The classification of (self-)employed persons may be based on a combination of background and (main) job characteristics, such as sex, schooling, age and place of residence on the one hand, and occupation, type of job contract (full-time/part-time, permanent/temporary) and region and subsector of employment on the other hand.
Klasifikacija (samo)zaposlenih oseb lahko temelji na kombinaciji osebnih značilnostih in (glavnih) značilnostih dela, kot so spol, šolska izobrazba, starost in kraj bivanja na eni strani, ter poklic, vrsta zaposlitvene pogodbe (za polni/skrajšani delovni čas, stalna/začasna), regija in podsektor zaposlenosti na drugi strani.