cyprus (38%), the Netherlands
(45%), Finland (48%) and Turkey (48%) have sought help from this source.
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When it comes to socio-demographic categories, the familiar patterns are
repeated. Women (15%) have sought help from a professional slightly more
often than men (11%). This is also the case for old people (16%), for those who
live alone (17%) and for those who are retired (17%), staying at home (17%)
or who are unemployed (16%) compared to their counterparts.
Again, it is worth pointing out the variation in the breakdown according to whether
respondents have received treatment or not.
In the group of those who have been treated, the highest number, 46%,
announce that they have received treatment from a general practitioner
whereas 18% have discussed their psychological or emotional problems with a
psychiatrist or a psychologist.
QA7 In the last 12 months, did you seek help from a professional in respect of a psychological or
emotional health problem? (IF YES) Indicate who in the following list. (MULTIPLE ANSWERS
POSSIBLE)
Yes,
Yes, a
Yes, a
Yes, a
Yes, a
another
% Yes
general
pharmacist psychiatrist psychologist
health
practitioner
professional
Has received
psychological Yes
46%
5%
18%
18%
7%
treatment
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3.2 Recipients of Treatment
Source Questionnaire: QA9
- Only a minority of Europeans have been treated for psychological or
emotional health problems -
QA9 Please indicate which ones of the following statements possibly
apply to your situation. In the last 12 months… - % EU25
No
Yes
DK
You have been admitted to hospital due to
98%
psychological or emotional health problems
You have received psychotherapy due to
96%
psychological or emotional health problems
You have taken drugs due to psychological or
92%
7%
emotional health problems
0%
50%
100%
When three different forms of psychological treatment are considered, 7% of EU
citizens state that they have taken drugs due to mental health problems, 3%
received psychotherapy and only 1% has been treated in a hospital in the past 12
months before the interview.
In other words, only a small minority of Europeans has received any kind of
psychological treatment in the past year, taking medication being the most
used treatment with a 7% share.
Due to small numbers of respondents in the groups that have received any kind of
treatment, discrepancies at the country level remain modest.
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QA9 Please indicate which ones of the following statements possibly apply to your situation. In the last
12 months…
You have been
You have taken
You have received
admitted to
drugs due to
psychotherapy due
hospital due to
% Yes
psychological or % Yes
to psychological or % Yes
psychological or
emotional health
emotional health
emotional health
problems
problems
problems
LT
11%
NL
7%
BE
5%
EE
10%
ES
5%
ES
2%
LU
10%
FR
5%
FR
2%
AT
10%
PT
5%
LV
2%
PT
10%
FI
5%
LT
2%
FR
9%
SE
5%
LU
2%
LV
9%
BE
4%
HU
2%
HU
9%
DK
4%
AT
2%
BE
8%
HU
4%
UK
2%
NL
8%
PL
4%
EU25
1%
PL
8%
EU25
3%
CZ
1%
UK
8%
IE
3%
DK
1%
EU25
7%
CY
3%
DE
1%
DK
7%
LV
3%
EE
1%
DE
7%
LT
3%
EL
1%
FI
7%
LU
3%
IE
1%
SE
7%
MT
3%
IT
1%
CZ
6%
AT
3%
CY
1%
ES
6%
SI
3%
MT
1%
IE
6%
SK
3%
NL
1%
SI
6%
UK
3%
PL
1%
SK
6%
CZ
2%
PT
1%
IT
5%
DE
2%
SK
1%
MT
5%
EE
2%
FI
1%
EL
4%
EL
2%
SI
0%
CY
2%
IT
2%
SE
0%
HR
9%
TR
5%
TR
3%
TR
9%
HR
4%
HR
2%
BG
6%
BG
2%
BG
1%
RO
5%
RO
1%
RO
1%
CY (tcc)
6%
CY (tcc)
5%
CY (tcc)
2%
Lithuanians (11%) indicate most often that they have used medication for
psychological or emotional health problems, followed by 10% of Estonian,
Luxembourgish, Austrian and Portuguese respondents. Only 2% of Cypriots
state that they have taken drugs in the past 12 months.
7% of respondents in the Netherlands declare that they have received
psychotherapy over the last 12 months, while this is the case for only 1% of
Romanian citizens. Finally, 5% of Belgians have been admitted to hospital
because of mental health problems.
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QA9 Please indicate which ones of the following statements possibly apply to your situation. In the last
12 months…
You have received
You have taken
You have been
psychotherapy due to
drugs due to
admitted to hospital
% Yes
psychological or
psychological or
due to psychological
emotional health
emotional health
or emotional health
problems
problems
problems
Has sought
Yes
23%
41%
9%
psychological help
No
0%
2%
0%
Has received
Yes
40%
84%
17%
psychological
treatment
No
-
-
-
The supplementary breakdowns on whether a respondent has sought
psychological help and whether he/she has received treatment in the past 12
months offer interesting additional information to the analysis.
First, out of those who have been treated for psychological problems
during the past year, 84% have taken medication, 40% have been seeing a
psychotherapist and 17% have been treated in hospital. Obviously, a number of
respondents have received more than one kind of treatment.
Second, among respondents who have sought for psychological help, 41%
have taken drugs, 23% have received psychotherapy and 9% have been admitted
to hospital.
It should be noted here, that out of those who indicate that they have sought
help, only a minority has also received psychological treatment. 76% have not
received psychotherapy, 58% have not taken drugs and 82% have not been
treated in hospital. This presumably indicates, at least to a certain extent, that
demand for psychological help and supply of treatment are not always
met.
Otherwise, discrepancies between socio-demographic categories are modest. Still,
it is worth pointing out that in the case of taking drugs women (9%), the elderly
(9%), those living alone (11%), the retired (11%), house persons (10%) and
the unemployed (9%) state slightly more frequently than their counterparts that
they have used medication for psychological problems in the past 12 months.
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3.3 Sources of Support
Source questionnaire: QA10
- When in need of support, Europeans would turn first to a family
member and then to a health care professional –
QA10 If you were feeling bad, where would you seek more support first?
(MULTIPLE ANSWERS POSSIBLE) - % EU25
You would seek support from a family member
53%
You would seek support from a health professional
50%
You would seek support from a friend
22%
You would call a help line
2%
You would seek support from a religious counsellor
2%
You would seek support from a school teacher 0%
DK
2%
Other (SPONTANEOUS) 2%
0%
60%
When respondents are asked where they would seek more support if they were
feeling bad, three sources of help rank above others: a family member (53%), a
health professional (50%) and a friend (22%).
Calling a help line or seeking support from a religious counsellor receive only a
minor share of responses (2%) and practically nobody would seek help from a
school teacher. Among those who spontaneously indicate another source of help
(2%), the majority seems to rely on themselves.
The highest shares of respondents that would ask help from a family member
reside in Cyprus (69%), Germany (63%) and Hungary (63%) whereas fewer
Bulgarians (31%), Swedes (34%) and Lithuanians (36%) would turn to a family
member. However, these shares still represent about a third of the population.
Respondents in Bulgaria (79%), Romania (74%) and Portugal (70%) indicate
most often that if they were feeling bad they would first seek for more help from a
health professional. At the opposite end of the table, fewest Cypriots (32%) and
Dutch (38%) would trust a health professional, these shares again constituting a
substantial share of respondents in these countries.
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QA10 If you were feeling bad, where would you seek more support first?
You would seek
You would seek
You would seek
support from a
support from a
support from a
family member
health professional
friend
CY
69%
PT
70%
NL
37%
DE
63%
DK
68%
FI
34%
HU
63%
SI
66%
BE
33%
EE
62%
IE
64%
CY
32%
EL
62%
LT
63%
FR
31%
LU
60%
MT
63%
EE
30%
SK
60%
ES
60%
DK
29%
CZ
58%
SK
60%
AT
29%
FR
58%
AT
58%
EL
28%
MT
58%
IT
56%
LU
27%
SI
58%
SE
54%
SI
25%
BE
54%
LV
53%
DE
24%
EU25
53%
PL
52%
EU25
22%
DK
53%
BE
51%
CZ
22%
FI
53%
EU25
50%
SK
22%
UK
51%
DE
48%
UK
22%
AT
50%
CZ
46%
IE
21%
ES
49%
EL
46%
LV
21%
NL
49%
UK
44%
ES
19%
IT
48%
FR
43%
PL
19%
LV
48%
LU
43%
MT
14%
PL
47%
EE
40%
SE
13%
PT
46%
FI
40%
IT
12%
IE
42%
HU
39%
LT
12%
LT
36%
NL
38%
HU
10%
SE
34%
CY
32%
PT
5%
HR
54%
BG
79%
TR
28%
TR
47%
RO
74%
HR
16%
RO
41%
HR
58%
RO
13%
BG
31%
TR
51%
BG
11%
CY (tcc)
60%
CY (tcc)
27%
CY (tcc)
33%
Finally, over a third of citizens of the Netherlands (37%) and Finland (34%)
would rely on a friend to support them if they were feeling bad whereas only 5%
of the Portuguese and 10% of Hungarians would turn to a friend if they needed
more support.
In general, it can be concluded that most Europeans would first seek help
from a family member or from a health care professional if they were
feeling bad.
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When it comes to socio-demographic categories, some variation can be portrayed.
Women (24%) state slightly more often than men (20%) that they would seek
help from a friend if they were feeling bad.
The older the respondent is, the more likely he/she is to turn to a health
professional (59% in the age group 55+). In turn, the younger the respondent
is, the more often he/she indicates that a family member (61% in the youngest
age group) or a friend (37%) would be the first source of support.
Not surprisingly, those who live in a household of several members are more
inclined than their counterparts to seek help from a family member (58% of those
in 4+ household).
Out of professional categories, students (63%) indicate most often that they
would turn to a family member if they needed support whereas 40% of them
would seek help from a friend.
In the end, it is interesting to see to whom those who have actually sought
for psychological help would turn first if they needed more support.
The majority states that they would seek help from a health care professional
(59%) which is 10 points above the share of those who have not sought
psychological help during the last 12 months (49%). 49% of respondents in this
group would rely on a family member and 22% would seek support from a friend.
Out of those who received psychological treatment during the previous
year, 66% indicate that they would first seek help from a health professional. This
share is 17 points more than the score in the group of those who have not been
treated. This result suggests that 2 in 3 of those who have received treatment
from a health professional, would again first seek help from this source.
Thus, it can be concluded that Europeans that have either sought
psychological help or received treatment for psychological or emotional
problems are more willing to seek help from a health professional than
those who have not.
QA10 If you were feeling bad, where would you seek more support first?
You would seek
You would seek
You would seek
% Yes
support from a
support from a
support from a
health professional
family member
friend
Has sought
Yes
59%
49%
22%
psychological help
No
49%
54%
22%
Has received
Yes
66%
43%
25%
psychological treatment
No
49%
55%
22%
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4 AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION
- Just about half of Europeans think it is easy to find information
about psychological or emotional health problems –
Source Questionnaire: QA11
QA11 How easy or difficult do you find it is to find information
on psychological or emotional health problems and how to deal
with them?
Difficult
Easy
DK
SK
46%
46%
8%
P T
41%
40%
19%
IT
39%
50%
11%
A T
35%
37%
28%
LU
35%
43%
22%
FR
32%
50%
19%
DE
32%
56%
13%
HU
31%
38%
31%
EL
30%
64%
6%
SI
29%
57%
15%
CZ
29%
57%
14%
B E
29%
64%
6%
P L
28%
55%
17%
EU25
29%
55%
17%
ES
27%
58%
15%
FI
24%
66%
10%
LT
24%
49%
27%
LV
24%
53%
23%
EE
22%
47%
31%
SE
21%
44%
35%
M T
19%
58%
24%
IE
16%
61%
23%
UK
15%
63%
22%
CY
15%
75%
10%
DK
12%
54%
34%
NL
10%
66%
23%
TR
44%
43%
13%
HR
40%
46%
15%
B G
30%
33%
37%
RO
27%
34%
39%
CY (tcc)
19%
57%
25%
0%
50%
100%
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55% of EU citizens maintain that finding information on psychological or
emotional health problems and how to deal with them is easy. 14%
evaluate that finding information is very easy whereas 41% think it is fairly easy.
Nevertheless, a substantial share of Europeans, 29%, consider that finding
information on psychological health problems is difficult, 6% rating this as
very difficult.
It should be noted here, that the share of non-responses reaches 17%.
This result could imply that a bit less than 1 in 5 Europeans has never considered
finding information on mental health issues.
Slovakians (46%), Turks (44%) and the Portuguese (41%) indicate most
often that finding information about mental problems is difficult. In
addition, in these countries the group of respondents who consider finding
information to be difficult outnumbers those who find acquiring information to be
easy.
Citizens of Cyprus (75%), Finland (66%), the Netherlands (66%) and
Greece (64%) are most confident in finding information about psychological
or emotional problems and how to deal with them.
As was already observed at the EU level, high shares of non-responses are
perceived in several countries, this being especially the case in Romania
(39%), Bulgaria (37%), Sweden (35%) and Denmark (34%).
This could imply that in many countries respondents do not feel that this question
is applicable to their situation.
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QA11 How easy or difficult do you find it is to find
information on psychological or emotional health
problems and how to deal with them? - % difficult
AGE
15-24
25%
25-39
26%
40-54
29%
55 +
31%
EDUC ATION (end of)
15
33%
16-19
28%
20+
25%
Still Studying
26%
OC C UPATION
Retired
32%
Unemployed
31%
House persons
31%
Manual workers
28%
Other white collars
27%
Students
26%
Self- employed
25%
Managers
21%
HAS SOUGHT PSYC HOLOGIC AL HELP
Yes
37%
No
27%
HAS REC EIVED TREATMENT
Yes
39%
No
27%
0%
50%
When comparing the socio-demographic categories, some patterns emerge. The
older the respondent is (31% in 55+), the harder he/she finds discovering
information on mental health problems and how to deal with them. This is also the
case for those who have a low level of education (33% at 15). Also, the
retired (32%), the unemployed (31%) and house persons (31%) more
frequently than their counterparts assess that finding information about mental
problems is difficult.
A prominent result emerges when responses of those who have sought
help or who have received treatment are compared with responses of
those who have not. Out of those who have looked for help, 37% indicate that
finding information about psychological problems and how to cope with them is
difficult whereas for those who have not looked for help, the score is 10 points
less (27%).
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QA11 How easy or difficult do you find it is to find information on psychological
or emotional health problems and how to deal with them?
