Reason for decreased working hours, self-employed: Normal or expected variation
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Question asked in the latest wave:
Question label:
Hours, self-employed
Question text:
Your answers suggest that you are working fewer hours than when you last completed this survey on {ff_intd} {ff_intm} {ff_inty}. Can you tell us why?
Please select all that apply.
Question universe:
IF (ff_prevsurv = 1 AND sempderived = 2 AND (hours+1) < ff_hours AND hours is not DK/REF/MIS AND ff_hours is not -9, -2, -1) OR (ff_prevsurv = 1 AND ff_sempderived = 2 AND sempderived = 4)) // Ask if completed a previous monthly survey, and is currently self-employed, and hours reported now plus one are less than hours in previous survey, and hours are not missing, and previous hours are not missing. Or if completed a previous monthly survey and was previously self-employed and is now neither in work nor self-employed
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 390 | 99.74% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 1 | 0.26% |
| Total | 391 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 12447 | 98.16% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 117 | 0.92% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 116 | 0.91% |
| Total | 12680 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 12447 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 233 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 11687 | 97.65% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.01% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 193 | 1.61% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 87 | 0.73% |
| Total | 11968 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.31 | 11688 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.46 | 280 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 6 | 0.05% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 11681 | 97.06% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 227 | 1.89% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 121 | 1.01% |
| Total | 12035 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.35 | 11687 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.48 | 348 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 40 | 0.31% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 12630 | 98.09% |
| don't know | -1 | 1 | 0.01% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 108 | 0.84% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 97 | 0.75% |
| Total | 12876 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.47 | 12671 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 205 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missing | -9 | 9 | 0.07% |
| Inapplicable | -8 | 13501 | 98.16% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 140 | 1.02% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 104 | 0.76% |
| Total | 13754 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.43 | 13510 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 244 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missing | -9 | 30 | 0.21% |
| Inapplicable | -8 | 13903 | 98.44% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 123 | 0.87% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 67 | 0.47% |
| Total | 14123 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.35 | 13933 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.48 | 190 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inapplicable | -8 | 14503 | 97.92% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 239 | 1.61% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 69 | 0.47% |
| Total | 14811 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.22 | 14503 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.42 | 308 |



