9.8.6. Members of partnerships and self-employed persons by the reason of becoming self-employed,
quarter 2, 2017

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Denomination Had to become self-employed It is the usual practice A suitable opportunity presented itself Joined or continued an existing family business Wanted to be self-employed Cannot say or does not want to answer Total number of members of partnerships and self-employed persons
Total 48 603 88 330 151 848 37 455 96 345 1 447 424 029
Of which:
sex
Male 28 143 55 030 103 843 25 361 60 680 1 447 274 504
Female 20 461 33 300 48 005 12 094 35 665 149 525
age-group
15-24 557 2 840 2 484 1 601 2 634 – 10 115
25-39 12 307 22 636 37 417 9 777 24 180 392 106 708
40-54 20 872 36 047 69 002 17 333 42 707 769 186 730
55-74 14 868 26 808 42 945 8 744 26 824 286 120 475
educational attainment
Primary school 3 582 4 180 7 984 2 986 2 809 – 21 541
Secondary school
with professional qualification 23 486 42 624 82 867 17 207 49 384 1 055 216 623
without professional qualification 11 873 7 644 17 340 5 041 14 109 392 56 398
College, university, PhD, DLA 9 663 33 882 43 658 12 221 30 044 – 129 467
type of settlement
Budapest 13 124 27 605 30 799 5 129 18 857 – 95 514
Town with county rights 6 140 21 767 27 081 5 142 22 169 182 82 480
Other town 13 655 20 540 46 573 15 000 29 261 545 125 574
Village 15 685 18 419 47 395 12 184 26 059 720 120 461
type of workplace
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 8 739 9 861 17 025 10 194 13 051 37 58 908
B-F Industry 7 533 14 320 41 836 10 135 19 196 639 93 658
G-U Services 32 331 64 149 92 987 17 126 64 099 771 271 463
employment
Non-manual workers 15 787 43 104 57 658 14 444 40 782 470 172 245
Manual workersa 32 816 45 226 94 190 23 011 55 563 977 251 785
status in employment
Member of partnership 12 696 35 780 55 550 18 106 25 069 302 147 504
Self-employed 35 907 52 550 96 298 19 349 71 276 1 145 276 525
Member of partnership and self-employed together 48 603 88 330 151 848 37 455 96 345
Of which:
with employees 18 443 39 046 82 893 21 866 37 296 614 200 158
without employees 30 160 49 284 68 955 15 589 59 049 833 223 871
aIncluding armed forces. 

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