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Reasons for self-employment, fourth quarter of 2023

Autonomy / control over hours, wage rate or location Engage in work that you are passionate about Work in your field of expertise Earn more money than as an employee Achieve a better work-life balance Other Join or take over a family business Unable to find work as an employee Experience less stress or for health reasons Lost job as an employee Practice or master a new skill 0 10 20 30 40 50 %
Note(s):
Estimates for those who selected "lost job as an employee," "practice or master a new skill" or "experience less stress or for health reasons" have a coefficient of variation greater than 16.5% and should be used with caution.
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701), and Labour Market and Socio-economic Indicators (5377), fourth quarter of 2023, custom tabulation.

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This is a bar clustered chart.

Reasons for self-employment, fourth quarter of 2023
  %
Autonomy / control over hours, wage rate or location 38.2
Engage in work that you are passionate about 14.3
Work in your field of expertise 11.3
Earn more money than as an employee 9.3
Achieve a better work-life balance 8.1
Other 6.0
Join or take over a family business 4.1
Unable to find work as an employee 4.0
Experience less stress or for health reasons 2.1
Lost job as an employee 2.0
Practice or master a new skill 0.6
Note(s):
Estimates for those who selected "lost job as an employee," "practice or master a new skill" or "experience less stress or for health reasons" have a coefficient of variation greater than 16.5% and should be used with caution.
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701), and Labour Market and Socio-economic Indicators (5377), fourth quarter of 2023, custom tabulation.
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