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