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