Economically Active Population Survey
National results
Self-employed (1), according to the number and importance of clients in the last year (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	
    No client or at most one in the last 12 months	228.9	7.52	43.4	4.21	185.5	9.22	
    From 2 to 9 clients in the last 12 monts	415.7	13.66	82.0	7.96	333.7	16.59	
    More than 9 clients in the last 12 monts	2,247.2	73.87	866.1	84.04	1,381.1	68.65	
    No answer/Don't know	150.4	4.95	39.1	3.79	111.4	5.54	
Men	
    Total	2,027.0	100.00	716.3	100.00	1,310.7	100.00	
    No client or at most one in the last 12 months	171.2	8.45	36.6	5.11	134.6	10.27	
    From 2 to 9 clients in the last 12 monts	310.9	15.34	66.4	9.27	244.5	18.65	
    More than 9 clients in the last 12 monts	1,431.0	70.60	582.3	81.30	848.7	64.75	
    No answer/Don't know	113.9	5.62	31.0	4.32	82.9	6.33	
Women	
    Total	1,015.2	100.00	314.3	100.00	700.9	100.00	
    No client or at most one in the last 12 months	57.7	5.68	6.8	2.17	50.8	7.25	
    From 2 to 9 clients in the last 12 monts	104.8	10.33	15.6	4.97	89.2	12.73	
    More than 9 clients in the last 12 monts	816.2	80.39	283.8	90.29	532.4	75.96	
    No answer/Don't know	36.6	3.60	8.1	2.57	28.5	4.06	
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) The last year is referred to the twelve months previous to the Sunday of the reference week
Source: INE