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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2011

Variable Details

VariableSELF2
LabelSelf employed status 2
Question text May I just check, are you / were you... paid a salary or wage by an employment agency, a sole director of your own limited business, running a business or professional practice, a partner in a business or professional practice, Working for yourself, a sub-contractor, or doing free-lance work? Response 2.
Responses
1 Paid salary or wage by employment agency 6
2 Sole director of owm ltd business 57
3 Running a business or prof practice 427
4 Partner in business or prof practice 306
5 Working for self 1044
6 Sub contractor 306
7 Free lance work 336
8 None of above 0
-10 No answer/Does not apply 102717
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, April - June, 2011
Interviewer InstructionsINDIVIDUAL PROMPT CODE 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 April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year.
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