Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2016

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 874
2 Sole director of own ltd business 883
3 Running a business or prof practice 1221
4 Partner in business or prof practice 709
5 Working for self 4208
6 Sub contractor 421
7 Free lance work 336
8 None of above 164
-9 Does not apply 81963
-8 No answer 8
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, January - March, 2016
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