Table 1.

Nordic care workers’ assessment of their working conditions %

	Denmark		Finland		Norway		Sweden
	Home care	Resid. care	Home care	Resid. care	Home care	Resid. care	Home care	Resid. care
Have too much to doa	30	30	28	50	32	38	34	40
Feel inadequate towards clients’ needsa	25	20	25	33	24	18	23	32
Hard to affect the daily workb	55	34	55	67	62	67	67	53
Poor possibilities to develop in the workb	66	70	46	55	68	81	85	80
Sparse meetings with managerc	36	59	19	10	48	66	70	83
Weak support from managerb	52	54	57	59	45	52	60	66

^aMost often. Other response alternatives: sometimes, rarely, never

^bSometimes, rarely, never. Other response alternative: most often

^cOnce a month, more rarely or never. Other response alternatives: almost every day; once a week