Economically Active Population Survey National results Self-employed and employees (1), according to the preference or not to change their professional status for the main job, by sex and current professional status Units: Absolutes values (thousands) and percentages ;Self-employed;;Employee;; ;absolute value;percentage;absolute value;percentage; Both sexes; Total;3,042.2;100.00;15,682.3;100.00; Does not want to change professional status;2,116.9;69.58;13,297.8;84.79; Is self-employed but wishes to work as an employee;650.5;21.38;..;..; Is working as an employee but wishes to be self-employed;..;..;1,554.7;9.91; No answer/Don't know;274.8;9.03;829.8;5.29; Men; Total;2,027.0;100.00;8,186.5;100.00; Does not want to change professional status;1,423.7;70.24;6,781.6;82.84; Is self-employed but wishes to work as an employee;411.6;20.31;..;..; Is working as an employee but wishes to be self-employed;..;..;920.9;11.25; No answer/Don't know;191.7;9.46;484.0;5.91; Women; Total;1,015.2;100.00;7,495.9;100.00; Does not want to change professional status;693.2;68.28;6,516.2;86.93; Is self-employed but wishes to work as an employee;238.9;23.53;..;..; Is working as an employee but wishes to be self-employed;..;..;633.8;8.46; No answer/Don't know;83.1;8.19;345.9;4.61; 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