Glossary:Number of employees and self-employed persons - EBS
The number of employees and self-employed persons is the sum of the Number of employees and Number of self-employed persons.
The Number of employees is the average number of persons who were, at some time during the reference period, employees of the statistical unit.
The number of self-employed persons is the average number of persons who were at some time during the reference period the sole owners or joint owners of the statistical unit in which they work. Family workers and outworkers whose income is a function of the value of the outputs of the statistical unit are also included.