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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2014

Variable Details

VariableSELF4
LabelSelf employed status 4
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 4
Responses
1 Paid salary or wage by employment agency 1
2 Sole director of own ltd business 7
3 Running a business or prof practice 10
4 Partner in business or prof practice 5
5 Working for self 39
6 Sub contractor 70
7 Free lance work 190
8 None of above 0
-9 Does not apply 95628
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, July - September, 2014
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply (up to 4).
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.;Households;National
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected quarterly
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