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Covid-19 Variable

ff_sempderived

Employee or self-employed

Datafile

indresp_w

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	283	2.21%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
Employed	1	6136	47.87%
Self-employed	2	900	7.02%
Both employed and self-employed	3	250	1.95%
Neither	4	5247	40.93%
	Total	12818	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	171	1.35%
Employed	1	5974	47.11%
Self-employed	2	919	7.25%
Both employed and self-employed	3	259	2.04%
Neither	4	5357	42.25%
	Total	12680	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	71	0.59%
Employed	1	5654	46.98%
Self-employed	2	906	7.53%
Both employed and self-employed	3	255	2.12%
No	4	5149	42.78%
	Total	12035	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.41	71	1.0	4.0	1.43	11964

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	84	0.65%
Employed	1	6180	48.0%
Self-employed	2	941	7.31%
Both employed and self-employed	3	283	2.2%
No	4	5388	41.85%
	Total	12876	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.38	84	1.0	4.0	1.43	12792

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	521	3.79%
Employed	1	6492	47.2%
Self-employed	2	980	7.13%
Both employed and self-employed	3	291	2.12%
No	4	5470	39.77%
	Total	13754	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.36	521	1.0	4.0	1.43	13233

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	538	3.81%
don't know	-1	2	0.01%
Employed	1	6746	47.77%
Self-employed	2	1010	7.15%
Both employed and self-employed	3	255	1.81%
No	4	5572	39.45%
	Total	14123	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.34	540	1.0	4.0	1.43	13583

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	1235	8.34%
refusal	-2	21	0.14%
don't know	-1	4	0.03%
Employed	1	6802	45.93%
Self-employed	2	1038	7.01%
Both employed and self-employed	3	251	1.69%
No	4	5460	36.86%
	Total	14811	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.32	1260	1.0	4.0	1.42	13551

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