Finding information about psychological problems - % Difficult
Has sought
Has not sought
Difference
psychological help
psychological help
EU25
37%
27%
10
SK
53%
44%
9
HU
52%
29%
23
LU
51%
31%
20
AT
49%
32%
17
DE
42%
30%
12
PT
42%
41%
1
BE
41%
28%
13
FR
41%
30%
11
SE
41%
25%
16
EL
40%
29%
11
IT
38%
39%
-1
LT
36%
22%
14
IE
35%
13%
22
EE
33%
20%
13
LV
33%
23%
10
CZ
32%
28%
4
PL
32%
28%
4
SI
31%
29%
2
CY
28%
13%
15
FI
28%
24%
4
DK
27%
9%
18
SE
26%
20%
6
UK
24%
14%
10
MT
24%
18%
6
NL
21%
8%
13
HR
48%
38%
10
TR
45%
44%
1
BG
42%
28%
14
RO
32%
25%
7
CY (tcc)
10%
19%
-9
When breaking this result country-by-country, it can be seen that this is especially
the case in Slovakia, Hungary and Luxembourg. Furthermore, the gap between
those who have sought psychological help and who have not is the widest in,
again, Hungary and Luxembourg but also in Ireland.
39% of respondents who have received treatment in the last year also indicate
that finding information about emotional problems is difficult for them. This is 12
points more than in the group of those who have not been treated (27%).
In the end, it can be concluded that those respondents who presumably need
the most information, i.e. those who have sought help or received treatment,
appear to find it more difficult to acquire it than those who at present are not
in need of immediate help. Notwithstanding, in all groups, the majority considers
finding information to be easy.
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5 PERCEPTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL AND
EMOTIONAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
The last chapter deals with respondents’ perceptions of people who have
psychological or emotional problems. It describes what kind of impression
Europeans appear to have about the behaviour of mentally ill persons and to what
extent they believe that a full recovery from a mental illness is possible.
Source questionnaire: QA12
QA12 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
- % EU25
Total y agree
Tend to agree
Tend to disagree
Total y disagree
DK
People with psychological or
emotional health problems
14%
49%
21%
8%
7%
are unpredictable
People with psychological or
emotional health problems
7%
30%
34%
21%
8%
constitute a danger to others
People with psychological or
emotional health problems
18%
36%
32%
11%
never recover
People with psychological or
emotional health problems
11%
33%
46%
7%
have themselves to blame
0%
50%
100%
63% of Europeans agree with the statement that people with
psychological health problems are unpredictable, 14% of respondents being
totally of this view. 29% of respondents do not find people with mental problems
unpredictable.
Over a third of respondents (37%) think that people with psychological
problems constitute a danger to others. 7% of Europeans totally agree with
this view. The majority (55%) maintains the opposite view-point, about 1 in 5
(21%) totally disagreeing with the notion that people with emotional problems
would be a threat to others.
A minority, 21%, believes that people with psychological or emotional
health problems will never recover. About a third (32%) totally disagrees with
this statement whereas 36% somewhat disagree with it.
Only 14% of respondents maintain that those who have psychological
problems should blame themselves for their condition. A majority, 46%,
entirely disagrees with this opinion while a third is somewhat in disagreement with
it (33%).
These results can be seen to portray that most Europeans have a
reasonably tolerant way of perceiving their fellow citizens who have
psychological or emotional health problems.
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QA12 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
People with
People with
People with
People with
psychological
psychological or
psychological
emotional
psychological
or emotional
% Agree or emotional
% Agree
% Agree
or emotional
% Agree
health
health problems
health
health
problems are
constitute a
problems
problems have
unpredictable
danger to
themselves to
others
never recover
blame
EL
77%
LT
68%
IT
31%
IT
28%
CZ
76%
LV
63%
DE
29%
LV
28%
EE
76%
EE
60%
LV
27%
EE
24%
CY
76%
SE
55%
CZ
25%
CY
24%
LV
76%
MT
50%
LT
25%
LT
24%
LT
76%
PL
50%
EL
24%
PL
22%
IT
75%
IT
49%
SI
24%
CZ
21%
PL
74%
CZ
48%
CY
23%
EL
21%
FR
73%
DK
44%
BE
22%
SI
16%
SE
72%
EL
42%
EE
22%
LU
15%
SK
70%
SK
41%
SK
22%
EU25
14%
PT
69%
PT
38%
EU25
21%
HU
14%
SI
68%
UK
38%
AT
21%
SK
14%
UK
68%
EU25
37%
PL
21%
AT
12%
BE
67%
CY
37%
PT
21%
BE
11%
EU25
63%
SI
35%
DK
18%
DE
11%
NL
59%
FR
33%
ES
17%
FI
11%
IE
58%
BE
32%
FR
17%
PT
10%
ES
55%
FI
31%
SE
17%
UK
10%
FI
55%
AT
29%
HU
16%
FR
9%
DK
54%
LU
28%
LU
15%
MT
9%
LU
52%
DE
27%
MT
13%
ES
7%
MT
48%
ES
27%
NL
13%
DK
6%
HU
47%
HU
27%
UK
12%
IE
6%
DE
42%
IE
25%
IE
10%
NL
6%
AT
39%
NL
25%
FI
10%
SE
6%
HR
72%
BG
49%
HR
37%
TR
29%
RO
65%
HR
45%
BG
21%
HR
23%
BG
64%
TR
45%
RO
20%
RO
14%
TR
53%
RO
43%
TR
12%
BG
10%
CY (tcc)
47%
CY (tcc)
39%
CY (tcc)
7%
CY (tcc)
23%
Out of the 29 countries polled, in 27 those who believe that people with
psychological problems are unpredictable outnumber those who think the
opposite. This is especially the case in Greece (77%), the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia and Lithuania (76% each). The two exceptions where the
majority disagrees with this view are Austria and Germany (51% disagreeing in
each).
When it comes to whether people with mental difficulties constitute a
danger to others, the majority of respondents in 7 countries believe this
is the case. Lithuanians (68%), Latvians (68%) and Estonians (60%) indicate
most frequently that in their opinion people with psychological problems pose a
threat to others. Fewest respondents agreeing with this view are found in Ireland
(25%), the Netherlands (25%) and Hungary (27%).
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In every country polled, a vast majority disagrees with the view that
people with psychological or emotional health problems never recover.
The highest share of citizens opposing this view is found in Finland (88%
disagreeing), followed by the Turks (82%), the British (79%) and Swedes (78%).
On the other hand, Italians (31% agreeing), Germans (29%) and Latvians (27%)
are more often pessimistic about the idea of full recovery.
Finally, only a slight minority in each country believes that people with
psychological problems have only themselves to blame. The highest shares
of respondents who are of this view reside in Italy (28%), Latvia (28%), Estonia,
Cyprus and Lithuania (24%). On the contrary, 92% of Swedes, 91% of Dutch and
90% of Danes disagree with the idea that those who have problems with their
mental heath should blame themselves.
It can be observed that the same groups of countries appear both at the
top and the bottom of the table. Generally speaking, it appears that
Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians and Italians are somewhat more likely to agree
with the statements whereas respondents in Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and
Finland seem to rank lowest when it comes to each statement.
When the socio-demographic characteristics are considered, the following remarks
can be made despite moderate variation between the categories:
Men, the young, those on the right of the political spectrum, self-
employed and managers somewhat more often agree with the view that people
with psychological or emotional health problems are unpredictable.
When it comes to the statement that people with mental problems constitute a
danger to others, men, the elderly, those who have a low level of education,
those on the right of the political spectrum, the self-employed and the
retired more frequently indicate that they agree with this view.
Considering the view that people with psychological problems health never
recover, the elderly, those who have a low education level and those on the
right of the political spectrum slightly more often agree with this notion.
The elderly, those with a low level of education, the retired and the self-
employed state somewhat more often than their counterparts that people with
psychological or emotional health problems will never recover.
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QA12 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
People with
People with
psychological
People with
psychological or
People with
or emotional
psychological or
emotional
psychological or
health
% Agree
emotional health health problems emotional health
problems
problems are
have
problems never
constitute a
unpredictable
themselves to
recover
danger to
blame
others
Yes
30% Yes
55%
Yes
14% Yes
24%
Has sought
psychological help
No
38% No
64%
No
14% No
21%
Has received
Yes
25% Yes
53%
Yes
13% Yes
23%
psychological
treatment
No
38% No
64%
No
14% No
21%
Finally, some discrepancies can be pointed out with regard to supplementary
breakdowns.
Those who have sought for psychological help or received treatment in
the last 12 months agree to a lesser extent than those who have not with
the notion that people with psychological problems constitute a danger to
others. This is also the case when it comes to the idea that people with mental
problems are unpredictable.
In other words, those who have personal experiences of mental health
problems tend to perceive people with psychological difficulties in a
“softer” manner.
An interesting result is obtained when the statement of people with psychological
or emotional health problems never recover is examined. Those who have
personal experiences appear to be slightly more pessimistic about full
recovery than those who have not sought for help or have not been treated over
the last year.
In all these categories, the vast majority agrees that people with
psychological difficulties should not only blame themselves for their
situation.
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CONCLUSION
THE PRESENT SITUATION
Generally speaking, the state of health of Europeans appears to be good.
Most Europeans (over 70%) indicate that their health does not limit them
from doing moderate physical activities such as carrying shopping bags or
climbing several flights of stairs.
These results are in parallel, even if not directly comparable, with those obtained
in the previous Eurobarometer survey “The Health of Adults in the European
Union” carried out in autumn 2002, in which 73% of EU citizens indicated that
they have not been restricted in doing certain activities because of health
problems for the past 6 months7.
When it comes to mental well-being, a significant majority of Europeans have
experienced positive and balanced feelings rather than negative feelings
in the 4 weeks prior to the survey. 64% have felt full of life all the time or
most of the time and 55% have had a lot of energy, the feelings related to the
energy/vitality dimension. Regarding the mental health dimension, 65% have
been happy and 63% have felt calm and peaceful.
However, a substantial share indicates that they do not have lots of energy
and they feel tired, the feelings related to energy/vitality dimension, at
least sometimes.
No clear consistencies between the countries are observed. Nevertheless, it
appears that citizens of the Netherlands and Finland have experienced
more often positive feelings during the 4 weeks preceding the interview.
Also, it can be said that Italians and respondents in the three Baltic States
seem to indicate slightly less frequently positive emotions when the month
before the interview is considered.
A link between experienced physical and psychological health is observed
here. Those who have not sought psychological help or received treatment for
psychological problems state notably more often that their physical health does
not limit them from doing moderate activities and they more frequently express
positive feelings in the month prior to the interview.
Moreover, the socio-demographic characteristics appear to be in parallel
when it comes to both the limits of physical health and mental well-being
over the month before the interview. Women, the elderly, the retired and house
persons (the categories that are to some extent likely to overlap) more often
evaluate the limitations of their physical health to be considerable as well as
express negative sentiments about their mental well-being.
This socio-demographic pattern seems to apply throughout the results of this
survey.
7 Special Eurobarometer 183-7 The Health of Adults in the European Union
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_183.7_en.pdf
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PROBLEMS WITH WORK AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
A strong connection appears between the state of mental health and the
extent to which physical and psychological difficulties cause problems
with working life or social activities even if respondents appear to
evaluate that physical health problems are more often a cause of
accomplishing less or problems with work than emotional problems.
Over one in two of Europeans declares that their physical health has never led
them to accomplish less (54%) or to do their usual activities less carefully (58%).
57% indicate that pain never interferes with their life. Men, the young, the well
educated, students and mangers indicate more often these views than their
counterparts.
A higher number of respondents consider compared to physical health that
emotional problems are never a cause of not completing as many things as they
would like (61%) or achieving them with less care (64%). 12% state that they
have not cut down on the amount of time spent at work as a result of emotional
problems while 6% state the same when it comes to missing work days.
3 in 5 Europeans (60%) have never had problems with social activities such as
visiting friends or relatives due to emotional problems.
Nevertheless, those respondents who have either looked for psychological
help or received psychological treatment significantly more often declare
that they have difficulties with work and social activities as a result of
either physical or psychological health problems.
For example, a third of those who have experiences of seeking help or have been
treated in the year prior to the interview, state that they never have a lower level
of accomplishment due to their physical health where as this is the case for
approximately 3 in 5 of those Europeans who have neither sought help or received
treatment.
Moreover, those who have received treatment during the last year outnumber by
50 points (64% against 14%) those who have not when it comes to accomplishing
less than that wished due to emotional health problems. With regard to carrying
out of usual activities less carefully or cutting down on the time spent on work, the
difference between those who have received treatment and those who have not
reaches 41 points (51% against 10%).
In conclusion, mental ill health, when present, appears to have enormous
negative effects on working life and social relations.
CARE AND TREATMENT SERVICES
13% of respondents have sought psychological help over the last 12
months. This is especially the case in Romania (30%) and Luxembourg (22%).
Out of those who have turned to a professional in need of psychological help, 70%
have discussed their problems with a general practitioner.
In the group of those who have been treated, the highest number, 46%,
announce that they have received treatment from a general practitioner
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Special EUROBAROMETER 248 “MENTAL WELL-BEING”
whereas 18% have discussed their psychological or emotional problems with a
psychiatrist or a psychologist.
Only a minority of EU citizens has been treated for psychological or emotional
problems by medication (7%), in psychotherapy (3%) or in hospital (1%).
Out of those who have been treated for psychological problems during the
past year, 84% have taken medication, 40% have been seeing a psychotherapist
and 17% have been treated in hospital.
Among respondents who have sought psychological help, 41% have taken
drugs, 23% have received psychotherapy and 9% have been admitted to hospital.
It should be noted here, that out of those who indicate that they have sought
help, only a minority has also received psychological treatment. 76% have not
received psychotherapy, 58% have not taken drugs and 82% have not been
treated in hospital. This presumably indicates, at least to a certain extent, that
demand for psychological help and supply of treatment do not always go
together.
When Europeans are feeling bad they would turn to a family member
(53%) or a health professional (50%). About a quarter seek more support
from a friend (22%).
AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION
55% of EU citizens maintain that finding information on psychological or
emotional health problems and how to deal with them is easy.
Nevertheless, a substantial share of Europeans, 29%, consider that finding
information on psychological health problems is difficult. 17% of respondents do
not give an answer to this question which may indicate that about 1 in 5
Europeans has never considered finding information on mental health issues.
