Number of micro-entrepreneurs by economic activity
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The indicator shows the number of microentrepreneurs, according to the branch of reduced economic activity in which they work.

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Department of Labour Statistics - National Statistics Institute. Contract: Subdepartment of Citizen Information.

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Microenterprise Survey (EME).

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Household survey of direct informants

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Methodological Report

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Reference quarter March-April-May 2015, 2017 and 2019 (Biennial).

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Mixed survey.

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2019

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Biennial.

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Reference quarter March-April-May 2015, 2017 and 2019 (Biennial).

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Number of persons.

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Database --? User manual Database VI EME.

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Coverage of the country's urban and rural areas, naturally stratified according to the 15 regions. Excludes areas of difficult access, identified in the 2002 Population and Housing Census.

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Microentrepreneurs: Employed persons as employers or own-account workers who own a microenterprise (economic unit of up to 10 workers, including the owner).

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All sectors of economic activity used in the Classifier CIIU4.cl 2012 according to CAENES are included. The branches of public administration and extraterritorial organizations have been excluded because, by their nature, they contain no microentrepreneurs.

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Microentrepreneurs: Independent workers who own a microenterprise (economic unit with up to 10 workers, including the informant who owns the economic unit).
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International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE), Classification of National Economic Activities for Sociodemographic Surveys (CAENES). Internation Standard Classification of Education (ISCED).

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Sum of all microentrepreneurs, according to the reduced branch of activity in which he or she engages.

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The treatment of the data is detailed in the Methodological Manual

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In the last publication of tabulations (September 2019), commerce was regrouped from the secondary to the tertiary sector, previously this category had been grouped with the secondary sector to improve the precision of the estimation.

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Methodological Background --> Methodological Report - Sample Design VI EME.

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The indicator is a reclassification of the variable "d20_CAENES" grouping the categories in three Sectors: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. The detail of this reclassification was as follows: 1) Primary Sector: Includes the branches of Agriculture, Forestry; Fishing and of Mining and Quarrying and Water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities. 2) Secondary sector: Includes the branches of Manufacturing; Electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply and Construction. 3) Tertiary sector: Includes Commerce; transportation and storage; accommodation and food service activities; information and communications; financial and insurance activities; real estate activities; professional, scientific, and technical activities; administrative and support service activities; public administration and defense; compulsory social security schemes; education; human health care and social work activities; arts, entertainment, and recreation activities; other service activities; activities of households as employers; activities not differentiated from households as producers of goods and services for their own use; and activities of extra-territorial organizations and bodies.

Number of micro-entrepreneurs by economic activityAbstract

The indicator shows the number of microentrepreneurs, according to the branch of reduced economic activity in which they work.

Contact person/organisation

Department of Labour Statistics - National Statistics Institute. Contract: Subdepartment of Citizen Information.

Citizen Informationmailto:ine@ine.clName of collection/source

Microenterprise Survey (EME).

Direct source

Household survey of direct informants

Source metadata

Methodological Report

Methodological Reporthttps://www.ine.cl/docs/default-source/microemprendimiento/metadatos/documentos/ficha-t%C3%A9cnica-vi-eme.pdf?sfvrsn=cc8516e7_5?len=enSource Periodicity

Reference quarter March-April-May 2015, 2017 and 2019 (Biennial).

Data source(s) used

Mixed survey.

Periodicity

Biennial.

Reference period

Reference quarter March-April-May 2015, 2017 and 2019 (Biennial).

Sampling

Methodological Report - Sample Design VI EMEhttps://www.ine.cl/docs/default-source/microemprendimiento/metodologia/documentos/dise%C3%B1o-muestral-vi-eme-2019.pdf?sfvrsn=83dee222_7?len=enUnit of measure used

Number of persons.

Variables collected

Database --? User manual Database VI EME.

User manual Database VI EMEhttps://www.ine.cl/docs/default-source/microemprendimiento/manuales/documentos/manual-de-usuario-bases-de-datos-vi-eme.pdf?sfvrsn=3a24d847_5?len=enDate last updated

2019

Geographic coverage

Coverage of the country's urban and rural areas, naturally stratified according to the 15 regions. Excludes areas of difficult access, identified in the 2002 Population and Housing Census.

Statistical population

Microentrepreneurs: Independent workers who own a microenterprise (economic unit with up to 10 workers, including the informant who owns the economic unit).

Sector coverage

All sectors of economic activity used in the Classifier CIIU4.cl 2012 according to CAENES are included. The branches of public administration and extraterritorial organizations have been excluded because, by their nature, they contain no microentrepreneurs.

Population coverage

Microentrepreneurs: Employed persons as employers or own-account workers who own a microenterprise (economic unit of up to 10 workers, including the owner).

Classification(s) used

International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE), Classification of National Economic Activities for Sociodemographic Surveys (CAENES). Internation Standard Classification of Education (ISCED).

Estimation

Sum of all microentrepreneurs, according to the reduced branch of activity in which he or she engages.

Other manipulations

The treatment of the data is detailed in the Methodological Manual

Methodological Document VI EMEhttps://www.ine.cl/docs/default-source/microemprendimiento/metodologia/documentos/manual-metodol%C3%B3gico-vi-eme-2019.pdf?sfvrsn=a4428998_7?len=enRecommended uses and limitations

The indicator is a reclassification of the variable "d20_CAENES" grouping the categories in three Sectors: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. The detail of this reclassification was as follows: 1) Primary Sector: Includes the branches of Agriculture, Forestry; Fishing and of Mining and Quarrying and Water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities. 2) Secondary sector: Includes the branches of Manufacturing; Electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply and Construction. 3) Tertiary sector: Includes Commerce; transportation and storage; accommodation and food service activities; information and communications; financial and insurance activities; real estate activities; professional, scientific, and technical activities; administrative and support service activities; public administration and defense; compulsory social security schemes; education; human health care and social work activities; arts, entertainment, and recreation activities; other service activities; activities of households as employers; activities not differentiated from households as producers of goods and services for their own use; and activities of extra-territorial organizations and bodies.

Quality comments

Methodological Background --> Methodological Report - Sample Design VI EME.

EME Websitehttps://www.ine.cl/estadisticas/sociales/mercado-laboral/microemprendimiento?len=enOther comments

In the last publication of tabulations (September 2019), commerce was regrouped from the secondary to the tertiary sector, previously this category had been grouped with the secondary sector to improve the precision of the estimation.