Economically Active Population Survey
National results
Self-employed without employees (1), according to the main reason for not having any employee
Units: Absolutes values (thousands) and percentages

	Both sexes		Men		Women		
	absolute value	percentage	absolute value	percentage	absolute value	percentage	
Total	1,984.5	100.00	1,295.9	100.00	688.7	100.00	
Want to work  alone	303.1	15.27	207.8	16.03	95.3	13.84	
There is not enough work	1,162.0	58.56	744.3	57.43	417.8	60.66	
It is difficult to find suitable staff	52.9	2.66	34.3	2.65	18.5	2.69	
The legal requirements are too complicated	17.0	0.86	10.8	0.84	6.2	0.90	
The social contribution are too high	144.3	7.27	105.1	8.11	39.2	5.69	
It is not possible to have employees in the type of job he/she does	30.0	1.51	19.1	1.47	11.0	1.60	
Prefer to work with sub-contractors or associates	35.8	1.80	21.7	1.67	14.1	2.04	
The clients want he/she personally to do the work	20.3	1.03	12.3	0.95	8.0	1.17	
Other main reason than those mentioned	143.5	7.23	86.1	6.64	57.4	8.34	
No answer/Don't know	75.5	3.81	54.4	4.20	21.2	3.07	
Notes:
1) Due to calibration procedure applied to the annual subsample, the categories of professional status figures differ  from the ones obtained as annual averages of the four quarters of the year.
Source: INE