Slovakians (46%), Turks (44%) and the Portuguese (41%) indicate most often
that finding information about mental problems is difficult while citizens of Cyprus
(75%), Finland (66%), the Netherlands (66%) and Greece (64%) are most
confident in finding information about psychological or emotional problems and
how to deal with them.
It can be noted that those respondents who presumably need the most
information, i.e. those who have sought help, appear to find it more difficult
to acquire it than those who at present are not in need of immediate help. This is
especially the case in Slovakia, Hungary and Luxembourg.
Notwithstanding, in every country and all socio-demographic groups, the majority
considers finding information to be easy.
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Special EUROBAROMETER 248 “MENTAL WELL-BEING”
PERCEPTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
In general, Europeans appear to have a reasonably tolerant way of
perceiving their fellow citizens who have psychological or emotional
health problems.
However, the majority (63%) believes that people with mental health problems
are unpredictable. Over a third of respondents (37%) think that people with
psychological problems constitute a danger to others. A minority, 21%, believes
that people with psychological or emotional health problems will never recover and
only 14% of respondents maintain that those who have psychological problems
should blame themselves for their condition.
Those who have personal experiences of mental health problems tend to
perceive people with psychological difficulties in a more empathetic way.
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ANNEXES
Technical specifications
SPECIAL EUROBAROMETER N°248
“Mental Well-being”
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Between the 7th of December 2005 and the 11st of January 2006, TNS Opinion & Social, a consortium created
between Taylor Nelson Sofres and EOS Gallup Europe, carried out wave 64.4 of the EUROBAROMETER, on request of
the EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Directorate-General Press and Communication, Opinion Polls.
The SPECIAL EUROBAROMETER N°248 is part of wave 64.4 and covers the population of the respective nationalities
of the European Union Member States, resident in each of the Member States and aged 15 years and over. The
EUROBAROMETER 64.4 has also been conducted in the two acceding countries (Bulgaria and Romania) and in the two
candidate countries (Croatia and Turkey) and in the Turkish Cypriot Community. In these countries, the survey
covers the national population of citizens of the respective nationalities and the population of citizens of all the
European Union Member States that are residents in those countries and have a sufficient command of one of the
respective national language(s) to answer the questionnaire. The basic sample design applied in all states is a multi-
stage, random (probability) one. In each country, a number of sampling points was drawn with probability
proportional to population size (for a total coverage of the country) and to population density.
In order to do so, the sampling points were drawn systematically from each of the "administrative regional units",
after stratification by individual unit and type of area. They thus represent the whole territory of the countries
surveyed according to the EUROSTAT NUTS II (or equivalent) and according to the distribution of the resident
population of the respective nationalities in terms of metropolitan, urban and rural areas. In each of the selected
sampling points, a starting address was drawn, at random. Further addresses (every Nth address) were selected by
standard "random route" procedures, from the initial address. In each household, the respondent was drawn, at
random (following the "closest birthday rule"). All interviews were conducted face-to-face in people's homes and in
the appropriate national language. As far as the data capture is concerned, CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal
Interview) was used in those countries where this technique was available.
ABREVIATIONS COUNTRIES
INSTITUTES
N°
FIELDWORK
INTERVIEWS
DATES
POPULATION15+
BE Belgium TNS
Dimarso
1.011 13/12/2005
08/01/2006
8.598.982
CZ
Czech Rep.
TNS Aisa
1.012
09/12/2005 07/01/2006
8.571.710
DK
Denmark
TNS Gallup DK
1.039
09/12/2005 10/01/2006
4.380.063
DE Germany TNS
Infratest
1.515 09/12/2005
23/12/2006
64.174.295
EE Estonia Emor
1.000 08/12/2005
07/01/2006
887.094
EL Greece TNS
ICAP
999 09/12/2005
31/12/2005
8.674.230
ES Spain
TNS
Demoscopia
1.000 10/12/2005
07/01/2006
35.882.820
FR France TNS
Sofres
1.031 09/12/2005
09/01/2006
44.010.619
IE Ireland TNS
MRBI
1.000 07/12/2005
11/01/2006
3.089.775
IT Italy
TNS
Abacus
1.011 15/12/2005
11/01/2006
49.208.000
CY
Rep. of Cyprus Synovate
507
08/12/2005 04/01/2006
552.213
LV Latvia
TNS
Latvia
1.046 10/12/2005
08/01/2006
1.394.351
LT
Lithuania
TNS Gallup Lithuania
1.022
15/12/2005 06/01/2006
2.803.661
LU Luxembourg
TNS
ILReS
500
08/12/2005
06/01/2006
367.199
HU Hungary TNS
Hungary
1.010 16/12/2005
07/01/2006
8.503.379
MT Malta
MISCO
500
07/12/2005
05/01/2006
322.917
NL Netherlands
TNS
NIPO
1.127 13/12/2005
09/01/2006
13.242.328
Österreichisches
AT Austria Gallup-Institute 1.019
09/12/2005
04/01/2006
6.679.444
PL Poland TNS
OBOP
1.000 11/12/2005
08/01/2006
31.610.437
PT Portugal TNS
EUROTESTE
1.004 13/12/2005
06/01/2006
8.080.915
SI Slovenia RM
PLUS
1.028 09/12/2005
08/01/2006
1.663.869
SK
Slovakia
TNS AISA SK
1.015
08/12/2005 22/12/2005
4.316.438
FI
Finland
TNS Gallup Oy
1.023
09/12/2005 09/01/2006
4.279.286
SE Sweden TNS
GALLUP
1.009 08/12/2005
07/01/2006
7.376.680
UK
United Kingdom TNS UK
1.310
08/12/2005 07/01/2006
47.685.578
BG Bulgaria TNS
BBSS
1.002 16/12/2005
28/12/2005
6.695.512
HR Croatia Puls
1.000 09/12/2005
30/12/2005
3.682.826
RO Romania TNS
CSOP
1.003 10/12/2005
07/01/2006
18.145.036
TR Turkey TNS
PIAR
1.005 10/12/2005
04/01/2006
47.583.830
Turkish Cypriot
CY(tcc)
Comm. KADEM
500 13/12/2005
02/01/2006
157.101
TOTAL
29.248
07/12/2005
11/01/2006
442.620.588
For each country a comparison between the sample and the universe was carried out. The Universe description was
derived from Eurostat population data or from national statistics offices. For all countries surveyed, a national
weighting procedure, using marginal and intercellular weighting, was carried out based on this Universe description.
In all countries, gender, age, region and size of locality were introduced in the iteration procedure. For international
weighting (i.e. EU averages), TNS Opinion & Social applies the official population figures as provided by EUROSTAT or
national statistic offices. The total population figures for input in this post-weighting procedure are listed above.
Readers are reminded that survey results are estimations, the accuracy of which, everything being equal, rests upon
the sample size and upon the observed percentage. With samples of about 1,000 interviews, the real percentages
vary within the following confidence limits:
Observed
10% or 90%
20% or 80%
30% or 70%
40% or 60%
50%
percentages
Confidence limits
± 1.9 points
± 2.5 points
± 2.7 points
± 3.0 points
± 3.1 points
Questionnaire
QA1
To what extent, if at all, does your health limit you from…?
(ONE ANSWER PER LINE)
(READ OUT)
Yes, it limits Yes, it limits
No, it does
DK
you a lot
you a little
not limit you
at all
1
Doing moderate activities, such as
1
2
3
4
moving a table, pushing a vacuum
cleaner or carrying your shopping
2
Climbing several flights of stairs
1
2
3
4
EB64.4 NEW
QA2
During the past 4 weeks how much of the time have you had any of the following problems
with your work or other regular activities as a result of your physical health?
(SHOW CARD WITH SCALE – ONE ANSWER PER LINE)
All the Most Somet Rarely Never
DK
(READ OUT)
time
of the imes
time
1
You have accomplished less than you would like
1
2
3
4
5
6
2
You have accomplished your usual activities less
1
2
3
4
5
6
carefully
EB64.4 NEW
QA3
During the past 4 weeks, how much of the time have you had any of the following problems
with your work or other regular activities as a result of any emotional problem (such as feeling
depressed or being anxious)?
(SHOW SAME CARD WITH SCALE AS IN QA2 – ONE ANSWER PER LINE)
All the Most Somet Rarely Never
DK
(READ OUT)
time
of the imes
time
1
You have accomplished less than you would like
1
2
3
4
5
6
2
You have accomplished your usual activities less
1
2
3
4
5
6
carefully
EB64.4 NEW
QA4
During the past 4 weeks, how much, if at all, has pain interfered with your activities?
(READ OUT – ONE ANSWER ONLY)
Extremely
1
Quite a bit
2
Moderately
3
A little
4
Not at all
5
DK
6
EB64.4 NEW
QA5
These questions are about how you feel and how things have been with you during the past 4
weeks. For each question, please give the one answer that comes closest to the way you
have been feeling. How much of the time during the past 4 weeks?
(SHOW SAME CARD WITH SCALE AS IN QA2 – ONE ANSWER PER LINE)
All the Most Somet Rarely Never
DK
(READ OUT)
time
of the imes
time
1
Have you felt full of life
1
2
3
4
5
6
2
Have you felt particularly tense
1
2
3
4
5
6
3
Have you felt so down in the dumps that nothing
1
2
3
4
5
6
could cheer you up
4
You felt calm and peaceful
1
2
3
4
5
6
5
Did you have lots of energy
1
2
3
4
5
6
6
Have you felt downhearted and depressed
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Have you felt worn out
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
Have you felt happy
1
2
3
4
5
6
9
Did you feel tired
1
2
3
4
5
6
EB64.4 NEW
QA6
During the past 4 weeks, how much of the time has your physical health or emotional
problems interfered with social activities (like visiting friends, relatives, etc.)?
(SHOW SAME CARD WITH SCALE AS IN QA2 – ONE ANSWER ONLY)
All the time
1
Most of the time
2
Sometimes
3
Rarely
4
Never
5
DK
6
EB64.4 NEW
QA7
In the last 12 months, did you seek help from a professional in respect of a psychological or
emotional health problem? (IF YES) Indicate who in the following list. (M)
(SHOW CARD – READ OUT – MULTIPLE ANSWERS POSSIBLE)
No
1,
Yes, a general practitioner
2,
Yes, a pharmacist (M)
3,
Yes, a psychiatrist
4,
Yes, a psychologist
5,
Yes, a psychoanalyst (N)
6,
Yes, a nurse
7,
Yes, a social worker
8,
Yes, a psychotherapist not mentioned previously (N)
9,
Yes, another health professional (M)
10,
DK
11,
EB58.2 Q46 TREND MODIFIED
QA8
During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems with your work or other
regular activities as a result of any emotional problems (such as feeling depressed or
anxious)?
(SHOW ITEM LIST – ONE ANSWER PER LINE)
(READ OUT)
Yes
No
1
Cut down on the amount of time you spent on work
1
2
or other activities?
2
Accomplished less than you would like?
1
2
3
Did not do work or other activities as carefully as
1
2
usual?
4
Missed work days?
1
2
EB64.4 NEW
QA9
Please indicate which ones of the following statements possibly apply to your situation. In the
last 12 months…
(SHOW ITEM LIST – ONE ANSWER PER LINE)
(READ OUT)
Yes
No
DK
1
You have received psychotherapy due to
1
2
3
psychological or emotional health problems
2
You have taken drugs due to psychological or
1
2
3
emotional health problems
3
You have been admitted to hospital due to
1
2
3
psychological or emotional health problems
EB64.4 NEW
QA10
If you were feeling bad, where would you seek more support first?
(SHOW CARD – READ OUT – MULTIPLE ANSWERS POSSIBLE)
I would seek support from a health professional
1,
I would seek support from a family member
2,
I would seek support from a friend
3,
I would seek support from a religious counsellor
4,
I would seek support from a school teacher
5,
I would call a help line
6,
Other (SPONTANEOUS)
7,
DK
8,
EB64.4 NEW
QA11
How easy or difficult do you find it is to find information on psychological or emotional health
problems and how to deal with them?
(READ OUT – ONE ANSWER ONLY)
Very easy
1
Fairly easy
2
Fairly difficult
3
Very difficult
4
DK
5
EB64.4 NEW
QA12
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
(SHOW CARD WITH SCALE – ONE ANSWER PER LINE)
(READ OUT)
Totally agree
Tend to
Tend to
Totally
DK
agree
disagree
disagree
1
People with psychological or
1
2
3
4
5
emotional health problems
constitute a danger to others
2
People with psychological or
1
2
3
4
5
emotional health problems
are unpredictable
3
People with psychological or
1
2
3
4
5
emotional health problems
have themselves to blame
4
People with psychological or
1
2
3
4
5
emotional health problems
never recover
EB64.4 NEW
Tables
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA1.1 Dans quelle mesure votre santé vous limite-t-elle pour … ?
QA1.1 To what extent, if at all, does your health limit you from…?
Pratiquer des activités modérées, comme déplacer une table, passer l’aspirateur ou ramener vos courses
Doing moderate activities, such as moving a table, pushing a vacuum cleaner or carrying your shopping
Elle vous
Elle vous limite Elle ne vous limite
limite
un peu / It
pas du tout / It
NSP /
TOTAL
beaucoup /
limits you a
does not limit you at
DK
It limits you
little
all
a lot
UE25 EU25
24738
9%
17%
74%
0%
BE
1011
8%
15%
77%
-
CZ
1012
8%
19%
73%
0%
DK
1039
8%
13%
79%
0%
D-W
1015
6%
17%
76%
0%
DE
1515
6%
18%
76%
0%
D-E
500
5%
18%
77%
-
EE
1000
8%
19%
73%
0%
EL
999
11%
14%
74%
0%
ES
1000
9%
15%
76%
1%
FR
1031
8%
13%
79%
1%
IE
1000
4%
14%
80%
1%
IT
1011
11%
23%
66%
1%
CY
507
8%
15%
76%
1%
LV
1046
8%
19%
73%
0%
LT
1022
10%
24%
66%
-
LU
500
9%
15%
75%
1%
HU
1010
13%
19%
68%
0%
MT
500
6%
20%
74%
-
NL
1127
7%
16%
77%
-
AT
1019
5%
24%
70%
1%
PL
1000
13%
20%
67%
0%
PT
1004
10%
21%
70%
-
SI
1028
9%
21%
70%
-
SK
1015
9%
21%
70%
0%
FI
1023
6%
15%
79%
0%
SE
1009
8%
13%
79%
-
UK
1310
9%
11%
80%
0%
BG
1002
17%
24%
59%
0%
HR
1000
13%
21%
65%
1%
RO
1003
13%
19%
68%
1%
TR
1005
8%
25%
67%
0%
CY (tcc)
500
9%
18%
73%
0%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA1.2 Dans quelle mesure votre santé vous limite-t-elle pour … ?
