Of the young people between 15 and 25 years old with a paid job, 21 percent experience work stress, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported on Wednesday. The main causes of this are high expectations and the fear of making mistakes. In 2021, 71.7 percent of young people had paid work, almost as much as before the corona crisis.
The National Youth Monitor of Statistics Netherlands shows that young women experience work stress more often than young men (23 percent at 18 percent) and young people aged 18 to 25 more than teenagers aged 15 to 18 (24 percent at 9 percent). A part-time job is less stressful than other paid work. Of the working young people who do not have a part-time job, it is mainly self-employed and freelancers who regularly or often experience stress.
Of the working young people, 27 percent said they get stressed because they expect too much of themselves and 24 percent because of the fear of making mistakes. They also mention high work pressure (15 percent), fear of losing the job (6 percent) and too high expectations of the manager (5 percent).