Survey of Self-employment (SSE) |
84b029e4-b520-4740-b0bd-6163bbe6ec72 |
Statistics Canada - Research Data Centres |
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Saskatchewan |
The primary objective of the survey is to provide a profile of those who are self-employed in their main job. Specific issues covered include:
- motivation behind becoming self-employed, i.e. "recession or structural push" (self-employment as a result of poor chances of finding suitable paid-employment) versus "entrepreneurial pull" (self-employment as a result of preference for "being own boss");
- differences in the socio-economic characteristics of those who were pushed and those who were pulled;
- reasons for growth of own account self-employment, in particular changing employment relationships;
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The survey was conducted by Statistics Canada on behalf of Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC). It collected data on the socio-demographic characteristics of the self-employed, as well as the hours they work, previous work experience, participation in dental, health and disability plans, income security, and their attitudes towards self-employment. |
Non-institutionalised population 15 years of age and over |
Individual |
01/01/2002-12/31/2002 |
2023-11-28 |