In 2018, survey respondents were asked whether they sometimes work during the weekend. Close to 45 percent of the survey participants stated to never work on Saturdays. Working on Sundays was even less common, with nearly 60 percent of participants answering they never work on Sundays.
Dutch residents in non-institutionalized households
Method of interview
Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)
Supplementary notes
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Werkt u wel eens op zaterdag? Werkt u wel eens op zondag?" (English: Do you sometimes work on Saturdays? Do you sometimes work on Sundays?)
The results have been weighted to represent the entire population.
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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, & TNO, & Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid. (April 11, 2019). Do you sometimes work on the weekend? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 28, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058530/prevalence-of-weekend-work-in-the-netherlands/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, und TNO, und Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid. "Do you sometimes work on the weekend?." Chart. April 11, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 28, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058530/prevalence-of-weekend-work-in-the-netherlands/
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