This statistic shows the outcome of a survey done on the importance of work in the Netherlands in 2017. As of 2017, when the respondents were asked what the meaning of work is to them, roughly 20 percent indicated that working is a necessity to live. Roughly 50 percent, on the other hand, indicated that they like to work but that it's not the most important thing in their life.
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Motivaction, & Algemene Bond Uitzendondernemingen. (October 1, 2017). What is the meaning of work to you?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/760832/opinions-on-importance-of-work-in-the-netherlands/
Motivaction, und Algemene Bond Uitzendondernemingen. "What is the meaning of work to you?*." Chart. October 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/760832/opinions-on-importance-of-work-in-the-netherlands/
Motivaction, Algemene Bond Uitzendondernemingen. (2017). What is the meaning of work to you?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/760832/opinions-on-importance-of-work-in-the-netherlands/
Motivaction, and Algemene Bond Uitzendondernemingen. "What Is The Meaning of Work to You?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Oct 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/760832/opinions-on-importance-of-work-in-the-netherlands/
Motivaction & Algemene Bond Uitzendondernemingen, What is the meaning of work to you?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/760832/opinions-on-importance-of-work-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited April 25, 2024)
What is the meaning of work to you?* [Graph], Motivaction, & Algemene Bond Uitzendondernemingen, October 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/760832/opinions-on-importance-of-work-in-the-netherlands/