Working together - self-employed couples
This article notes the growing incidence of self-employment among dual-earner couples and compares their characteristics with those of couples who have paid jobs. It also looks at the occupations and businesses of self-employed couples who co-own a business.
| Format | Release date | More information |
|---|---|---|
| December 1, 1999 |
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Subjects
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- Accommodation service industry
- Analytical products
- Architects
- Beverage industries
- Building services
- Clothing industry
- Computer services
- Construction industry
- Construction work
- Culture
- Dual-earner families
- Earnings
- Engineering
- Entrepreneurs
- Entrepreneurship
- Farming
- Farms
- Finance
- Flexible working arrangements
- Food industries
- Food services
- Health care
- Hours worked
- Information services
- Labour force survey
- Maintenance and repairs
- Management
- Manufacturing industries
- Married men
- Married women
- Multiple jobholders
- Paid work
- Part-time employment
- Place of residence
- Place of work
- Postsecondary education
- Professional services
- Ranches
- Real estate
- Repair services
- Retail trade
- Sales
- Secretaries
- Self-employed persons
- Self-employment
- Social assistance
- Spouses
- Support services
- Transportation services
- Trucking industry
- Unpaid work
- Urban areas
- Warehousing
- Wholesale trade