Economically Active Population Survey
National results
Self-employed (1), according to the main difficulty or inconvenience working as self-employed, 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,
    Lack of influence on setting the price of your work,119.4,3.92,32.6,3.17,86.7,4.31,
    Cannot get finance for your business,190.8,6.27,66.3,6.44,124.5,6.19,
    Customers/clients paying late or not at all,355.4,11.68,154.6,15.00,200.8,9.98,
    Inappropriate levels of administrative burden,98.6,3.24,45.9,4.45,52.7,2.62,
    No income when ill,219.5,7.22,59.4,5.76,160.2,7.96,
    Times with little money to live on,231.7,7.62,69.2,6.71,162.5,8.08,
    Times without clients, without having any order or project in whic to work,410.2,13.49,89.3,8.67,320.9,15.95,
    Other main difficulty than those mentioned,438.5,14.41,160.9,15.61,277.6,13.80,
    Had no difficulties,840.6,27.63,306.7,29.76,533.9,26.54,
    No answer/Don't know,137.4,4.52,45.6,4.43,91.8,4.56,
Men,
    Total,2,027.0,100.00,716.3,100.00,1,310.7,100.00,
    Lack of influence on setting the price of your work,85.8,4.23,24.7,3.45,61.2,4.67,
    Cannot get finance for your business,122.1,6.02,42.9,5.99,79.2,6.04,
    Customers/clients paying late or not at all,283.2,13.97,131.5,18.36,151.7,11.57,
    Inappropriate levels of administrative burden,71.1,3.51,34.7,4.84,36.4,2.78,
    No income when ill,135.6,6.69,31.5,4.40,104.0,7.94,
    Times with little money to live on,153.5,7.57,47.1,6.57,106.4,8.12,
    Times without clients, without having any order or project in whic to work,265.3,13.09,59.1,8.25,206.2,15.73,
    Other main difficulty than those mentioned,274.5,13.54,104.5,14.59,170.0,12.97,
    Had no difficulties,538.5,26.57,205.1,28.64,333.4,25.44,
    No answer/Don't know,97.3,4.80,35.1,4.90,62.2,4.74,
Women,
    Total,1,015.2,100.00,314.3,100.00,700.9,100.00,
    Lack of influence on setting the price of your work,33.5,3.30,8.0,2.53,25.6,3.65,
    Cannot get finance for your business,68.7,6.77,23.4,7.45,45.3,6.47,
    Customers/clients paying late or not at all,72.2,7.11,23.1,7.35,49.1,7.00,
    Inappropriate levels of administrative burden,27.5,2.71,11.2,3.57,16.3,2.33,
    No income when ill,84.0,8.27,27.8,8.86,56.1,8.01,
    Times with little money to live on,78.2,7.70,22.1,7.03,56.1,8.00,
    Times without clients, without having any order or project in whic to work,144.9,14.28,30.2,9.62,114.7,16.36,
    Other main difficulty than those mentioned,163.9,16.15,56.4,17.93,107.6,15.35,
    Had no difficulties,302.1,29.76,101.6,32.32,200.5,28.61,
    No answer/Don't know,40.1,3.95,10.5,3.34,29.6,4.23,
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.
Source: INE