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Table 7 Productivity losses among respondents in paid profession Belgium

From: Concerns, quality of life, access to care and productivity of the general population during the first 8 weeks of the coronavirus lockdown in Belgium and the Netherlands

 

Belgium

the Netherlands

N

1019

811

Lost job due to COVID-19 (%)

5.1

4.4

N

1080

1247

In paid profession (%)

52

61

Worried about losing profession (%)

 Somewhat to extremely

39

40

 Not at all to slightly

61

60

Weekly work hours before COVID-19

34.4 (0.31.6–37.2)

30.6 (28.0–33.2)

Weekly work hours during COVID-19

26.9 (24.3–29.5)

26.6 (24.1–29.1)

Experienced absenteeism (%)

 Some days

16.5

9.6

 All days

19.2

9.1

*Absenteeism (hours/week)

1.6 (0.1–2.3)

1.3 (0.1–1.9)

*Cost absenteeism (person/week)

€133.86

€63.58

Experienced presenteeism (%)

29.5

33.7

Days experiencing presenteeism

13.3 (11.3–15.3)

9.6 (8.0–11.2)

Presenteeism (% of normal work per day)

61%

66%

Cost presenteeism (person/week)

€27.53

€19.11

  1. Values are mean and standard deviation or percentage with 95% confidence interval
  2. *Combined absenteeism for some days and all days