One fifth suffer from continuous low morale and a further fifth from insomnia. A small minority stated that they have very little or no influence at all on matters affecting them at work. There were also questions about physical working conditions. A third suffer from noise and a minority of seven per cent regard this problem as very bad. Roughly the same proportion feel that dust is a problem at their workplaces.
Solvents are an inconvenience for one in ten people in working life.
Six per cent complain of cigarette smoke. Almost half suffer from draughty, overheated or cold conditions at work. 12 per cent consider these problems to be serious. Finnish working life and commuting between home and work are not free of violence. Over a 12 month period 1.4 per cent of the respondents had been violently attacked, held tightly or pushed and a further 2.7 per cent had been threatened with violence.