Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2017

Variable Details

VariableSSELFA1
LabelReason for becoming self-employed in second job - 1
Question text We are interested in understanding why you took a second job as self-employed. Which of the following reasons describe why you became self employed? 1 Job after retirement 2 Redundancy 3 To maintain or increase income 4 Saw the demand or market 5 Could not find other employment 6 Started or joined a family business 7 Better work conditions or job satisfaction 8 Nature of job or chosen career 9 Other reasons
Responses
1 Better work conditions or job satisfaction 60
2 Saw the demand?or market 88
3 Nature of job or chosen career 113
4 To maintain or increase income 185
5 Redundancy 14
6 Could not find other employment 3
7 Job after retirement 11
8 Started or joined a family business 46
9 Other 90
-9 Does not apply 91605
-8 No answer 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2017
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply
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.