"Figure 36: Reasons for being self-employed among full-time self-employment by age group","" "Percent of total employment, 2015","" "","" "Notes","1. Groups defined as follows: Positive: (a) Saw the demand of the market, (b) Nature of job or chosen career, (c) Better work conditions or job satisfaction. Negative: (a) Redundancy, (b) Could not find other employment. Lifestyle choice: (a) To maintain or increase income, (b) Job after retirement. Neutral: (a) Other, (b) Started or joined a family business. 2. Points at which an unweighted density implies an observation size of less than 10 have been excluded to avoid disclosure." "Unit","%" "","" "Age","Positive","Negative","Lifestyle","Neutral" "16-24","0.01","*","0.01","*" "25-34","0.04","0.02","0.07","0.02" "35-44","0.06","0.03","0.10","0.03" "45-54","0.08","0.06","0.13","0.05" "55-64","0.05","0.04","0.08","0.03" "65+","0.02","0.01","0.02","0.01"