Table 4 Self-reported disadvantages of self-employment
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Canadian-born | Immigrants | |||
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Involuntary self-employment | Voluntary self-employment | Involuntary self-employment | Voluntary self-employment | |
% answering yes | ||||
What do you dislike about being self-employed? | ||||
Uncertainty, insecurity, risk, lack of stability | 43 | 30* | 48 | 29* |
Income fluctuations, cash-flow problems | 29 | 21* | 26 | 23 |
Difficulties obtaining financing, with banks | 11 | 7* | 11 | 6* |
Tax burden | 8 | 9 | 3 | 7* |
Low income | 10 | 7 | 12 | 6* |
Lack of benefits | 19 | 15* | 31 | 15* |
Too much responsibility | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 |
Long hours, no time off | 20 | 26* | 19 | 31* |
Interference in family life | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
Working alone, isolation | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Tasks related to running a business | 12 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
Stress | 10 | 15* | 14 | 15 |
* significantly different between involuntarily and voluntarily self-employed workers at p <0.05 Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Self-Employment, 2000. |
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