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APPENDIX POPULATION CONCORDANCE

POPULATION CONCORDANCE WITH PREVIOUS SURVEYS

Caution should be exercised when comparing the estimates from this release with estimates prior to COE 2014 as some population groups are conceptually different.

The following table provides a concordance of populations groups used in this release with population groups from previous surveys:

Population Concordance
Populations	COE 2017	COE 2016	COE 2015	COE 2014
Employed Persons	Population 1	Population 1	Population 1	Population 1
Employees in main job	Population 2	Population 2	Population 2	Population 2
Employees and Owner Managers of Incorporated Enterprises (OMIEs) in main job	Population 3	Population 3	Population 3	Population 3
Owner Managers of Incorporated Enterprises (OMIEs) in main job	Population 4	Population 4	Population 4	Population 4
Owner Managers of Unincorporated Enterprises (OMUEs) in main job	Population 5	Population 5	Population 5	Population 5
Employed persons who preferred to work more hours than usually worked	Population 6	Population 6	Population 6	Population 6
Independent contractors	Population 7	Population 7	Population 7	Population 9
Multiple job holders	Population 8	Population 8	Population 8	Population 11
Employees in second job	Population 9	Population 9	Population 9	Population 12
Employees and Owner Managers of Incorporated Enterprises (OMIEs) in second job	Population 10	Population 10	Population 10	Population 13
Trade union members in their main job	...	Population 11	...	Population 7 (a)
Trade union members	...	Population 12	...	Population 8 (a)
Persons who found their job through a labour hire firm/employment agency	...	Population 13	...	Population 10