Reason for decreased working hours, self-employed: Avoiding risk of becoming sic
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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 | 228 | 1.8% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 5 | 0.04% |
| Total | 12680 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.02 | 12447 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.15 | 233 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 11687 | 97.65% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.01% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 252 | 2.11% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 28 | 0.23% |
| Total | 11968 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | 11688 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 280 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 6 | 0.05% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 11681 | 97.06% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 325 | 2.7% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 23 | 0.19% |
| Total | 12035 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.07 | 11687 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.25 | 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 | 196 | 1.52% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 9 | 0.07% |
| Total | 12876 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.04 | 12671 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.21 | 205 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missing | -9 | 9 | 0.07% |
| Inapplicable | -8 | 13501 | 98.16% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 237 | 1.72% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 7 | 0.05% |
| Total | 13754 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.03 | 13510 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.17 | 244 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missing | -9 | 30 | 0.21% |
| Inapplicable | -8 | 13903 | 98.44% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 183 | 1.3% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 7 | 0.05% |
| Total | 14123 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.04 | 13933 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.19 | 190 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inapplicable | -8 | 14503 | 97.92% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 271 | 1.83% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 37 | 0.25% |
| Total | 14811 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.12 | 14503 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.33 | 308 |



