Earnings from Self-Employment received by the Household

Dataset: Family Resources Survey (Household)

Field: Earnings from Self-Employment received by the Household

Description

Earnings from self-employment received by the Household, where:

A household consists of one person living alone or a group of people (not necessarily related) living at the same address, who share cooking facilities and share a living room or sitting room or dining area. A household will consist of one or more benefit units.

Classification

Applicable to: all individuals in a household.

Number of categories: 2

Quality Statement

Self-employed earnings are defined as the total amount of earnings received from self-employment gross of tax and national insurance payments, based on profits (where the individual considers themself as running a business) or on estimated drawings otherwise. Excludes any profits due to partners in the business. Any losses are recorded as such.

For 2020-21 and 2021-22, self-employed earnings do not include any reported grant amounts received as part of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS).

Several respondents have more than one job. The FRS identifies which of these is their "main job" which is the job which the respondent says is the dominant activity. Where they cannot decide, the number of hours worked will determine which is the main job. This process of categorisation also applies to respondents who are employees in one job but self-employed in another; whilst the survey will capture information on both of these jobs, only one can be their main job.

Further information can be found in the FRS Background Note and Methodology here.