• Data reference period
• Place of residence (NUTS - 2013)

• EMPLOYED:  Person aged 15 years or over who during the reference period was in one of the following situations: 1) worked for at least one hour for a wage or salary, in cash or in kind; 2) had a formal attachment to his/her job, but was not at work, temporarily; 3) had an enterprise, but was not at work, temporarily, for any specific reason; 4) was in early retirement, but working in the reference period.
• REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
• SELF-EMPLOYED PERSON:  An individual who pursues an independent occupation, alone or with 1, or various, associates, benefiting from a remuneration that is directly linked to profits (gained or potential) from goods or services produced and who, in general, does not hire employees to work with him/her. The associates may or may not be immediate family members.

(Self-employed population/ Employed population)*100