This 2014 survey reveals the motivations employees had choosing self-employment in the United Kingdom. The majority of respondents became self-employed through their own personal preference whilst 16 percent said that they had no other alternative.
When you became self-employed, was it mainly through your own personal preference, or because you had no better alternatives for work?
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Ipsos. (April 16, 2014). When you became self-employed, was it mainly through your own personal preference, or because you had no better alternatives for work? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/316583/reasons-for-self-employment-united-kingdom-uk/
Ipsos. "When you became self-employed, was it mainly through your own personal preference, or because you had no better alternatives for work?." Chart. April 16, 2014. Statista. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/316583/reasons-for-self-employment-united-kingdom-uk/
Ipsos. (2014). When you became self-employed, was it mainly through your own personal preference, or because you had no better alternatives for work?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/316583/reasons-for-self-employment-united-kingdom-uk/
Ipsos. "When You Became Self-employed, Was It Mainly through Your Own Personal Preference, or Because You Had No Better Alternatives for Work?." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Apr 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/316583/reasons-for-self-employment-united-kingdom-uk/
Ipsos, When you became self-employed, was it mainly through your own personal preference, or because you had no better alternatives for work? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/316583/reasons-for-self-employment-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited April 26, 2024)
When you became self-employed, was it mainly through your own personal preference, or because you had no better alternatives for work? [Graph], Ipsos, April 16, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/316583/reasons-for-self-employment-united-kingdom-uk/