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