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General Household Survey, 2002-2003

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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	14538
-8	NA	7
-6	Not eligible	4414
1946		1
1947		1
1948		1
1952		1
1953		1
1956		2
1958		2
1959		1
1960		3
1961		3
1962		1
1963		6
1964		5
1965		10
1966		11
1967		4
1968		9
1969		7
1970		9
1971		6
1972		12
1973		13
1974		7
1975		13
1976		16
1977		25
1978		19
1979		19
1980		28
1981		16
1982		33
1983		16
1984		27
1985		33
1986		25
1987		33
1988		29
1989		30
1990		44
1991		31
1992		55
1993		28
1994		52
1995		35
1996		36
1997		53
1998		60
1999		73
2000		69
2001		79
2002		95
2003		2

Disclaimer

Please note that these frequencies are not weighted.

Location

General Household Survey, 2002-2003

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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