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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2008

Variable Details

VariableSELF2
LabelSelf employed status 2
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 2.
Responses
1 Paid salary or wage by agency 8
2 Sole director of owm ltd business 54
3 Running a business or prof practice 392
4 Partner in business or prof practice 282
5 Working for self 1070
6 Sub contractor 326
7 Free lance work 257
8 None of above 0
-10 No answer/Does not apply 118440
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2008
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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