Reason for decreased working hours, employed & self-employed: Normal or expected
Datafiles
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 | 391 | 100.0% |
| Total | 391 | 100.0% |
| Valid Observations | 0 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 12618 | 99.51% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 32 | 0.25% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 30 | 0.24% |
| Total | 12680 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.48 | 12618 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 62 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 11888 | 99.33% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 39 | 0.33% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 41 | 0.34% |
| Total | 11968 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.51 | 11888 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 80 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 2 | 0.02% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 11965 | 99.42% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 39 | 0.32% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 29 | 0.24% |
| Total | 12035 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.43 | 11967 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 68 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 5 | 0.04% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 12794 | 99.36% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 42 | 0.33% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 35 | 0.27% |
| Total | 12876 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.45 | 12799 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 77 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missing | -9 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Inapplicable | -8 | 13667 | 99.37% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 52 | 0.38% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 33 | 0.24% |
| Total | 13754 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.39 | 13669 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.49 | 85 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missing | -9 | 4 | 0.03% |
| Inapplicable | -8 | 14060 | 99.55% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 37 | 0.26% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 22 | 0.16% |
| Total | 14123 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.37 | 14064 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.49 | 59 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inapplicable | -8 | 14726 | 99.43% |
| Not mentioned | 0 | 57 | 0.38% |
| Mentioned | 1 | 28 | 0.19% |
| Total | 14811 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.33 | 14726 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.47 | 85 |



