Economically Active Population Survey National results Self-employed (1), according to their influence deciding their working hours, 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,3,000.6,100.00,1,025.9,100.00,1,974.7,100.00, The respondent decides,2,346.1,78.19,809.1,78.87,1,537.1,77.84, The client/s of the respondent decide(s),317.7,10.59,95.4,9.29,222.4,11.26, Any other party decides,299.9,10.00,110.7,10.79,189.3,9.58, No answer/Don't know,36.8,1.23,10.8,1.05,26.0,1.32, Men, Total,1,996.2,100.00,712.8,100.00,1,283.4,100.00, The respondent decides,1,577.5,79.03,565.9,79.39,1,011.7,78.83, The client/s of the respondent decide(s),208.1,10.42,68.0,9.54,140.1,10.91, Any other party decides,180.7,9.05,70.5,9.90,110.2,8.59, No answer/Don't know,29.8,1.49,8.4,1.17,21.4,1.67, Women, Total,1,004.4,100.00,313.1,100.00,691.3,100.00, The respondent decides,768.6,76.52,243.2,77.69,525.4,76.00, The client/s of the respondent decide(s),109.6,10.91,27.3,8.73,82.3,11.90, Any other party decides,119.2,11.87,40.1,12.82,79.1,11.44, No answer/Don't know,7.0,0.69,2.4,0.77,4.6,0.66, 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), who have at least one client in the twelve months previous to the Sunday of the reference week Source: INE