Economically Active Population Survey
National results
Self-employed (1), according to planned or not hiring of employees or subcontractors in the next 12 months (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,
    Plans to employ only permanent employees,59.7,1.96,38.6,3.74,21.1,1.05,
    Plans to employ only temporary employees,195.4,6.42,123.8,12.02,71.5,3.56,
    Plans to employ both permanent and temporary employees,60.5,1.99,38.3,3.71,22.2,1.11,
    Plans to only hire subcontractors,179.9,5.91,58.6,5.69,121.3,6.03,
    Plans to hire subcontractors and employ employees,123.9,4.07,84.7,8.22,39.2,1.95,
    Does not plan to hire employees or subcontractors,2,315.4,76.11,644.3,62.52,1,671.1,83.07,
    No answer/Don't know,107.4,3.53,42.3,4.11,65.1,3.23,
Men,
    Total,2,027.0,100.00,716.3,100.00,1,310.7,100.00,
    Plans to employ only permanent employees,43.4,2.14,30.1,4.20,13.3,1.02,
    Plans to employ only temporary employees,131.2,6.47,83.2,11.61,48.0,3.66,
    Plans to employ both permanent and temporary employees,42.4,2.09,29.2,4.08,13.2,1.01,
    Plans to only hire subcontractors,133.0,6.56,45.6,6.36,87.4,6.67,
    Plans to hire subcontractors and employ employees,95.8,4.73,67.8,9.47,28.0,2.13,
    Does not plan to hire employees or subcontractors,1,500.5,74.03,423.8,59.16,1,076.7,82.15,
    No answer/Don't know,80.7,3.98,36.6,5.12,44.0,3.36,
Women,
    Total,1,015.2,100.00,314.3,100.00,700.9,100.00,
    Plans to employ only permanent employees,16.3,1.60,8.5,2.71,7.8,1.11,
    Plans to employ only temporary employees,64.2,6.32,40.7,12.93,23.5,3.35,
    Plans to employ both permanent and temporary employees,18.1,1.78,9.1,2.88,9.0,1.29,
    Plans to only hire subcontractors,46.9,4.62,13.0,4.14,33.9,4.84,
    Plans to hire subcontractors and employ employees,28.1,2.77,16.9,5.37,11.2,1.60,
    Does not plan to hire employees or subcontractors,814.9,80.27,220.5,70.16,594.4,84.81,
    No answer/Don't know,26.7,2.63,5.7,1.81,21.1,3.00,
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) Twelve months to count from the Sunday of the reference week.
Source: INE