Economically Active Population Survey
National results
Self-employed (1), according to planned or not hiring of employees or subcontractors in the next 12 months (2), by sex and professional status
Units: Absolutes values (thousands) and percentages

	Total		Self-employed with employees		Self-employed without employees (includes members of cooperative)		
	absolute value	percentage	absolute value	percentage	absolute value	percentage	
Both sexes	
    Total	3,042.2	100.00	1,030.6	100.00	2,011.6	100.00	
    Plans to employ only permanent employees	59.7	1.96	38.6	3.74	21.1	1.05	
    Plans to employ only temporary employees	195.4	6.42	123.8	12.02	71.5	3.56	
    Plans to employ both permanent and temporary employees	60.5	1.99	38.3	3.71	22.2	1.11	
    Plans to only hire subcontractors	179.9	5.91	58.6	5.69	121.3	6.03	
    Plans to hire subcontractors and employ employees	123.9	4.07	84.7	8.22	39.2	1.95	
    Does not plan to hire employees or subcontractors	2,315.4	76.11	644.3	62.52	1,671.1	83.07	
    No answer/Don't know	107.4	3.53	42.3	4.11	65.1	3.23	
Men	
    Total	2,027.0	100.00	716.3	100.00	1,310.7	100.00	
    Plans to employ only permanent employees	43.4	2.14	30.1	4.20	13.3	1.02	
    Plans to employ only temporary employees	131.2	6.47	83.2	11.61	48.0	3.66	
    Plans to employ both permanent and temporary employees	42.4	2.09	29.2	4.08	13.2	1.01	
    Plans to only hire subcontractors	133.0	6.56	45.6	6.36	87.4	6.67	
    Plans to hire subcontractors and employ employees	95.8	4.73	67.8	9.47	28.0	2.13	
    Does not plan to hire employees or subcontractors	1,500.5	74.03	423.8	59.16	1,076.7	82.15	
    No answer/Don't know	80.7	3.98	36.6	5.12	44.0	3.36	
Women	
    Total	1,015.2	100.00	314.3	100.00	700.9	100.00	
    Plans to employ only permanent employees	16.3	1.60	8.5	2.71	7.8	1.11	
    Plans to employ only temporary employees	64.2	6.32	40.7	12.93	23.5	3.35	
    Plans to employ both permanent and temporary employees	18.1	1.78	9.1	2.88	9.0	1.29	
    Plans to only hire subcontractors	46.9	4.62	13.0	4.14	33.9	4.84	
    Plans to hire subcontractors and employ employees	28.1	2.77	16.9	5.37	11.2	1.60	
    Does not plan to hire employees or subcontractors	814.9	80.27	220.5	70.16	594.4	84.81	
    No answer/Don't know	26.7	2.63	5.7	1.81	21.1	3.00	
Notes:
1) Employed people 16 years and over, whose professional status are self-employed with employees or self-employed without  employees. The latter includes members of cooperative. Due to calibration procedure applied to the annual subsample, the  categories of self-employed figures differ from the ones obtained as annual averages of the four quarters of the year.

 2) Twelve months to count from the Sunday of the reference week.
Source: INE