Women drop out due to stress complaints twice as often as men.

Omissions

• The claim lacks a cited source and does not specify a time period, making precise verification difficult.
• The geographic scope was listed as 'European Union' but the supporting evidence found comes from national-level studies (UK, Sweden, Spain), not from an EU-wide dataset such as Eurostat or EU-OSHA.
• The term 'drop out' (uitvallen) is ambiguous: it could refer to short-term sick leave, long-term absence, or permanent withdrawal from the labour force. The sources found mainly address sick leave days rather than permanent dropout.
• No EU-level primary source (Eurostat, EU-OSHA, European Commission) was found that directly compares stress-specific absence rates by gender across all member states.
• Only two independent secondary sources corroborating the claim were found; the search was limited to four queries and did not surface an EU-wide primary dataset.

Sources

• SecondaryPeople Management (quoting UK HSE data)On average, female employees lost 0.91 days each year due to stress, anxiety or depression, while male employees lost just 0.44 days — a ratio of approximately 2.07:1.
• SecondaryIRShare / Swedish studyWomen account for 80% of stress-related sick leave in Sweden, and among young women more than 37% report feeling stressed.
• SecondaryEU-OSHA / ResearchGate: OSH in Figures — Stress at WorkMental health-related absence at work afflicts women twice as frequently as men, citing multiple national studies including Spain.