QA1.2 To what extent, if at all, does your health limit you from…?
Monter plusieurs volées d’escaliers
Climbing several flights of stairs
Elle ne vous
Elle vous
Elle vous limite
limite pas du
limite un peu
NSP /
TOTAL
beaucoup / It
tout / It does
/ It limits
DK
limits you a lot
not limit you at
you a little
all
UE25 EU25
24738
10%
18%
72%
0%
BE
1011
8%
17%
76%
-
CZ
1012
12%
22%
66%
-
DK
1039
8%
13%
79%
0%
D-W
1015
8%
18%
74%
0%
DE
1515
8%
18%
74%
0%
D-E
500
7%
19%
75%
-
EE
1000
8%
19%
72%
1%
EL
999
11%
19%
70%
0%
ES
1000
10%
15%
75%
0%
FR
1031
9%
14%
76%
1%
IE
1000
7%
15%
77%
1%
IT
1011
12%
26%
62%
0%
CY
507
12%
16%
71%
1%
LV
1046
8%
15%
76%
0%
LT
1022
13%
24%
63%
0%
LU
500
8%
14%
78%
1%
HU
1010
19%
19%
60%
2%
MT
500
9%
19%
72%
0%
NL
1127
7%
16%
77%
0%
AT
1019
7%
26%
67%
1%
PL
1000
14%
21%
64%
1%
PT
1004
10%
20%
71%
0%
SI
1028
10%
19%
71%
0%
SK
1015
11%
23%
65%
1%
FI
1023
6%
12%
81%
0%
SE
1009
6%
12%
82%
-
UK
1310
11%
11%
78%
0%
BG
1002
19%
24%
56%
1%
HR
1000
15%
20%
64%
1%
RO
1003
15%
18%
65%
2%
TR
1005
8%
25%
67%
1%
CY (tcc)
500
8%
20%
71%
1%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA2.1 Au cours des 4 dernières semaines, à quelle fréquence avez-vous rencontré l’un des problèmes suivants dans
QA2.1 During the past 4 weeks how much of the time have you had any of the following problems with
l’exercice de votre travail ou de toute autre activité habituelle, en raison de votre état de santé physique ?
your work or other regular activities as a result of your physical health?
Vous avez fait moins de choses que ce que vous souhaitiez
You have accomplished less than you would like
Tout le La plupart du
temps /
Quelquefois / Rarement Jamais
NSP /
TOTAL
temps / Most
All the
Sometimes
/ Rarely
/ Never
DK
of the time
time
UE25 EU25
24738
5%
8%
17%
17%
54%
0%
BE
1011
5%
7%
16%
15%
56%
0%
CZ
1012
2%
5%
19%
27%
48%
0%
DK
1039
4%
10%
15%
17%
54%
0%
D-W
1015
4%
6%
14%
20%
56%
0%
DE
1515
4%
6%
14%
20%
56%
0%
D-E
500
5%
7%
14%
19%
55%
-
EE
1000
4%
10%
17%
19%
50%
1%
EL
999
6%
9%
13%
19%
53%
-
ES
1000
3%
9%
11%
14%
62%
0%
FR
1031
5%
7%
15%
14%
59%
0%
IE
1000
2%
4%
20%
19%
53%
1%
IT
1011
4%
8%
25%
21%
42%
0%
CY
507
3%
7%
17%
12%
61%
-
LV
1046
4%
8%
20%
16%
51%
1%
LT
1022
5%
12%
23%
15%
44%
0%
LU
500
7%
7%
10%
10%
65%
1%
HU
1010
8%
15%
18%
16%
42%
-
MT
500
2%
8%
24%
24%
41%
1%
NL
1127
5%
6%
16%
16%
57%
0%
AT
1019
1%
6%
24%
32%
36%
1%
PL
1000
7%
12%
21%
18%
42%
1%
PT
1004
5%
9%
15%
14%
56%
0%
SI
1028
4%
8%
20%
24%
45%
-
SK
1015
4%
11%
23%
31%
30%
1%
FI
1023
3%
8%
18%
22%
49%
0%
SE
1009
5%
7%
14%
13%
60%
-
UK
1310
6%
7%
12%
10%
65%
0%
BG
1002
7%
13%
19%
26%
34%
1%
HR
1000
5%
9%
20%
17%
49%
0%
RO
1003
6%
12%
20%
21%
40%
0%
TR
1005
3%
7%
19%
15%
56%
1%
CY (tcc)
500
4%
8%
23%
18%
46%
1%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA2.2 Au cours des 4 dernières semaines, à quelle fréquence avez-vous rencontré l’un des problèmes
QA2.2 During the past 4 weeks how much of the time have you had any of the following problems with
suivants dans l’exercice de votre travail ou de toute autre activité habituelle, en raison de votre état de
your work or other regular activities as a result of your physical health?
santé physique ?
Vous avez accompli vos activités habituelles avec moins d’attention que d’habitude
You have accomplished your usual activities less carefully
La
Tout le plupart
temps /
du
Quelquefois Rarement Jamais
NSP /
TOTAL
All the temps / / Sometimes
/ Rarely
/ Never
DK
time
Most of
the time
UE25 EU25
24738
3%
6%
14%
18%
58%
0%
BE
1011
4%
6%
13%
15%
62%
0%
CZ
1012
1%
4%
15%
30%
49%
0%
DK
1039
6%
7%
16%
19%
52%
0%
D-W
1015
4%
4%
12%
19%
60%
0%
DE
1515
4%
5%
12%
18%
61%
0%
D-E
500
4%
6%
11%
17%
62%
0%
EE
1000
2%
6%
16%
20%
55%
1%
EL
999
4%
8%
13%
18%
57%
-
ES
1000
2%
5%
9%
14%
69%
1%
FR
1031
3%
5%
10%
13%
68%
1%
IE
1000
2%
4%
17%
20%
55%
2%
IT
1011
3%
8%
20%
24%
45%
0%
CY
507
2%
8%
14%
13%
63%
-
LV
1046
3%
5%
16%
15%
60%
1%
LT
1022
5%
9%
23%
18%
45%
0%
LU
500
4%
6%
9%
9%
70%
1%
HU
1010
5%
10%
17%
19%
49%
0%
MT
500
2%
5%
22%
26%
43%
1%
NL
1127
3%
6%
13%
17%
61%
0%
AT
1019
0%
5%
20%
28%
45%
1%
PL
1000
4%
10%
19%
19%
47%
1%
PT
1004
4%
9%
14%
15%
58%
0%
SI
1028
3%
6%
17%
23%
49%
0%
SK
1015
3%
6%
20%
31%
38%
1%
FI
1023
2%
5%
15%
22%
56%
0%
SE
1009
4%
5%
10%
13%
69%
0%
UK
1310
4%
6%
11%
12%
67%
0%
BG
1002
6%
9%
20%
25%
39%
1%
HR
1000
4%
8%
18%
19%
49%
1%
RO
1003
5%
8%
20%
22%
45%
1%
TR
1005
2%
6%
17%
16%
57%
1%
CY (tcc)
500
5%
8%
18%
21%
46%
1%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA3.1 Au cours des 4 dernières semaines, à quelle fréquence avez-vous rencontré l’un des problèmes
QA3.1 During the past 4 weeks, how much of the time have you had any of the following problems with
suivants dans le cadre de votre travail ou d’autres activités quotidiennes habituelles suite à un problème
your work or other regular activities as a result of any emotional problem (such as feeling depressed or
émotionnel (par exemple, un sentiment de déprime ou d’anxiété) ?
being anxious)?
Vous avez fait moins de choses que ce que vous souhaitiez
You have accomplished less than you would like
La
Tout le plupart
temps /
du
Quelquefois Rarement / Jamais
NSP /
TOTAL
All the temps / / Sometimes
Rarely
/ Never
DK
time
Most of
the time
UE25 EU25
24738
3%
6%
14%
16%
61%
0%
BE
1011
3%
6%
14%
13%
63%
0%
CZ
1012
1%
3%
11%
22%
62%
0%
DK
1039
3%
7%
15%
19%
56%
0%
D-W
1015
2%
3%
11%
16%
67%
0%
DE
1515
2%
3%
11%
16%
68%
0%
D-E
500
2%
3%
10%
13%
71%
-
EE
1000
2%
7%
21%
21%
48%
0%
EL
999
3%
8%
16%
18%
55%
-
ES
1000
2%
5%
8%
13%
71%
0%
FR
1031
2%
6%
12%
11%
68%
1%
IE
1000
1%
4%
16%
18%
60%
1%
IT
1011
3%
7%
20%
22%
47%
0%
CY
507
2%
7%
15%
12%
64%
-
LV
1046
2%
6%
25%
20%
46%
1%
LT
1022
2%
8%
21%
19%
49%
0%
LU
500
4%
3%
9%
7%
77%
1%
HU
1010
6%
12%
16%
19%
47%
0%
MT
500
1%
5%
25%
24%
44%
1%
NL
1127
2%
4%
11%
14%
69%
-
AT
1019
1%
5%
20%
29%
46%
1%
PL
1000
4%
10%
21%
21%
43%
1%
PT
1004
3%
9%
14%
15%
58%
0%
SI
1028
1%
6%
15%
24%
54%
0%
SK
1015
2%
6%
19%
34%
39%
1%
FI
1023
1%
5%
18%
22%
54%
0%
SE
1009
2%
4%
13%
15%
66%
0%
UK
1310
4%
5%
13%
10%
67%
0%
BG
1002
4%
7%
17%
29%
42%
2%
HR
1000
3%
6%
16%
18%
56%
0%
RO
1003
3%
9%
19%
20%
49%
1%
TR
1005
2%
8%
20%
17%
52%
1%
CY (tcc)
500
5%
7%
23%
20%
42%
2%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA3.2 Au cours des 4 dernières semaines, à quelle fréquence avez-vous rencontré l’un des problèmes suivants
QA3.2 During the past 4 weeks, how much of the time have you had any of the following problems with
dans le cadre de votre travail ou d’autres activités quotidiennes habituelles suite à un problème émotionnel
your work or other regular activities as a result of any emotional problem (such as feeling depressed or
(par exemple, un sentiment de déprime ou d’anxiété) ?
being anxious)?
Vous avez accompli vos activités habituelles avec moins d’attention que d’habitude
You have accomplished your usual activities less carefully
La
Tout le plupart
temps /
du
Quelquefois / Rarement Jamais
NSP /
TOTAL
All the temps /
Sometimes
/ Rarely
/ Never
DK
time
Most of
the time
UE25 EU25
24738
2%
5%
13%
17%
64%
0%
BE
1011
3%
4%
12%
16%
66%
-
CZ
1012
1%
2%
10%
21%
65%
0%
DK
1039
3%
6%
15%
19%
56%
0%
D-W
1015
2%
3%
9%
16%
70%
0%
DE
1515
2%
3%
9%
16%
70%
0%
D-E
500
2%
3%
8%
13%
74%
-
EE
1000
1%
5%
17%
23%
52%
1%
EL
999
3%
6%
15%
19%
57%
-
ES
1000
1%
3%
8%
13%
75%
0%
FR
1031
2%
4%
10%
11%
71%
1%
IE
1000
1%
3%
14%
19%
61%
2%
IT
1011
3%
6%
18%
24%
49%
-
CY
507
1%
7%
14%
14%
64%
-
LV
1046
2%
4%
21%
18%
54%
1%
LT
1022
2%
8%
19%
20%
51%
1%
LU
500
3%
4%
8%
7%
78%
1%
HU
1010
3%
8%
16%
19%
53%
0%
MT
500
1%
4%
20%
25%
48%
1%
NL
1127
2%
4%
10%
13%
71%
0%
AT
1019
0%
4%
15%
26%
54%
0%
PL
1000
2%
8%
20%
22%
47%
1%
PT
1004
3%
7%
15%
16%
58%
0%
SI
1028
1%
4%
14%
24%
57%
0%
SK
1015
2%
5%
16%
34%
44%
1%
FI
1023
1%
4%
15%
21%
59%
0%
SE
1009
2%
3%
11%
14%
71%
0%
UK
1310
3%
4%
12%
11%
70%
0%
BG
1002
3%
7%
16%
28%
44%
2%
HR
1000
3%
6%
15%
20%
56%
0%
RO
1003
2%
6%
18%
21%
52%
1%
TR
1005
2%
7%
19%
17%
53%
1%
CY (tcc)
500
5%
8%
21%
22%
42%
2%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA4 Au cours des 4 dernières semaines, à quel point la douleur a-t-elle gêné vos activités ?
QA4 During the past 4 weeks, how much, if at all, has pain interfered with your activities?
Pas du
Extrêmement Sérieusement Modérément / Un peu / A tout /
NSP /
TOTAL
/ Extremely
/ Quite a bit
Moderately
little
Not at
DK
all
UE25 EU25
24738
4%
9%
12%
19%
57%
0%
BE
1011
1%
8%
13%
20%
57%
0%
CZ
1012
1%
5%
15%
38%
41%
-
DK
1039
2%
6%
9%
20%
62%
0%
D-W
1015
4%
9%
13%
18%
56%
0%
DE
1515
4%
9%
14%
17%
56%
0%
D-E
500
3%
10%
15%
15%
58%
-
EE
1000
3%
10%
13%
28%
46%
0%
EL
999
4%
9%
9%
14%
64%
-
ES
1000
3%
10%
8%
14%
65%
-
FR
1031
3%
9%
10%
14%
63%
0%
IE
1000
2%
5%
7%
13%
71%
1%
IT
1011
2%
7%
12%
28%
49%
1%
CY
507
3%
8%
11%
12%
65%
0%
LV
1046
4%
10%
9%
27%
49%
0%
LT
1022
5%
10%
13%
23%
49%
1%
LU
500
2%
8%
9%
13%
66%
1%
HU
1010
5%
11%
13%
17%
54%
-
MT
500
1%
6%
16%
25%
52%
0%
NL
1127
3%
6%
8%
20%
63%
-
AT
1019
2%
8%
14%
25%
51%
0%
PL
1000
6%
13%
18%
20%
43%
0%
PT
1004
3%
11%
17%
14%
54%
1%
SI
1028
6%
8%
12%
24%
48%
0%
SK
1015
3%
13%
14%
26%
43%
0%
FI
1023
3%
8%
13%
28%
48%
0%
SE
1009
4%
10%
12%
20%
54%
-
UK
1310
4%
7%
7%
15%
67%
-
BG
1002
3%
9%
13%
21%
43%
10%
HR
1000
7%
12%
13%
18%
51%
0%
RO
1003
5%
12%
12%
21%
49%
1%
TR
1005
4%
6%
13%
18%
56%
3%
CY (tcc)
500
5%
7%
13%
19%
56%
0%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA5.1 Les questions suivantes portent sur comment vous vous sentez et sur la façon dont vous vous êtes porté
QA5.1 These questions are about how you feel and how things have been with you during the past 4
au cours des 4 dernières semaines. Pour chaque question, veuillez indiquer la réponse qui se rapproche le plus de
weeks. For each question, please give the one answer that comes closest to the way you have been
ce que vous avez ressenti. A quelle fréquence au cours de ces 4 dernières semaines … ?
feeling. How much of the time during the past 4 weeks...?
