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General Household Survey, 2001-2002

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Variable Details

Variable

sempsty

Label

Year start continuous self employed

Question text

In which year did you start working continuously as a self-employed person?

Responses

-9	DNA	15297
-8	NA	9
-6	Not eligible	4731
1948		1
1950		2
1951		1
1952		2
1953		1
1955		2
1958		1
1960		6
1961		8
1962		1
1963		3
1964		4
1965		4
1966		8
1967		5
1968		12
1969		8
1970		15
1971		12
1972		7
1973		10
1974		9
1975		15
1976		19
1977		11
1978		10
1979		9
1980		24
1981		33
1982		21
1983		24
1984		18
1985		33
1986		33
1987		35
1988		32
1989		30
1990		37
1991		40
1992		37
1993		27
1994		41
1995		50
1996		56
1997		55
1998		48
1999		82
2000		89
2001		108
2002		4

Disclaimer

Please note that these frequencies are not weighted.

Location

General Household Survey, 2001-2002

Universe

Private households in Great Britain;Households;National

Sampling

See documentation for details

Study Type

Repeated cross-sectional study

We think this variable belongs to a group:
	GSS Harmonised Principles

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