Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013

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 7
2 Sole director of owm ltd business 47
3 Running a business or prof practice 403
4 Partner in business or prof practice 230
5 Working for self 971
6 Sub contractor 293
7 Free lance work 274
8 None of above 0
-9 Does not apply 95049
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, April - June, 2013
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply (up to 4).
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. For Great Britain, south of the Caledonian Canal, the Post Office Address File is used, whilst north of the Caledonian Canal, a random sample is drawn from the published telephone directory. The sample of residents in NHS accommodation is also drawn, unclustered, for the whole of Great Britain using a specially-prepared frame. In Northern Ireland, the source of the sample is the Valuation List used for rating purposes, excluding commercial units and known institutions. Households are interviewed on five occasions at quarterly intervals, thereby introducing a panel element to the survey. For further details see documentation.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. Data are collected quarterly.