text: ***3.1.2 Work intensity***
  There are numerous references showing that during the period**between 1990 and 2005 work intensity**
  **has considerably increased**.28 
  
  For example, Eurofound has analysed the responses to the two EWCS questions on high speed at work 
  and tight deadlines. The EWCS found a significant increase of work intensity between 1991 and 2005. 
  In 1991,**‘Working at a very high speed’**was for the majority of respondents not an issue. Fifty-two per 
  cent of the workers responded to this statement ‘Never’ or ‘Almost never’; in 1991, 24% worked at high 
  speed and responded ‘Around ¾ of the time’, ‘Almost all of the time’ and ‘All of the time’; until 2005 this 
  response rate went up by 11% to 35%. 
  
  **Working to tight deadlines**was not an issue for 34% in 1990, and in 2005 only for 19%, a reduction 
  of 15%. The percentage of the sum of responses ‘Around ¾ of the time’, ‘Almost all of the time’ or ‘All 
  of the time’ to this question on tight deadlines increased between 1991 and 2005 from 29% to 37%. 
  Regarding these two indicators,**work intensity has evidently increased**between 1991 and 2005. 29 