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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2014

Variable Details

VariableMSELFB
LabelMain reason why you became self-employed
Responses
1 Better work conditions or job satisfaction 664
2 Saw the demandor market 201
3 Nature of job or chosen career 494
4 To maintain or increase income 493
5 Redundancy 234
6 Could not find other employment 152
7 Job after retirement 64
8 Started or joined a family business 197
9 Other 341
-9 Does not apply 97184
-8 No answer 28
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2014
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Households in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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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