Research and analysis
Understanding self-employment
Research exploring the choices made by self-employed people, and their views on the benefits and challenges of self-employment.
Documents
Ref: BIS/16/120
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Details
This report presents the findings of a survey designed to provide new evidence about self-employed people. It covers:
- why and how people choose to enter and remain in self-employment
- how they view their situation
- the difficulties they faced
- how they manage their life in self-employment
See the ‘Income of the self-employed’ report.
Updates to this page
Published 14 February 2016