Key Insights
- Significant decline in youth confidence: The 15-24 age group showed the most dramatic decrease, with females dropping from 52.3% to 42.1% (-10.2 percentage points) and males declining even more sharply from 40.3% to 26.8% (-13.5 percentage points).
- Older workers show resilience: The 25-64 age group maintained relatively stable confidence levels, with females showing slight decline (-1.4 points) and males showing minimal decrease (-0.9 points).
- Gender gap narrowed: While females generally maintained higher confidence levels than males, the gender gap reduced across most age groups between 2010 and 2015.
- Pre-retirement age improvements: The 55-64 age group showed mixed results, with females declining from 25.9% to 18.5% but males improving from 27.5% to 23.9%.
Chart Description
Chart Type: Grouped Bar Chart
Colors Used:
- Female 2010: #18baa8 (main color)
- Female 2015: #4dd0c1 (lighter variant)
- Male 2010: #666666 (gray)
- Male 2015: #999999 (lighter gray)
The chart displays the percentage of employed persons across different age groups who believe their work experience and job skills would help them find another job, broken down by gender and comparing 2010 to 2015 data.
Data-Level: PL Source: Eurostat - European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), Dataset: qoe_ewcs_6_5
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Project manager:
Franziska Görmar
IfL - Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany
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This project is supported by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme with co-financing from the European Regional Development Fund.
Find more information about the x-Inno Radar project on the Interreg CE projectwebsite.
x-Inno Radar is a project of:
Creative Region Linz & Upper Austria Gmbh,
The Regional Chamber of Commerce of the Karlovy Vary Region,
Padova Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture,
Creative Industry Košice, n. o.,
BSC, Business support centre, ltd., Kranj,
Regional Development Agency in Bielsko-Biała,
Stebo Competence Centre Community Developmentm,
Association of Cultural and Creative Industries Chemnitz and Region (Creative Chemnitz),
Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography – Germany,
Otelo Cooperative
