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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2005

Variable Details

VariableSELF3
LabelSelf employed status 3
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? Response 3
Responses
1 Paid salary or wage by agency 0
2 Sole director of owm ltd business 4
3 Running a business or prof practice 55
4 Partner in business or prof practice 41
5 Working for self 485
6 Sub contractor 228
7 Free lance work 306
8 None of above 0
-10 No answer/Does not apply 122941
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2005
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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