Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Integrated Household Survey, January - December, 2014

Variable Details

VariableSELF1
LabelType of self employment 1
Question text May I just check? Were you... paid a salary or wage by an 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?
Responses
1 Paid a salary or wage by an agency 416
2 A sole director of own limited business 2315
3 Running a business or professional practice 4135
4 A partner in a business or professional practice 2502
5 Working for Self 12960
6 A sub-contractor 1163
7 doing free-lance work 893
8 None of the above 210
9 Don't Know 0
-9 DNA 299341
-8 DK/Ref 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationIntegrated Household Survey, January - December, 2014
Interviewer InstructionsIndividual prompt - code all that apply (up to 4)
UniverseLocation of units of observation:National;Population:Persons resident in the UK in private households, and young people living away from the parental home in student halls of residence or similar institutions during term time.
SamplingEach of the surveys comprising the IHS have their own sampling design, meaning that the IHS includes clustered and non-clustered, multistage and single stage component samples and also cross-sectional and longitudinal data.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study