Vous êtes-vous senti(e) en pleine joie de vivre
Have you felt full of life
La
Tout le plupart
temps /
du
Quelquefois / Rarement / Jamais
NSP /
TOTAL
All the temps /
Sometimes
Rarely
/ Never
DK
time
Most of
the time
UE25 EU25
24738
21%
43%
23%
10%
4%
0%
BE
1011
25%
47%
15%
8%
5%
0%
CZ
1012
18%
46%
22%
11%
2%
1%
DK
1039
25%
52%
17%
5%
1%
0%
D-W
1015
24%
43%
20%
10%
3%
0%
DE
1515
23%
44%
19%
10%
3%
0%
D-E
500
20%
49%
17%
11%
3%
-
EE
1000
7%
27%
33%
18%
14%
2%
EL
999
25%
42%
21%
9%
3%
-
ES
1000
22%
48%
22%
6%
2%
-
FR
1031
20%
48%
22%
8%
2%
0%
IE
1000
16%
49%
25%
8%
1%
0%
IT
1011
12%
38%
32%
12%
5%
0%
CY
507
27%
38%
22%
10%
2%
1%
LV
1046
10%
48%
26%
11%
4%
1%
LT
1022
19%
39%
25%
13%
5%
0%
LU
500
26%
48%
17%
6%
2%
1%
HU
1010
6%
24%
31%
23%
16%
1%
MT
500
18%
38%
32%
9%
2%
0%
NL
1127
27%
49%
15%
6%
3%
0%
AT
1019
17%
49%
22%
9%
2%
0%
PL
1000
21%
36%
24%
14%
4%
1%
PT
1004
19%
43%
28%
8%
2%
0%
SI
1028
14%
47%
29%
9%
1%
1%
SK
1015
18%
50%
19%
12%
1%
0%
FI
1023
45%
45%
7%
2%
1%
0%
SE
1009
28%
44%
20%
5%
2%
0%
UK
1310
23%
41%
22%
9%
5%
-
BG
1002
21%
37%
22%
14%
4%
2%
HR
1000
15%
36%
30%
14%
4%
1%
RO
1003
18%
45%
22%
10%
3%
1%
TR
1005
16%
33%
32%
13%
6%
1%
CY (tcc)
500
21%
33%
30%
10%
6%
1%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA5.2 Les questions suivantes portent sur comment vous vous sentez et sur la façon dont vous vous êtes porté
QA5.2 These questions are about how you feel and how things have been with you during the past 4
au cours des 4 dernières semaines. Pour chaque question, veuillez indiquer la réponse qui se rapproche le plus
weeks. For each question, please give the one answer that comes closest to the way you have been
de ce que vous avez ressenti. A quelle fréquence au cours de ces 4 dernières semaines … ?
feeling. How much of the time during the past 4 weeks...?
Vous êtes-vous senti(e) particulièrement tendu(e)
Have you felt particularly tense
La
Tout le plupart
temps /
du
Quelquefois Rarement / Jamais
NSP /
TOTAL
All the temps / / Sometimes
Rarely
/ Never
DK
time
Most of
the time
UE25 EU25
24738
3%
11%
36%
27%
23%
0%
BE
1011
3%
12%
33%
26%
25%
0%
CZ
1012
2%
9%
34%
38%
18%
0%
DK
1039
2%
5%
27%
35%
31%
0%
D-W
1015
3%
12%
37%
33%
14%
0%
DE
1515
3%
12%
37%
34%
14%
0%
D-E
500
2%
11%
37%
36%
13%
-
EE
1000
4%
11%
33%
29%
23%
1%
EL
999
7%
18%
38%
22%
14%
-
ES
1000
1%
10%
30%
28%
30%
0%
FR
1031
4%
11%
37%
23%
24%
0%
IE
1000
1%
5%
32%
38%
23%
1%
IT
1011
4%
14%
46%
22%
13%
1%
CY
507
9%
20%
35%
20%
15%
-
LV
1046
3%
12%
39%
28%
18%
0%
LT
1022
2%
13%
34%
31%
21%
0%
LU
500
4%
10%
29%
25%
32%
-
HU
1010
4%
15%
30%
29%
22%
0%
MT
500
2%
10%
32%
31%
25%
0%
NL
1127
2%
8%
36%
24%
29%
-
AT
1019
1%
8%
35%
39%
17%
0%
PL
1000
3%
13%
32%
26%
25%
1%
PT
1004
3%
11%
30%
37%
19%
1%
SI
1028
1%
8%
38%
35%
19%
0%
SK
1015
1%
10%
35%
39%
14%
1%
FI
1023
1%
3%
25%
36%
34%
0%
SE
1009
1%
4%
29%
30%
35%
0%
UK
1310
2%
7%
34%
22%
35%
0%
BG
1002
4%
14%
30%
33%
18%
1%
HR
1000
3%
14%
41%
28%
12%
1%
RO
1003
4%
10%
37%
32%
14%
3%
TR
1005
4%
17%
42%
26%
10%
1%
CY (tcc)
500
7%
16%
39%
27%
11%
0%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA5.3 Les questions suivantes portent sur comment vous vous sentez et sur la façon dont vous vous êtes
QA5.3 These questions are about how you feel and how things have been with you during the past 4
porté au cours des 4 dernières semaines. Pour chaque question, veuillez indiquer la réponse qui se rapproche
weeks. For each question, please give the one answer that comes closest to the way you have been
le plus de ce que vous avez ressenti. A quelle fréquence au cours de ces 4 dernières semaines … ?
feeling. How much of the time during the past 4 weeks...?
Vous êtes-vous senti(e) tellement malheureux(se) que plus rien ne parvenait à vous remonter le moral
Have you felt so down in the dumps that nothing could cheer you up
La
Tout le plupart
temps /
du
Quelquefois / Rarement / Jamais
NSP /
TOTAL
All the temps / Sometimes
Rarely
/ Never
DK
time
Most of
the time
UE25 EU25
24738
2%
5%
15%
23%
55%
0%
BE
1011
1%
5%
11%
19%
64%
0%
CZ
1012
0%
4%
14%
30%
52%
1%
DK
1039
1%
2%
10%
24%
63%
0%
D-W
1015
1%
4%
11%
30%
54%
0%
DE
1515
1%
4%
11%
30%
54%
0%
D-E
500
1%
4%
10%
31%
54%
-
EE
1000
1%
5%
14%
21%
58%
1%
EL
999
3%
8%
19%
33%
37%
0%
ES
1000
2%
7%
15%
20%
56%
0%
FR
1031
1%
3%
10%
15%
70%
0%
IE
1000
0%
2%
14%
35%
48%
1%
IT
1011
3%
10%
22%
24%
41%
1%
CY
507
1%
6%
15%
27%
50%
-
LV
1046
1%
5%
18%
25%
50%
1%
LT
1022
1%
8%
28%
30%
31%
0%
LU
500
1%
3%
8%
11%
76%
0%
HU
1010
2%
8%
17%
20%
53%
0%
MT
500
1%
5%
16%
28%
49%
1%
NL
1127
1%
4%
12%
18%
65%
-
AT
1019
0%
5%
19%
29%
47%
1%
PL
1000
2%
6%
17%
23%
52%
0%
PT
1004
3%
7%
17%
28%
45%
1%
SI
1028
1%
3%
17%
27%
52%
0%
SK
1015
0%
4%
18%
32%
46%
1%
FI
1023
0%
2%
14%
23%
61%
-
SE
1009
1%
2%
7%
15%
75%
0%
UK
1310
1%
3%
15%
18%
63%
0%
BG
1002
1%
9%
18%
36%
34%
2%
HR
1000
2%
5%
18%
35%
38%
1%
RO
1003
3%
8%
20%
33%
34%
2%
TR
1005
2%
5%
22%
18%
51%
2%
CY (tcc)
500
5%
13%
32%
32%
18%
1%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA5.4 Les questions suivantes portent sur comment vous vous sentez et sur la façon dont vous vous êtes porté
QA5.4 These questions are about how you feel and how things have been with you during the past 4
au cours des 4 dernières semaines. Pour chaque question, veuillez indiquer la réponse qui se rapproche le plus de
weeks. For each question, please give the one answer that comes closest to the way you have been
ce que vous avez ressenti. A quelle fréquence au cours de ces 4 dernières semaines … ?
feeling. How much of the time during the past 4 weeks...?
Vous êtes-vous senti(e) calme et serein(e)
Have you felt calm and peaceful
La
Tout le plupart
temps /
du
Quelquefois / Rarement /
Jamais
NSP /
TOTAL
All the temps / Sometimes
Rarely
/ Never
DK
time
Most of
the time
UE25 EU25
24738
15%
48%
24%
10%
3%
0%
BE
1011
20%
51%
17%
9%
3%
-
CZ
1012
14%
57%
20%
8%
1%
0%
DK
1039
25%
55%
13%
5%
2%
0%
D-W
1015
14%
52%
21%
11%
2%
0%
DE
1515
15%
52%
21%
11%
2%
0%
D-E
500
16%
52%
19%
10%
3%
-
EE
1000
11%
52%
21%
11%
4%
1%
EL
999
9%
49%
29%
11%
2%
-
ES
1000
15%
46%
29%
8%
2%
0%
FR
1031
17%
49%
20%
10%
4%
0%
IE
1000
11%
56%
26%
5%
1%
1%
IT
1011
7%
39%
35%
15%
4%
1%
CY
507
16%
45%
24%
11%
3%
-
LV
1046
9%
53%
23%
13%
3%
0%
LT
1022
24%
47%
19%
7%
2%
0%
LU
500
22%
44%
19%
9%
5%
1%
HU
1010
16%
52%
17%
12%
3%
0%
MT
500
11%
53%
27%
6%
3%
0%
NL
1127
19%
57%
15%
6%
2%
-
AT
1019
11%
55%
23%
9%
1%
1%
PL
1000
23%
46%
19%
10%
2%
0%
PT
1004
11%
39%
33%
13%
3%
0%
SI
1028
8%
44%
35%
11%
2%
0%
SK
1015
14%
58%
18%
8%
0%
1%
FI
1023
26%
57%
12%
4%
1%
0%
SE
1009
26%
49%
16%
7%
1%
0%
UK
1310
17%
47%
25%
7%
3%
0%
BG
1002
14%
47%
20%
13%
3%
2%
HR
1000
11%
48%
26%
11%
2%
1%
RO
1003
14%
51%
23%
8%
2%
2%
TR
1005
11%
38%
37%
9%
4%
1%
CY (tcc)
500
13%
42%
27%
14%
3%
1%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA5.5 Les questions suivantes portent sur comment vous vous sentez et sur la façon dont vous vous êtes porté
QA5.5 These questions are about how you feel and how things have been with you during the past 4
au cours des 4 dernières semaines. Pour chaque question, veuillez indiquer la réponse qui se rapproche le plus
weeks. For each question, please give the one answer that comes closest to the way you have been
de ce que vous avez ressenti. A quelle fréquence au cours de ces 4 dernières semaines … ?
feeling. How much of the time during the past 4 weeks...?
Vous êtes-vous senti(e) plein(e) d’énergie
Did you have lots of energy
Tout le La plupart
temps / du temps Quelquefois / Rarement Jamais
NSP /
TOTAL
All the / Most of
Sometimes
/ Rarely
/ Never
DK
time
the time
UE25 EU25
24738
15%
40%
27%
13%
5%
0%
BE
1011
20%
42%
21%
11%
5%
-
CZ
1012
12%
46%
27%
11%
3%
0%
DK
1039
18%
49%
22%
9%
2%
0%
D-W
1015
7%
28%
35%
21%
8%
1%
DE
1515
8%
29%
35%
20%
7%
1%
D-E
500
9%
32%
34%
19%
6%
0%
EE
1000
9%
36%
30%
16%
8%
1%
EL
999
25%
40%
21%
11%
3%
0%
ES
1000
17%
42%
28%
11%
2%
-
FR
1031
18%
48%
20%
10%
4%
0%
IE
1000
13%
48%
26%
11%
2%
1%
IT
1011
11%
39%
33%
13%
4%
1%
CY
507
24%
44%
21%
10%
2%
-
LV
1046
9%
38%
32%
15%
6%
1%
LT
1022
15%
38%
25%
15%
6%
0%
LU
500
24%
42%
21%
8%
5%
1%
HU
1010
23%
37%
17%
15%
8%
1%
MT
500
11%
38%
38%
10%
3%
0%
NL
1127
20%
52%
19%
7%
2%
0%
AT
1019
13%
52%
21%
13%
1%
1%
PL
1000
17%
37%
27%
14%
5%
1%
PT
1004
14%
32%
33%
16%
4%
1%
SI
1028
12%
43%
30%
13%
2%
0%
SK
1015
15%
48%
24%
10%
2%
1%
FI
1023
19%
51%
19%
9%
1%
0%
SE
1009
19%
41%
30%
9%
1%
0%
UK
1310
15%
40%
27%
11%
6%
0%
BG
1002
16%
39%
21%
16%
6%
2%
HR
1000
12%
32%
29%
19%
7%
1%
RO
1003
16%
45%
22%
11%
4%
3%
TR
1005
14%
30%
36%
12%
6%
2%
CY (tcc)
500
15%
25%
32%
19%
8%
0%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA5.6 Les questions suivantes portent sur comment vous vous sentez et sur la façon dont vous vous êtes
QA5.6 These questions are about how you feel and how things have been with you during the past 4
porté au cours des 4 dernières semaines. Pour chaque question, veuillez indiquer la réponse qui se rapproche
weeks. For each question, please give the one answer that comes closest to the way you have been
le plus de ce que vous avez ressenti. A quelle fréquence au cours de ces 4 dernières semaines … ?
feeling. How much of the time during the past 4 weeks...?
