Economy	Total		Better salary	Better pension after retirement	Better social care and access to health services	Job is safer	Better working conditions (less overtime job and workload)	Better advancement opportunities	Opportunities for professional training and development	Sense of public duty	Other	DK/refuse
E36a If you prefer to work in PUBLIC sector, what is the main reason for that?
Economy	N	%	Better salary	Better pension after retirement	Better social care and access to health services	Job is safer	Better working conditions (less overtime job and workload)	Better advancement opportunities	Opportunities for professional training and development	Sense of public duty	Other	DK/refuse
Balkan Barometer 2022
Region	6029	100	29	16	16	55	37	12	10	8	0	0
Albania	1001	17	20	15	23	50	43	14	15	11	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1018	17	32	23	13	55	37	10	11	5	0	0
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	1002	17	40	16	13	41	26	21	13	21	1	0
North Macedonia	1000	17	36	17	15	60	26	14	6	7	1	0
Montenegro	1008	17	18	14	19	61	38	9	7	4	1	1
Serbia	1000	17	32	13	15	58	44	11	8	6	0	0
Balkan Barometer 2021
Region	3178	100	14	8	6	37	19	7	5	3	0	1
Albania	469	15	12	7	9	20	25	12	9	6	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	600	19	20	10	5	32	21	7	3	3	0	1
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	379	12	15	4	3	56	12	5	4	1	0	1
North Macedonia	541	17	17	11	6	32	17	7	7	3	0	0
Montenegro	578	18	7	7	6	42	15	8	7	4	1	3
Serbia	611	19	12	7	6	43	23	2	3	2	0	1
Balkan Barometer 2020
Region	6020	100	28	19	19	48	38	13	12	7	1	0
Albania	1001	17	23	19	17	41	45	17	18	7	1	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1005	17	41	24	11	50	39	8	6	5	0	1
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	1001	17	28	14	18	36	38	18	19	10	0	0
North Macedonia	1000	17	27	18	18	53	37	9	9	6	1	0
Montenegro	1012	17	21	20	31	46	31	14	13	7	1	0
Serbia	1001	17	29	17	18	60	39	10	9	5	1	0
Balkan Barometer 2019
Region	6120	100	32	19	16	45	30	15	10	6	0	1
Albania	1035	15	33	22	15	36	29	14	11	9	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1003	21	34	19	19	43	32	17	10	6	0	1
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	1023	8	38	16	13	51	24	13	12	7	0	1
North Macedonia	1036	42	34	18	18	52	35	12	7	6	0	1
Montenegro	1000	3	27	26	16	44	32	16	8	6	0	1
Serbia	1023	11	27	15	12	44	25	16	9	5	1	1
Balkan Barometer 2018
Region	4.564	100	40	17	21	49	33	7	6	5	1	0
Albania	656	14	35	15	18	33	41	11	14	12	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	807	18	51	15	20	53	29	6	3	2	0	0
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	793	17	42	16	14	50	30	13	7	1	1	1
North Macedonia	699	15	35	11	14	52	33	13	9	10	0	0
Montenegro	852	19	51	22	26	35	25	14	6	2	0	0
Serbia	757	17	37	20	25	53	35	4	3	4	1	0
Balkan Barometer 2017
Region	5.501	100	39	16	17	56	36	9	4	5	1	0
Albania	623	9	37	15	20	30	47	15	6	12	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	821	19	43	21	19	53	31	7	5	4	0	0
Croatia	793	20	41	17	15	68	34	6	5	3	1	0
Kosovo*	918	8	60	15	13	56	32	8	1	1	0	1
North Macedonia	788	9	39	14	11	51	39	11	6	6	1	1
Montenegro	806	3	22	18	25	48	33	14	3	9	0	1
Serbia	752	32	33	13	17	61	38	11	2	7	1	0
Balkan Barometer 2016
Region	5.555	100	35	17	16	54	38	8	4		1	0
Albania	609	11	30	22	24	49	42	13	6		1	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.012	18	39	15	19	53	33	6	5		0	0
Croatia	1.081	19	30	14	9	58	31	6	5		1	0
Kosovo*	394	7	57	27	10	56	27	9	1		2	0
North Macedonia	462	8	38	18	14	49	34	10	6		1	0
Montenegro	144	3	9	14	24	54	32	6	3		1	1
Serbia	1.853	33	34	16	17	56	48	9	2		1	1