Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2015

Variable Details

VariableSELF1
LabelSelf employed status 1
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 1
Responses
1 Paid salary or wage by employment agency 829
2 Sole director of own ltd business 786
3 Running a business or prof practice 1191
4 Partner in business or prof practice 811
5 Working for self 4429
6 Sub contractor 473
7 Free lance work 340
8 None of above 186
-9 Does not apply 86887
-8 No answer 9
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply (up to 4).
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: All persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
SamplingSimple random sample;Four sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; Data are collected quarterly