Employment status/type
Definition
Indicates whether a person is an employee, self-employed without employees or self-employed with employees.
Classification
Total number of categories 4
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Employee |
| 2 | Self-employed or freelance without employees |
| 3 | Self-employed with employees |
| X | No code required - comprises all schoolchildren and students living away from home during term-time, all those aged under 16 and all those aged 16 and over who are not in employment. |
Source question or variables
31: In your main job, are (were) you:
- an employee?
- self-employed or freelance without employees?
- self-employed with employees?
England & Wales (2011) and Scotland (2001) comparisons
England & Wales 2011
England & Wales have exactly the same question in their 2011 questionnaire as Scotland and will therefore be directly comparable.
Scotland 2001
Aside from a change in wording and the order of the tick boxes, the question remains similar and should be comparable to the 2011 question.
26: Do (did) you work as an employee or are (were) you self employed?
- Employee
- Self-Employed
- Self-Employed/freelance without employees
Definition
This variable records whether a person is (was) an employee, or self-employed with or without employees.
Classification
Total number of categories 4
Not applicable category (X) comprises: All people aged 15 and under or aged 75 and over, all people aged 16 to 74 who have never worked.
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Employee |
| 2 | Self-employed with employees |
| 3 | Self-employed without employees |
| X | Not applicable |