empself
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Question Suppose you were working and could choose between different kinds of jobs. Which of the following would you personally choose? I would advise... Please CIRCLE ONE CODE FOR EACH. A. Being an employee (or) being self-employed?
Values
[1]employee[2]self-employ[NA(d)]can't choose[NA(i)]iap[NA(j)]I don't have a job[NA(m)]dk, na, iap[NA(n)]no answer[NA(p)]not imputable[NA(r)]refused[NA(s)]skipped on web[NA(u)]uncodeable[NA(x)]not available in this release[NA(y)]not available in this year[NA(z)]see codebook
Overview
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | employee | self-employ | can't choose | no answer | not available in this year | Total |
| 1989 | 84 | 475 | 808 | 133 | 37 | - | 1537 |
| 1998 | 1609 | 313 | 758 | 128 | 24 | - | 2832 |
| 2006 | 2992 | 569 | 930 | 17 | 2 | - | 4510 |
| Total | 4685 | 1357 | 2496 | 278 | 63 | 0 | 8879 |