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Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4
More or Less Behind the Statistics
Do Germans really take 19.5 days of sick leave per year?
How do different countries compare, in terms of the amount of time that workers take as sick leave? Loyal listener Dave got in touch to ask us to look at a surprising statistic he saw in the news – that the average German takes 19.5 days of sick leave per year. “This is extremely hard to believe,” h