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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2001

Variable Details

Variableself4
LabelSelf employed status 4
Question text (May I just check,) Are you/Were you, paid a salary or a wage by an agency; a sole director of your own limited business; running a business or a professional practice; a partner in a business or a professional practice; working for yourself; a sub-contractor; or doing free-lance work? 4th response
Responses
1 Paid salary or wage by agency 0
2 Sole director of owm ltd business 0
3 Running a business or prof practice 2
4 Partner in business or prof practice 1
5 Working for self 25
6 Sub contractor 67
7 Free lance work 149
8 None of above 0
-9 Does not apply 139031
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2001
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY (UP TO 4)
UniverseHouseholds in Great Britain and Northern Ireland;Households;National
SamplingSample drawn from main LFS data. See documentation for details.
Study TypeData are produced from the spring and autumn quarters of the main LFS each year.
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