Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 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 523
2 Sole director of own ltd business 640
3 Running a business or prof practice 636
4 Partner in business or prof practice 452
5 Working for self 3082
6 Sub contractor 261
7 Free lance work 277
8 None of above 110
-9 Does not apply 57084
-8 No answer 4
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 2024
Interviewer InstructionsCode all that apply (up to 4).
UniverseAll persons normally resident in private households in Great Britain and (from 1994) Northern Ireland.
SamplingFour sampling frames are used. See documentation for details.
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study Data are collected quarterly