Vous êtes-vous senti(e) démoralisé(e) et déprimé(e)
Have you felt downhearted and depressed
La
Tout le plupart
temps /
du
Quelquefois / Rarement Jamais
NSP /
TOTAL
All the temps /
Sometimes
/ Rarely
/ Never
DK
time
Most of
the time
UE25 EU25
24738
2%
6%
21%
28%
43%
0%
BE
1011
1%
7%
17%
27%
48%
-
CZ
1012
1%
5%
15%
33%
46%
0%
DK
1039
1%
2%
14%
32%
51%
0%
D-W
1015
1%
4%
15%
29%
50%
0%
DE
1515
1%
4%
15%
29%
51%
0%
D-E
500
2%
4%
13%
26%
54%
1%
EE
1000
2%
6%
18%
28%
45%
1%
EL
999
2%
10%
23%
35%
31%
-
ES
1000
2%
8%
18%
29%
43%
0%
FR
1031
2%
5%
20%
21%
51%
0%
IE
1000
0%
2%
18%
34%
44%
1%
IT
1011
3%
9%
32%
33%
22%
0%
CY
507
1%
9%
19%
26%
44%
0%
LV
1046
1%
8%
27%
37%
27%
0%
LT
1022
2%
10%
33%
35%
19%
1%
LU
500
2%
4%
16%
20%
57%
0%
HU
1010
3%
8%
14%
21%
55%
1%
MT
500
2%
4%
28%
34%
32%
0%
NL
1127
1%
4%
17%
23%
55%
0%
AT
1019
1%
4%
17%
26%
52%
1%
PL
1000
3%
9%
27%
30%
31%
0%
PT
1004
2%
7%
21%
32%
35%
2%
SI
1028
0%
4%
22%
37%
37%
0%
SK
1015
1%
4%
19%
36%
39%
1%
FI
1023
0%
3%
19%
34%
43%
0%
SE
1009
1%
4%
16%
27%
53%
0%
UK
1310
1%
4%
21%
22%
53%
0%
BG
1002
2%
8%
18%
28%
42%
2%
HR
1000
3%
7%
25%
37%
27%
1%
RO
1003
3%
7%
23%
32%
34%
2%
TR
1005
3%
9%
38%
34%
15%
2%
CY (tcc)
500
4%
11%
25%
31%
28%
2%
Index
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA5.7 Les questions suivantes portent sur comment vous vous sentez et sur la façon dont vous vous êtes porté
QA5.7 These questions are about how you feel and how things have been with y
au cours des 4 dernières semaines. Pour chaque question, veuillez indiquer la réponse qui se rapproche le plus de
weeks. For each question, please give the one answer that comes closest to the
ce que vous avez ressenti. A quelle fréquence au cours de ces 4 dernières semaines … ?
feeling. How much of the time during the past 4 weeks...?
Vous êtes-vous senti(e) épuisé(e)
Have you felt worn out
La
Tout le plupart
temps /
du
Quelquefois Rarement / Jamais
NSP /
TOTAL
All the temps / / Sometimes
Rarely
/ Never
DK
time
Most of
the time
UE25 EU25
24738
2%
10%
34%
27%
27%
0%
BE
1011
2%
10%
25%
26%
38%
-
CZ
1012
3%
10%
24%
31%
32%
0%
DK
1039
1%
3%
16%
30%
49%
0%
D-W
1015
2%
8%
37%
32%
20%
0%
DE
1515
2%
8%
37%
33%
20%
0%
D-E
500
0%
8%
36%
36%
20%
-
EE
1000
2%
9%
30%
32%
26%
0%
EL
999
2%
14%
33%
31%
21%
-
ES
1000
1%
8%
26%
25%
39%
0%
FR
1031
4%
7%
30%
23%
35%
0%
IE
1000
0%
6%
44%
31%
18%
0%
IT
1011
2%
14%
36%
26%
21%
1%
CY
507
3%
13%
32%
26%
25%
0%
LV
1046
1%
11%
40%
29%
18%
0%
LT
1022
2%
11%
32%
30%
24%
1%
LU
500
3%
12%
28%
20%
37%
0%
HU
1010
4%
15%
31%
29%
21%
-
MT
500
0%
6%
27%
26%
38%
3%
NL
1127
2%
11%
29%
28%
31%
0%
AT
1019
1%
8%
40%
35%
16%
0%
PL
1000
3%
11%
35%
27%
23%
0%
PT
1004
2%
14%
32%
33%
17%
1%
SI
1028
1%
9%
42%
28%
19%
0%
SK
1015
2%
8%
21%
36%
33%
1%
FI
1023
1%
4%
17%
24%
54%
0%
SE
1009
3%
10%
40%
27%
21%
0%
UK
1310
3%
11%
43%
18%
24%
0%
BG
1002
3%
11%
23%
27%
33%
2%
HR
1000
3%
14%
47%
23%
12%
1%
RO
1003
4%
12%
33%
33%
16%
2%
TR
1005
3%
12%
41%
31%
12%
1%
CY (tcc)
500
4%
8%
22%
21%
44%
1%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA5.8 Les questions suivantes portent sur comment vous vous sentez et sur la façon dont vous vous êtes porté au cours
QA5.8 These questions are about how you feel and how things have been with you during the past 4
des 4 dernières semaines. Pour chaque question, veuillez indiquer la réponse qui se rapproche le plus de ce que vous
weeks. For each question, please give the one answer that comes closest to the way you have been
avez ressenti. A quelle fréquence au cours de ces 4 dernières semaines … ?
feeling. How much of the time during the past 4 weeks...?
Avez-vous été heureux(se)
Have you felt happy
Tout le
La plupart du
temps /
Quelquefois / Rarement / Jamais
NSP /
TOTAL
temps / Most of
All the
Sometimes
Rarely
/ Never
DK
the time
time
UE25 EU25
24738
17%
48%
25%
8%
2%
0%
BE
1011
27%
53%
13%
5%
2%
0%
CZ
1012
13%
49%
29%
8%
1%
1%
DK
1039
22%
49%
24%
4%
1%
0%
D-W
1015
13%
46%
29%
10%
2%
1%
DE
1515
12%
47%
28%
10%
2%
1%
D-E
500
11%
47%
28%
11%
3%
0%
EE
1000
9%
39%
33%
12%
5%
2%
EL
999
14%
47%
27%
10%
2%
-
ES
1000
17%
53%
22%
6%
1%
0%
FR
1031
23%
51%
19%
4%
1%
0%
IE
1000
16%
66%
14%
3%
1%
0%
IT
1011
9%
39%
35%
13%
3%
1%
CY
507
24%
43%
23%
7%
3%
-
LV
1046
8%
34%
34%
16%
6%
2%
LT
1022
15%
37%
30%
12%
4%
1%
LU
500
26%
49%
18%
5%
2%
0%
HU
1010
13%
44%
24%
14%
5%
1%
MT
500
10%
51%
33%
5%
0%
0%
NL
1127
26%
57%
13%
4%
1%
0%
AT
1019
12%
48%
31%
7%
1%
1%
PL
1000
20%
40%
24%
13%
3%
1%
PT
1004
18%
38%
32%
8%
3%
1%
SI
1028
15%
46%
32%
7%
1%
0%
SK
1015
13%
50%
28%
8%
1%
1%
FI
1023
23%
55%
16%
5%
1%
0%
SE
1009
24%
46%
23%
6%
1%
1%
UK
1310
20%
55%
20%
3%
1%
0%
BG
1002
11%
31%
30%
19%
7%
2%
HR
1000
13%
40%
35%
9%
2%
1%
RO
1003
11%
45%
32%
9%
2%
2%
TR
1005
15%
37%
34%
10%
3%
1%
CY (tcc)
500
18%
43%
27%
10%
2%
1%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA5.9 Les questions suivantes portent sur comment vous vous sentez et sur la façon dont vous vous êtes porté au cours des 4
QA5.9 These questions are about how you feel and how things have been with you during the past 4
dernières semaines. Pour chaque question, veuillez indiquer la réponse qui se rapproche le plus de ce que vous avez ressenti. A
weeks. For each question, please give the one answer that comes closest to the way you have been
quelle fréquence au cours de ces 4 dernières semaines … ?
feeling. How much of the time during the past 4 weeks...?
Vous êtes-vous senti(e) fatigué(e)
Have you felt tired
Tout le
La plupart du
temps /
Quelquefois /
Rarement /
Jamais
NSP /
TOTAL
temps / Most of
All the
Sometimes
Rarely
/ Never
DK
the time
time
UE25 EU25
24738
4%
14%
48%
23%
11%
0%
BE
1011
4%
13%
39%
28%
15%
-
CZ
1012
3%
11%
48%
33%
5%
0%
DK
1039
3%
12%
45%
26%
14%
0%
D-W
1015
2%
13%
49%
27%
9%
0%
DE
1515
3%
13%
49%
27%
9%
0%
D-E
500
3%
11%
48%
28%
10%
-
EE
1000
5%
14%
54%
20%
6%
0%
EL
999
5%
20%
45%
21%
9%
0%
ES
1000
3%
15%
42%
26%
14%
0%
FR
1031
5%
13%
49%
17%
16%
0%
IE
1000
2%
10%
58%
24%
6%
0%
IT
1011
4%
17%
49%
21%
9%
0%
CY
507
6%
21%
46%
14%
13%
-
LV
1046
2%
14%
52%
22%
9%
0%
LT
1022
4%
19%
46%
24%
7%
1%
LU
500
3%
15%
49%
15%
18%
0%
HU
1010
7%
21%
42%
23%
6%
-
MT
500
2%
11%
59%
23%
5%
0%
NL
1127
4%
15%
45%
20%
16%
0%
AT
1019
0%
10%
52%
31%
7%
0%
PL
1000
4%
15%
48%
24%
9%
0%
PT
1004
4%
16%
44%
25%
10%
1%
SI
1028
3%
11%
59%
22%
5%
0%
SK
1015
3%
15%
49%
28%
4%
1%
FI
1023
3%
11%
51%
24%
11%
0%
SE
1009
5%
15%
53%
18%
9%
0%
UK
1310
5%
15%
53%
17%
10%
0%
BG
1002
5%
16%
38%
32%
8%
1%
HR
1000
5%
16%
52%
20%
6%
1%
RO
1003
5%
14%
43%
30%
7%
1%
TR
1005
5%
15%
44%
28%
7%
2%
CY (tcc)
500
8%
19%
42%
20%
10%
1%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA6 Au cours des 4 dernières semaines, à quelle fréquence votre santé physique ou des problèmes émotionnels vous
QA6 During the past 4 weeks, how much of the time has your physical health or emotional problems
ont-ils gêné(e) dans vos activités sociales (par exemple, rendre visite à des amis, la famille, etc.) ?
interfered with social activities (like visiting friends, relatives, etc.)?
Tout le La plupart du
temps /
Quelquefois Rarement / Jamais
NSP /
TOTAL
temps / Most
All the
/ Sometimes
Rarely
/ Never
DK
of the time
time
UE25 EU25
24738
2%
6%
13%
19%
60%
0%
BE
1011
3%
6%
12%
17%
62%
-
CZ
1012
1%
4%
11%
19%
64%
0%
DK
1039
2%
4%
14%
22%
58%
1%
D-W
1015
2%
5%
10%
19%
64%
0%
DE
1515
2%
5%
11%
19%
63%
0%
D-E
500
2%
4%
11%
21%
62%
-
EE
1000
3%
6%
12%
16%
60%
2%
EL
999
3%
6%
15%
22%
55%
-
ES
1000
1%
4%
11%
14%
69%
0%
FR
1031
2%
5%
13%
14%
65%
0%
IE
1000
1%
4%
12%
17%
65%
1%
IT
1011
2%
8%
18%
24%
47%
0%
CY
507
2%
6%
19%
20%
54%
-
LV
1046
4%
6%
16%
19%
53%
2%
LT
1022
4%
10%
19%
18%
48%
1%
LU
500
2%
3%
12%
11%
72%
0%
HU
1010
3%
6%
11%
17%
62%
1%
MT
500
2%
5%
14%
25%
55%
0%
NL
1127
3%
6%
16%
19%
55%
0%
AT
1019
0%
3%
19%
25%
52%
1%
PL
1000
3%
7%
13%
23%
53%
2%
PT
1004
2%
8%
15%
16%
59%
1%
SI
1028
1%
4%
13%
25%
57%
0%
SK
1015
3%
5%
17%
31%
44%
1%
FI
1023
2%
5%
14%
21%
57%
0%
SE
1009
2%
5%
14%
18%
60%
0%
UK
1310
3%
5%
11%
15%
66%
0%
BG
1002
4%
8%
14%
21%
51%
3%
HR
1000
3%
7%
19%
20%
51%
1%
RO
1003
4%
8%
13%
19%
55%
1%
TR
1005
3%
6%
15%
19%
53%
4%
CY (tcc)
500
4%
10%
18%
19%
49%
1%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA7 Au cours des 12 derniers mois, avez-vous cherché de l’aide auprès d’un(e) professionnel(le) suite à un problème psychique ou
QA7 In the last 12 months, did you seek help from a professional in respect of a psychological or emotional health problem? (IF YES)
psychologique ? (SI OUI) Indiquez de quelle personne il s’agissait dans la liste suivante. (PLUSIEURS REPONSES POSSIBLES)
Indicate who in the following list. (MULTIPLE ANSWERS POSSIBLE)
Oui, un(e)
psychothérapeute
Oui, un(e)
Oui, un(e) autre
Oui, un(e)
Oui, un(e)
Oui, un(e)
Oui, un(e)
Oui, un(e)
non mentionné(e)
médecin
Oui, un(e)
professionnel(le)
Non /
psychiatre / psychologue / psychanalyste /
infirmier\
assistant(e)
précédemment /
NSP /
Oui /
TOTAL
généraliste /
pharmacien(ne) /
de la santé / Yes,
No
Yes, a
Yes, a
Yes, a
infirmière / social(e) / Yes,
Yes, a
DK
Yes
Yes, a general Yes, a pharmacist
another health
psychiatrist
psychologist
psychoanalyst
Yes, a nurse a social worker psychotherapist not
practitioner
professional
mentioned
previously
UE25 EU25
24738
87%
9%
2%
2%
2%
0%
0%
0%
1%
2%
0%
13%
BE
1011
88%
8%
1%
2%
1%
0%
1%
1%
1%
1%
0%
12%
CZ
1012
86%
8%
2%
2%
1%
0%
1%
1%
1%
2%
1%
13%
DK
1039
83%
13%
1%
1%
4%
- 1%
1%
1%
2%
1%
17%
D-W
1015
85%
12%
3%
1%
2%
0%
0%
1%
1%
1%
0%
14%
DE
1515
85%
11%
3%
1%
2%
0%
0%
1%
1%
1%
0%
14%
D-E
500
86%
11%
1%
1%
2%
0%
0%
0%
2%
2%
0%
14%
EE
1000
83%
13%
2%
3%
1%
0%
0%
1%
0%
2%
0%
17%
EL
999
87%
7%
3%
2%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
2%
- 13%
ES
1000
90%
6%
1%
2%
4%
- 0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
10%
FR
1031
86%
9%
1%
3%
2%
0%
1%
1%
1%
2%
0%
14%
IE
1000
86%
13%
2%
0%
1%
0%
1%
1%
0%
1%
0%
14%
IT
1011
88%
8%
2%
1%
1%
0%
- -
0%
1%
0%
12%
CY
507
90%
4%
1%
1%
2%
- 0%
0%
-
4%
0%
10%
LV
1046
89%
8%
1%
1%
1%
- 1%
0%
1%
0%
1%
10%
LT
1022
83%
12%
4%
3%
1%
- 0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
16%
LU
500
78%
17%
6%
3%
1%
0%
1%
1%
0%
6%
- 22%
HU
1010
86%
8%
1%
3%
1%
- 0%
0%
0%
1%
1%
13%
MT
500
91%
6%
1%
2%
1%
- 0%
0%
-
2%
-
9%
NL
1127
82%
8%
3%
3%
5%
0%
1%
2%
2%
3%
0%
17%
AT
1019
84%
12%
1%
1%
1%
0%
0%
0%
1%
1%
0%
15%
PL
1000
89%
7%
1%
2%
2%
0%
- 0%
0%
1%
0%
11%
PT
1004
83%
11%
0%
4%
2%
0%
0%
0%
0%
2%
0%
16%
SI
1028
89%
9%
2%
2%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
11%
SK
1015
82%
14%
4%
1%
1%
- 1%
0%
0%
6%
0%
18%
FI
1023
90%
5%
0%
3%
2%
0%
1%
1%
0%
1%
0%
10%
SE
1009
86%
8%
1%
1%
3%
0%
2%
0%
0%
4%
0%
13%
UK
1310
87%
10%
1%
1%
1%
0%
1%
1%
0%
2%
0%
12%
BG
1002
83%
14%
2%
1%
0%
- 0%
1%
-
2%
2%
16%
HR
1000
85%
11%
3%
3%
1%
0%
1%
0%
0%
1%
1%
14%
RO
1003
69%
22%
8%
1%
0%
- 0%
0%
0%
7%
1%
30%
TR
1005
92%
4%
- 2%
2%
0%
-
0%
0%
0%
0%
8%
CY (tcc)
500
89%
3%
0%
2%
4%
0%
- 1%
-
1%
3%
9%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA8.1 Au cours des 4 dernières semaines, avez-vous rencontré l’un des problèmes suivants dans le
QA8.1 During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems with your work or other
cadre de votre travail ou d’autres activités quotidiennes habituelles, suite à des problèmes
regular activities as a result of any emotional problems (such as feeling depressed or anxious)?
