Self-employed persons by main reason for becoming self-employed, sex and professional status methods, notes and classification

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- Reason
  - 0 Total
  - 1 No job found as employee
  - 2 Not planned or wanted but started for another reason
  - 3 Wanted for other reason
  - 4 Requested by former employer
  - 5 Usual practice in the field
  - 6 Suitable opportunity
  - 7 Continued the family business
  - 8 Flexible working hours
  - 9 No response
- Activity and employment status
  - 0 Self-employed persons
  - 1 Self-employed persons with employees (employers)
  - 2 Self-employed persons without employees (own-account workers)
  - 3 Independent self-employed without employees (own-account workers)
  - 4 Dependent self-employed without employees (own-account workers)
  - 5 Self-employed without employees (own-account workers), dependency not known
- Sex
  - 0 Total
  - 1 Males
  - 2 Females
- Unit of measure
  - 0 Thousand persons
- Geopolitical entity (reporting)
  - 0 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
  - 1 European Union - 28 countries (2013-2020)
  - 2 Euro area - 19 countries (from 2015)
  - 3 Belgium
  - 4 Bulgaria
  - 5 Czechia
  - 6 Denmark
  - 7 Germany (until 1990 former territory of the FRG)
  - 8 Estonia
  - 9 Ireland
  - a Greece
  - b Spain
  - c France
  - d Croatia
  - e Italy
  - f Cyprus
  - g Latvia
  - h Lithuania
  - i Luxembourg
  - j Hungary
  - k Malta
  - l Netherlands
  - m Austria
  - n Poland
  - o Portugal
  - p Romania
  - q Slovenia
  - r Slovakia
  - s Finland
  - t Sweden
  - u Iceland
  - v Norway
  - w Switzerland
  - x United Kingdom
  - y Turkey