This survey presents the personal preferences concerning employment types of those currently self-employed in Great Britain in 2014. The respondents' answers show a strong tendency towards preferring self employment over working as an employee. Only 16 percent said that they would change their situation if possible and become an employee.
Today, taking everything into account, and if you could choose, would you prefer to be an employee, or self-employed?
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Ipsos. (April 16, 2014). Today, taking everything into account, and if you could choose, would you prefer to be an employee, or self-employed? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/316672/self-employed-preferences-concerning-employment-great-britain/
Ipsos. "Today, taking everything into account, and if you could choose, would you prefer to be an employee, or self-employed?." Chart. April 16, 2014. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/316672/self-employed-preferences-concerning-employment-great-britain/
Ipsos. (2014). Today, taking everything into account, and if you could choose, would you prefer to be an employee, or self-employed?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/316672/self-employed-preferences-concerning-employment-great-britain/
Ipsos. "Today, Taking Everything into Account, and If You Could Choose, Would You Prefer to Be An Employee, or Self-employed?." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Apr 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/316672/self-employed-preferences-concerning-employment-great-britain/
Ipsos, Today, taking everything into account, and if you could choose, would you prefer to be an employee, or self-employed? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/316672/self-employed-preferences-concerning-employment-great-britain/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Today, taking everything into account, and if you could choose, would you prefer to be an employee, or self-employed? [Graph], Ipsos, April 16, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/316672/self-employed-preferences-concerning-employment-great-britain/