A supplementary survey called "Self-employment" was linked to the Labour Force Survey, Q2 2017 which was carried out on the selected sample of households of the basic survey at the same time.
1.7% of the employed respondents aged 15–74a who answered the basic survey did not answer the supplementary survey Q2 2017.
The performance rate of the supplementary survey "Self-employment", Q2 2017
| It concerns the respondent | Performance rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and was answered | but wasn't answered | total | ||
| persons | % | |||
| Total | 4 340 013 | 76 088 | 4 416 101 | 98.3 |
| Of which: | ||||
| Sex | ||||
| male | 2 371 532 | 44 374 | 2 415 906 | 98.2 |
| female | 1 968 481 | 31 714 | 2 000 195 | 98.4 |
| Age group | ||||
| 15–24 | 297 632 | 4 033 | 301 665 | 98.7 |
| 25–54 | 3 328 196 | 60 150 | 3 388 346 | 98.2 |
| 55–74 | 714 184 | 11 906 | 726 090 | 98.4 |
| Status in employment | ||||
| Employees | 3 904 378 | 62 663 | 3 967 041 | 98.4 |
| Member of partnership or self-employed | 424 029 | 13 253 | 437 282 | 97.0 |
| Of which: | ||||
| with employees | 200 158 | 8 243 | 208 401 | 96.0 |
| without employees | 223 871 | 5 010 | 228 881 | 97.8 |
| Other | 11 606 | 172 | 11 778 | 98.5 |
41.5 % of the answered interviews were answered by a third person – another member of the family. The "proxy-interviews" rate among men was very high, 49.4%, while for women this rate was 32.0%.
The proxy-interviews rate of the supplementary survey "Self-employment", Q2 2017
| Personally answered | Proxy-onterviews | Total | Proxy-interview rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| persons | % | |||
| Total | 2 539 148 | 1 800 866 | 4 340 013 | 41.5 |
| Of which: | ||||
| Sex | ||||
| male | 1 200 935 | 1 170 597 | 2 371 532 | 49.4 |
| female | 1 338 212 | 630 269 | 1 968 481 | 32.0 |
| Age group | ||||
| 15–24 | 119 239 | 178 393 | 297 632 | 59.9 |
| 25–54 | 1 958 028 | 1 370 168 | 3 328 197 | 41.2 |
| 55–74 | 461 881 | 252 304 | 714 185 | 35.3 |
| Status in employment | ||||
| Employees | 2 270 605 | 1 633 773 | 3 904 378 | 41.8 |
| Member of partnership or self-employed | 261 562 | 162 466 | 424 029 | 38.3 |
| Of which: | ||||
| with employees | 119 852 | 80 306 | 200 158 | 40.1 |
| without employees | 141 710 | 82 160 | 223 871 | 36.7 |
| Other | 6 980 | 4 626 | 11 606 | 39.9 |
There may be some differences between the same aggregates of the published absolute numbers due to weighting and summing up. The evaluation of the distribution ratios was made electronically – without individual correction, so the sum of partial data is not always equal to the displayed rounded value of the aggregated data.
If a variable (after grossing up) involves an occurrence of 2500 to 4999 persons, the data are to be regarded with reservation because due to the high survey error rate they may be incorrect; in case of occurrence of fewer than 2500 persons, the data are not usable.
Used terms in the supplementary survey
Economically dependent self-employed
Member of partnership, self-employed
– who have no employees,
– who had a main client in the last 12 months (i.e. worked for only one client, or worked for more clients but at least 75% of their self-employment income came from a main one),
– for whom the start or end of working hours is decided by the client or customer.