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A Major Collaborative Research Initiative funded by the
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
A Seniors’ Health Pare Plan for Canada
Pat Armstrong
York University
Canadian Health Coalition, Ottawa, December 2013
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Canada vs. Nordic Europe
Physical violence experience by workers
43%
45%
45%
40%
35%
30%
23%
25%
29%
20%
16%
15%
8%
10%
5%
0%
10%
11%
9%
7%
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Nordic Europe
Less often
Never
Canada
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Working short-staffed
44%
45%
40%
34%
35%
30%
30%
25%
20%
27%
24%
15%
15%
11%
9%
10%
4% 3%
5%
0%
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Nordic Europe
Less often
Never
Canada
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Having too much to do, comparing countries
All or
most of
the time
(%)
Sometimes
(%)
Rarely
(%)
Never
(%)
Denmark
30.2
53.2
14.6
2.0
Finland
50.6
44.0
4.5
0.9
Norway
39.2
53.4
6.7
0.7
Sweden
40.0
50.5
8.9
0.6
Nordic
countries
40.2
50.2
8.5
1.1
Canada
57.8
38.2
3.4
0.5
Country
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Workers who can affect the planning of each
days work “all or most of the time”
50%
45%
45%
Proportion of Workers
40%
35%
30%
24%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Nordic Europe
Canada
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