Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2024

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 414
2 Sole director of own ltd business 495
3 Running a business or prof practice 511
4 Partner in business or prof practice 378
5 Working for self 2546
6 Sub contractor 237
7 Free lance work 230
8 None of above 101
-9 Does not apply 47713
-8 No answer 4
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, January - March, 2024
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply (up to 4).
UniverseHouseholds 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.