émotionnels (par exemple, un sentiment de déprime ou d’anxiété) ?
Avez-vous réduit le temps que vous consacriez au travail ou à d’autres activités ?
Have you cut down on the amount of time you spent on work or other activities?
Oui /
Non /
TOTAL
Yes
No
UE25 EU25
24738
12%
88%
BE
1011
11%
89%
CZ
1012
9%
91%
DK
1039
11%
89%
D-W
1015
10%
90%
DE
1515
10%
90%
D-E
500
8%
92%
EE
1000
17%
83%
EL
999
13%
87%
ES
1000
10%
90%
FR
1031
13%
87%
IE
1000
10%
90%
IT
1011
13%
87%
CY
507
13%
87%
LV
1046
20%
80%
LT
1022
17%
83%
LU
500
12%
88%
HU
1010
13%
87%
MT
500
15%
85%
NL
1127
13%
87%
AT
1019
11%
89%
PL
1000
19%
81%
PT
1004
14%
86%
SI
1028
14%
86%
SK
1015
17%
83%
FI
1023
12%
88%
SE
1009
14%
86%
UK
1310
9%
91%
BG
1002
14%
86%
HR
1000
15%
85%
RO
1003
17%
83%
TR
1005
19%
81%
CY (tcc)
500
25%
75%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA8.2 Au cours des 4 dernières semaines, avez-vous rencontré l’un des problèmes suivants dans le
QA8.2 During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems with your work or other
cadre de votre travail ou d’autres activités quotidiennes habituelles, suite à des problèmes
regular activities as a result of any emotional problems (such as feeling depressed or anxious)?
émotionnels (par exemple, un sentiment de déprime ou d’anxiété) ?
Avez-vous fait moins de choses que ce que vous souhaitiez ?
Have you accomplished less than you would like?
Oui /
Non /
TOTAL
Yes
No
UE25 EU25
24738
18%
82%
BE
1011
16%
84%
CZ
1012
12%
88%
DK
1039
21%
79%
D-W
1015
16%
84%
DE
1515
15%
85%
D-E
500
14%
86%
EE
1000
29%
71%
EL
999
24%
76%
ES
1000
16%
84%
FR
1031
21%
79%
IE
1000
16%
84%
IT
1011
17%
83%
CY
507
19%
81%
LV
1046
27%
73%
LT
1022
23%
77%
LU
500
17%
83%
HU
1010
18%
82%
MT
500
24%
76%
NL
1127
17%
83%
AT
1019
16%
84%
PL
1000
28%
72%
PT
1004
20%
80%
SI
1028
19%
81%
SK
1015
28%
72%
FI
1023
18%
82%
SE
1009
24%
76%
UK
1310
13%
87%
BG
1002
25%
75%
HR
1000
21%
79%
RO
1003
26%
74%
TR
1005
23%
77%
CY (tcc)
500
30%
70%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA8.3 Au cours des 4 dernières semaines, avez-vous rencontré l’un des problèmes suivants dans le
QA8.3 During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems with your work or other
cadre de votre travail ou d’autres activités quotidiennes habituelles, suite à des problèmes
regular activities as a result of any emotional problems (such as feeling depressed or anxious)?
émotionnels (par exemple, un sentiment de déprime ou d’anxiété) ?
N’avez-vous pas travaillé ou fait d’autres activités avec autant d’attention que d’habitude ?
Did you not do work or other activities as carefully as usual?
Oui /
Non /
TOTAL
Yes
No
UE25 EU25
24738
14%
86%
BE
1011
13%
87%
CZ
1012
14%
86%
DK
1039
17%
83%
D-W
1015
10%
90%
DE
1515
10%
90%
D-E
500
8%
92%
EE
1000
20%
80%
EL
999
22%
78%
ES
1000
9%
91%
FR
1031
16%
84%
IE
1000
9%
91%
IT
1011
16%
84%
CY
507
15%
85%
LV
1046
22%
78%
LT
1022
23%
77%
LU
500
16%
84%
HU
1010
16%
84%
MT
500
17%
83%
NL
1127
12%
88%
AT
1019
11%
89%
PL
1000
23%
77%
PT
1004
15%
85%
SI
1028
15%
85%
SK
1015
20%
80%
FI
1023
12%
88%
SE
1009
17%
83%
UK
1310
10%
90%
BG
1002
18%
82%
HR
1000
18%
82%
RO
1003
20%
80%
TR
1005
21%
79%
CY (tcc)
500
26%
74%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA8.4 Au cours des 4 dernières semaines, avez-vous rencontré l’un des problèmes suivants dans le
QA8.4 During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems with your work or other
cadre de votre travail ou d’autres activités quotidiennes habituelles, suite à des problèmes
regular activities as a result of any emotional problems (such as feeling depressed or anxious)?
émotionnels (par exemple, un sentiment de déprime ou d’anxiété) ?
Avez-vous manqué des jours de travail ?
Have you missed work days?
Oui /
Non /
TOTAL
Yes
No
UE25 EU25
24738
6%
94%
BE
1011
10%
90%
CZ
1012
3%
97%
DK
1039
10%
90%
D-W
1015
5%
95%
DE
1515
5%
95%
D-E
500
6%
94%
EE
1000
6%
94%
EL
999
6%
94%
ES
1000
4%
96%
FR
1031
6%
94%
IE
1000
5%
95%
IT
1011
9%
91%
CY
507
10%
90%
LV
1046
7%
93%
LT
1022
7%
93%
LU
500
12%
88%
HU
1010
3%
97%
MT
500
5%
95%
NL
1127
13%
87%
AT
1019
7%
93%
PL
1000
7%
93%
PT
1004
4%
96%
SI
1028
5%
95%
SK
1015
7%
93%
FI
1023
6%
94%
SE
1009
6%
94%
UK
1310
5%
95%
BG
1002
5%
95%
HR
1000
6%
94%
RO
1003
4%
96%
TR
1005
10%
90%
CY (tcc)
500
15%
85%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA9.1 Veuillez indiquer lesquelles des affirmations suivantes s’appliquent éventuellement à votre
QA9.1 Please indicate which ones of the following statements possibly apply to your situation. In the last
situation. Au cours des 12 derniers mois …
12 months…
Vous avez suivi une psychothérapie suite à des problèmes psychiques ou psychologiques
You have received psychotherapy due to psychological or emotional health problems
Oui /
Non /
NSP /
TOTAL
Yes
No
DK
UE25 EU25
24738
3%
96%
1%
BE
1011
4%
96%
-
CZ
1012
2%
98%
-
DK
1039
4%
96%
0%
D-W
1015
2%
97%
0%
DE
1515
2%
97%
0%
D-E
500
3%
97%
1%
EE
1000
2%
97%
0%
EL
999
2%
98%
0%
ES
1000
5%
92%
3%
FR
1031
5%
95%
1%
IE
1000
3%
95%
2%
IT
1011
2%
97%
0%
CY
507
3%
96%
1%
LV
1046
3%
97%
0%
LT
1022
3%
96%
0%
LU
500
3%
97%
0%
HU
1010
4%
95%
1%
MT
500
3%
97%
0%
NL
1127
7%
93%
0%
AT
1019
3%
95%
2%
PL
1000
4%
96%
0%
PT
1004
5%
95%
0%
SI
1028
3%
94%
3%
SK
1015
3%
97%
1%
FI
1023
5%
94%
0%
SE
1009
5%
94%
1%
UK
1310
3%
97%
0%
BG
1002
2%
95%
3%
HR
1000
4%
94%
1%
RO
1003
1%
97%
3%
TR
1005
5%
92%
2%
CY (tcc)
500
5%
94%
2%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA9.2 Veuillez indiquer lesquelles des affirmations suivantes s’appliquent éventuellement à votre
QA9.2 Please indicate which ones of the following statements possibly apply to your situation. In the last
situation. Au cours des 12 derniers mois …
12 months…
Vous avez pris des médicaments suite à des problèmes psychiques ou psychologiques
You have taken drugs due to psychological or emotional health problems
Oui /
Non /
NSP /
TOTAL
Yes
No
DK
UE25 EU25
24738
7%
92%
1%
BE
1011
8%
92%
-
CZ
1012
6%
94%
0%
DK
1039
7%
93%
0%
D-W
1015
7%
93%
0%
DE
1515
7%
93%
0%
D-E
500
7%
92%
0%
EE
1000
10%
90%
0%
EL
999
4%
96%
-
ES
1000
6%
90%
3%
FR
1031
9%
90%
1%
IE
1000
6%
92%
2%
IT
1011
5%
95%
1%
CY
507
2%
97%
1%
LV
1046
9%
91%
0%
LT
1022
11%
89%
0%
LU
500
10%
90%
0%
HU
1010
9%
91%
0%
MT
500
5%
95%
0%
NL
1127
8%
92%
0%
AT
1019
10%
89%
1%
PL
1000
8%
92%
0%
PT
1004
10%
89%
1%
SI
1028
6%
92%
3%
SK
1015
6%
93%
1%
FI
1023
7%
93%
0%
SE
1009
7%
92%
1%
UK
1310
8%
92%
0%
BG
1002
6%
91%
3%
HR
1000
9%
90%
1%
RO
1003
5%
93%
2%
TR
1005
9%
89%
2%
CY (tcc)
500
6%
92%
2%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA9.3 Veuillez indiquer lesquelles des affirmations suivantes s’appliquent éventuellement à votre
QA9.3 Please indicate which ones of the following statements possibly apply to your situation. In the last
situation. Au cours des 12 derniers mois …
12 months…
Vous avez été admis(e) à l’hôpital suite à des problèmes psychiques ou psychologiques
You have been admitted to hospital due to psychological or emotional health problems
Oui /
Non /
NSP /
TOTAL
Yes
No
DK
UE25 EU25
24738
1%
98%
1%
BE
1011
5%
95%
-
CZ
1012
1%
99%
-
DK
1039
1%
99%
0%
D-W
1015
1%
99%
0%
DE
1515
1%
98%
0%
D-E
500
2%
97%
0%
EE
1000
1%
99%
0%
EL
999
1%
99%
-
ES
1000
2%
95%
3%
FR
1031
2%
98%
1%
IE
1000
1%
97%
2%
IT
1011
1%
98%
1%
CY
507
1%
98%
1%
LV
1046
2%
98%
0%
LT
1022
2%
98%
-
LU
500
2%
98%
0%
HU
1010
2%
98%
0%
MT
500
1%
99%
0%
NL
1127
1%
99%
0%
AT
1019
2%
97%
0%
PL
1000
1%
99%
0%
PT
1004
1%
99%
0%
SI
1028
0%
97%
3%
SK
1015
1%
98%
1%
FI
1023
1%
99%
0%
SE
1009
0%
98%
1%
UK
1310
2%
98%
0%
BG
1002
1%
96%
3%
HR
1000
2%
97%
1%
RO
1003
1%
97%
2%
TR
1005
3%
95%
3%
CY (tcc)
500
2%
97%
2%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
QA10 Si vous vous sentiez mal, auprès de qui chercheriez-vous un soutien en premier ? (PLUSIEURS REPONSES POSSIBLES)
QA10 If you were feeling bad, where would you seek more
support first? (MULTIPLE ANSWERS POSSIBLE)
Vous chercheriez
Vous chercheriez
l’aide d’un(e)
Vous chercheriez
Vous chercheriez l’aide
l’aide d’un
Vous chercheriez
conseiller(ère)
l’aide d’un(e)
Vous appelleriez un
d’un(e) professionnel(le) membre de votre
Autre (SPONTANE) /
l’aide d’un(e) ami(e) religieux(se) / You enseignant(e) /
service d’aide
NSP /
TOTAL
de la santé / You would
famille / You
Other
/ You would seek
would seek
You would seek
téléphonique / You
DK
seek support from a
would seek
(SPONTANEOUS)
support from a friend
support from a
support from a
would call a help line
health professional
support from a
religious
school teacher
family member
counsellor
UE25 EU25
24738
50%
53%
22%
2%
0%
2%
2%
2%
BE
1011
51%
54%
33%
2%
0%
1%
3%
1%
CZ
1012
46%
58%
22%
1%
0%
5%
1%
2%
DK
1039
68%
53%
29%
2%
1%
1%
1%
1%
D-W
1015
46%
64%
24%
2%
0%
1%
1%
1%
DE
1515
48%
63%
24%
2%
0%
1%
1%
1%
D-E
500
59%
60%
21%
1%
- 1%
1%
1%
EE
1000
40%
62%
30%
2%
0%
1%
5%
3%
EL
999
46%
62%
28%
4%
0%
3%
2%
-
ES
1000
60%
49%
19%
0%
1%
0%
1%
2%
FR
1031
43%
58%
31%
1%
0%
1%
1%
3%
IE
1000
64%
42%
21%
2%
0%
2%
0%
3%
IT
1011
56%
48%
12%
2%
0%
6%
1%
1%
CY
507
32%
69%
32%
5%
0%
1%
4%
1%
LV
1046
53%
48%
21%
2%
1%
1%
3%
1%
LT
1022
63%
36%
12%
2%
0%
1%
2%
3%
LU
500
43%
60%
27%
1%
0%
0%
4%
2%
HU
1010
39%
63%
10%
1%
0%
0%
4%
3%
MT
500
63%
58%
14%
3%
0%
2%
2%
1%
NL
1127
38%
49%
37%
2%
0%
1%
5%
1%
AT
1019
58%
50%
29%
4%
0%
5%
1%
5%
PL
1000
52%
47%
19%
3%
- 1%
2%
3%
PT
1004
70%
46%
5%
- - 1%
2%
1%
SI
1028
66%
58%
25%
3%
0%
1%
1%
1%
SK
1015
60%
60%
22%
5%
0%
5%
1%
2%
FI
1023
40%
53%
34%
2%
0%
1%
2%
1%
SE
1009
54%
34%
13%
1%
1%
1%
2%
2%
UK
1310
44%
51%
22%
2%
0%
1%
2%
1%
BG
1002
79%
31%
11%
2%
0%
1%
1%
3%
HR
1000
58%
54%
16%
1%
0%
0%
2%
1%
RO
1003
74%
41%
13%
3%
0%
2%
1%
2%
TR
1005
51%
47%
28%
1%
0%
1%
1%
3%
CY (tcc)
500
27%
60%
33%
1%
1%
1%
8%
3%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA11 Dans quelle mesure estimez-vous qu’il est facile ou difficile de trouver des informations sur les
QA11 How easy or difficult do you find it is to find information on psychological or emotional health
problèmes psychiques ou psychologiques et sur les méthodes permettant d’y faire face ?
