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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2024

Variable Details

VariableMSELFA5
LabelFifth reason for becoming self-employed in main job
Question text We are interested in understanding why you became self-employed. Which of the following reasons describes why you became self-employed?
Responses
1 Better work conditions or job satisfaction 30
2 Saw the demand?or market 21
3 Nature of job or chosen career 26
4 To maintain or increase income 24
5 Redundancy 6
6 Could not find other employment 5
7 Job after retirement 15
8 Started or joined a family business 15
9 Other 66
-9 Does not apply 65066
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October - December, 2024
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.
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