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Table 5 Distribution of workers with permanent day, evening or night work and and shift work

From: Working hour characteristics and schedules among nurses in three Nordic countries – a comparative study using payroll data

 

DWHD (Denmark)

WHFPS (Finland)

RWHS (Norway)

Permanent day (%)

37.2

45.6

15.4

Permanent evening (%)

2.3

0.2

0.4

Permanent night (%)

2.3

2.4

5.3

Day/evening (%)

28.2

17.9

32.8

Day/night (%)

8.1

11.9

4.6

Evening/night (%)

0.8

0.3

0.4

Day/evening/night (%)

21.1

21.8

41.1

 

100.0%

100.1%

100.0%

  1. Definitions: Permanent day: ≥ 6.7% day shifts (D), < 6.7% evening shifts (E), and < 6.7% night shifts (N) per year; permanent evening: < 6.7% D, ≥ 6.7% E, and < 6.7% N per year; permanent night: < 6.7% D, < 6.7% E, and ≥ 6.7% N per year; day/evening: ≥ 6.7% D, ≥ 6.7% E, and < 6.7% N per year; day/night: ≥ 6.7% D, < 6.7% E, and ≥ 6.7% N per year; evening/night: < 6.7% D, ≥ 6.7% E, and ≥ 6.7% N per year; and day/evening/night: ≥ 6.7% D, ≥ 6.7% E, and ≥ 6.7% N per year
  2. DWHD The Danish Working Hour Database (Denmark), WHFPS The Working Hours in the Public Sector (Finland), RWHS the Register study of Working hour, Health and Sickness absence (Norway)