problems and how to deal with them?
Très
Plutôt
Plutôt
Très difficile
facile / facile / difficile /
NSP / Facile / Difficile /
TOTAL
/ Very
Very
Fairly
Fairly
DK
Easy
Difficult
difficult
easy
easy
difficult
UE25 EU25
24738
14%
41%
23%
6%
17%
55%
28%
BE
1011
16%
48%
23%
7%
6%
64%
29%
CZ
1012
16%
42%
23%
5%
14%
57%
29%
DK
1039
18%
36%
9%
3%
34%
54%
12%
D-W
1015
16%
39%
24%
8%
12%
55%
33%
DE
1515
17%
39%
24%
8%
13%
56%
32%
D-E
500
18%
40%
24%
4%
14%
58%
28%
EE
1000
9%
38%
18%
4%
31%
47%
22%
EL
999
30%
34%
21%
9%
6%
64%
30%
ES
1000
15%
43%
21%
6%
15%
58%
27%
FR
1031
8%
41%
28%
4%
19%
50%
32%
IE
1000
20%
41%
12%
4%
23%
61%
16%
IT
1011
7%
43%
32%
7%
11%
50%
39%
CY
507
38%
38%
12%
2%
10%
75%
15%
LV
1046
13%
40%
19%
6%
23%
53%
24%
LT
1022
11%
37%
20%
4%
27%
49%
24%
LU
500
12%
30%
26%
10%
22%
43%
35%
HU
1010
8%
30%
24%
7%
31%
38%
31%
MT
500
11%
46%
14%
5%
24%
58%
19%
NL
1127
33%
34%
7%
3%
23%
66%
10%
AT
1019
7%
30%
28%
7%
28%
37%
35%
PL
1000
11%
44%
24%
4%
17%
55%
28%
PT
1004
6%
34%
28%
13%
19%
40%
41%
SI
1028
11%
45%
23%
6%
15%
57%
29%
SK
1015
10%
36%
36%
10%
8%
46%
46%
FI
1023
20%
47%
20%
4%
10%
66%
24%
SE
1009
12%
32%
15%
5%
35%
44%
21%
UK
1310
15%
48%
12%
3%
22%
63%
15%
BG
1002
9%
24%
20%
10%
37%
33%
30%
HR
1000
14%
32%
29%
11%
15%
46%
40%
RO
1003
7%
26%
20%
8%
39%
34%
27%
TR
1005
15%
28%
29%
15%
13%
43%
44%
CY (tcc)
500
26%
31%
12%
7%
25%
57%
19%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA12.1 Dans quelle mesure êtes-vous d’accord ou pas d’accord avec les affirmations suivantes ?
QA12.1 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
Les personnes qui souffrent de problèmes psychiques ou psychologiques sont un danger pour les autres
People with psychological or emotional health problems constitute a danger to others
Tout à fait
Plutôt
Pas du tout
Plutôt pas
d'accord / d'accord /
d'accord /
NSP /
D'accord / Pas d'accord /
TOTAL
d'accord / Tend
Totally
Tend to
Totally
DK
Agree
Disagree
to disagree
agree
agree
disagree
UE25 EU25
24738
7%
30%
34%
21%
8%
37%
56%
BE
1011
4%
28%
40%
27%
2%
32%
67%
CZ
1012
10%
37%
35%
13%
5%
48%
48%
DK
1039
6%
38%
32%
18%
5%
44%
50%
D-W
1015
5%
23%
40%
26%
6%
28%
66%
DE
1515
5%
22%
41%
27%
6%
27%
67%
D-E
500
3%
21%
43%
28%
5%
24%
71%
EE
1000
13%
47%
20%
11%
9%
60%
31%
EL
999
15%
28%
32%
24%
2%
42%
56%
ES
1000
4%
23%
28%
36%
10%
27%
63%
FR
1031
4%
29%
36%
23%
8%
33%
60%
IE
1000
3%
22%
34%
29%
12%
25%
63%
IT
1011
10%
39%
28%
15%
8%
49%
43%
CY
507
9%
28%
35%
24%
4%
37%
59%
LV
1046
19%
44%
24%
8%
5%
63%
31%
LT
1022
16%
52%
21%
5%
6%
68%
26%
LU
500
4%
24%
28%
39%
6%
28%
67%
HU
1010
4%
23%
37%
26%
10%
27%
64%
MT
500
7%
43%
24%
15%
11%
50%
38%
NL
1127
3%
22%
40%
31%
4%
25%
71%
AT
1019
7%
23%
41%
20%
9%
29%
61%
PL
1000
13%
38%
34%
7%
8%
50%
42%
PT
1004
4%
34%
30%
22%
9%
38%
53%
SI
1028
7%
28%
39%
23%
4%
35%
61%
SK
1015
7%
34%
37%
17%
5%
41%
54%
FI
1023
5%
26%
44%
22%
3%
31%
66%
SE
1009
6%
49%
25%
16%
4%
55%
41%
UK
1310
6%
32%
35%
16%
11%
38%
51%
BG
1002
13%
36%
26%
13%
12%
49%
39%
HR
1000
12%
33%
32%
16%
6%
45%
49%
RO
1003
11%
32%
27%
16%
14%
43%
43%
TR
1005
20%
25%
15%
35%
5%
45%
50%
CY (tcc)
500
16%
23%
13%
41%
7%
39%
54%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA12.2 Dans quelle mesure êtes-vous d’accord ou pas d’accord avec les affirmations suivantes ?
QA12.2 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
Les personnes qui souffrent de problèmes psychiques ou psychologiques sont imprévisibles
People with psychological or emotional health problems are unpredictable
Tout à fait
Plutôt
Plutôt pas
Pas du tout
d'accord / d'accord
d'accord /
d'accord /
NSP /
D'accord / Pas d'accord
TOTAL
Totally
/ Tend to
Tend to
Totally
DK
Agree
/ Disagree
agree
agree
disagree
disagree
UE25 EU25
24738
14%
49%
21%
8%
7%
63%
29%
BE
1011
15%
51%
25%
7%
2%
67%
31%
CZ
1012
23%
53%
15%
4%
4%
76%
19%
DK
1039
9%
45%
29%
10%
7%
54%
39%
D-W
1015
7%
34%
34%
17%
8%
41%
51%
DE
1515
7%
35%
34%
17%
7%
42%
51%
D-E
500
6%
39%
35%
15%
5%
45%
50%
EE
1000
25%
50%
13%
4%
7%
76%
17%
EL
999
25%
52%
15%
6%
2%
77%
21%
ES
1000
13%
42%
19%
15%
11%
55%
34%
FR
1031
15%
58%
14%
5%
8%
73%
19%
IE
1000
10%
48%
19%
13%
11%
58%
32%
IT
1011
19%
56%
14%
5%
6%
75%
19%
CY
507
29%
47%
11%
6%
6%
76%
18%
LV
1046
28%
48%
13%
3%
7%
76%
17%
LT
1022
21%
55%
14%
3%
8%
76%
16%
LU
500
10%
42%
18%
21%
9%
52%
39%
HU
1010
8%
39%
30%
12%
11%
47%
42%
MT
500
7%
41%
18%
12%
22%
48%
30%
NL
1127
12%
47%
29%
8%
4%
59%
37%
AT
1019
7%
32%
35%
15%
10%
39%
51%
PL
1000
23%
51%
17%
2%
7%
74%
19%
PT
1004
15%
54%
12%
10%
9%
69%
22%
SI
1028
14%
53%
21%
7%
4%
68%
28%
SK
1015
13%
58%
21%
5%
4%
70%
26%
FI
1023
10%
46%
32%
9%
4%
55%
41%
SE
1009
13%
59%
16%
7%
5%
72%
23%
UK
1310
14%
54%
19%
3%
10%
68%
22%
BG
1002
19%
45%
16%
5%
15%
64%
21%
HR
1000
20%
51%
16%
6%
6%
72%
22%
RO
1003
20%
45%
14%
5%
16%
65%
19%
TR
1005
25%
29%
25%
16%
5%
53%
41%
CY (tcc)
500
19%
28%
14%
29%
9%
47%
44%
EUROBAROMETER 64.4
VOLUME A Pondéré Weighted
Terrain/Fieldwork : 12/2005
QA12.3 Dans quelle mesure êtes-vous d’accord ou pas d’accord avec les affirmations suivantes ?
QA12.3 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
Les personnes qui souffrent de problèmes psychiques ou psychologiques n’ont qu’à s’en prendre à eux-mêmes
People with psychological or emotional health problems have themselves to blame
Plutôt
Plutôt pas
Pas du tout
Tout à fait
Pas
d'accord /
d'accord /
d'accord /
NSP /
D'accord
TOTAL
d'accord /
d'accord /
Tend to
Tend to
Totally
DK
/ Agree
Totally agree
Disagree
agree
disagree
disagree
UE25 EU25
24738
2%
11%
33%
46%
7%
14%
80%
BE
1011
1%
9%
36%
52%
1%
11%
88%
CZ
1012
5%
17%
44%
28%
7%
21%
71%
DK
1039
0%
6%
24%
66%
4%
6%
90%
D-W
1015
1%
10%
35%
47%
6%
11%
82%
DE
1515
1%
10%
36%
47%
6%
11%
83%
D-E
500
1%
9%
37%
48%
5%
9%
86%
EE
1000
7%
18%
40%
23%
13%
24%
62%
EL
999
5%
16%
39%
36%
4%
21%
76%
ES
1000
1%
6%
22%
65%
6%
7%
87%
FR
1031
1%
7%
28%
59%
4%
9%
87%
IE
1000
1%
5%
28%
56%
11%
6%
83%
IT
1011
6%
22%
30%
32%
10%
28%
62%
CY
507
5%
19%
39%
32%
5%
24%
70%
LV
1046
5%
23%
43%
21%
8%
28%
65%
LT
1022
5%
19%
41%
24%
11%
24%
65%
LU
500
3%
11%
33%
47%
6%
15%
79%
HU
1010
2%
12%
41%
36%
9%
14%
77%
MT
500
1%
8%
41%
37%
14%
9%
77%
NL
1127
1%
5%
36%
55%
3%
6%
91%
AT
1019
1%
11%
38%
39%
10%
12%
77%
PL
1000
6%
17%
46%
22%
10%
22%
67%
PT
1004
1%
9%
32%
49%
9%
10%
81%
SI
1028
1%
14%
39%
41%
4%
16%
80%
SK
1015
2%
11%
48%
31%
8%
14%
79%
FI
1023
2%
10%
41%
45%
3%
11%
86%
SE
1009
0%
6%
19%
73%
2%
6%
92%
UK
1310
1%
9%
33%
52%
6%
10%
84%
BG
1002
5%
6%
32%
42%
15%
10%
74%
HR
1000
5%
18%
35%
35%
6%
23%
71%
RO
1003
3%
10%
34%
36%
16%
14%
71%
TR
1005
16%
13%
27%
38%
6%
29%
65%
CY (tcc)
500
8%
15%
21%
45%
11%
23%
66%
