Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 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 940
2 Sole director of own ltd business 874
3 Running a business or prof practice 1270
4 Partner in business or prof practice 795
5 Working for self 4548
6 Sub contractor 457
7 Free lance work 372
8 None of above 211
-9 85703
-8 6
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply (up to 4).
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 TypeUntil 2015, data were produced from the April-June and October-December quarters of the main LFS each year. From January 2015, the household datasets are produced for each quarter.