Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Expenditure and Food Survey, 2007

Variable Details

VariableEmpstat1
LabelWork: employee or self-employed?
Question text In that job, are/were you working as... an employee, or self-employed?
Responses
1 @Aan employee@A 5902
2 @Aor self-employed?@A 778
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationExpenditure and Food Survey, 2007
Interviewer InstructionsInclude all working regularly irrespective of number of hours worked per week. Code 2 (self-employed) if receiving business start-up allowance at present. Running prompt.
UniverseNational;Households in the United Kingdom surveyed during 2007.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. From January 2006, the EFS moved from a financial to calendar year basis in anticipation of the CPS.