Chart 1. Annualized quarter-to-quarter percent change in hours for the self-employed in the nonfarm business sector, seasonally adjusted, second quarter 2000 to fourth quarter 2019
Date Percent change

Q2 2000

2.2

Q3 2000

-9.3

Q4 2000

-10.2

Q1 2001

11.1

Q2 2001

-0.9

Q3 2001

-14.0

Q4 2001

-1.4

Q1 2002

-13.3

Q2 2002

9.5

Q3 2002

1.4

Q4 2002

7.5

Q1 2003

4.6

Q2 2003

-4.3

Q3 2003

6.6

Q4 2003

7.7

Q1 2004

-7.0

Q2 2004

-3.0

Q3 2004

11.6

Q4 2004

3.0

Q1 2005

1.6

Q2 2005

-0.5

Q3 2005

-10.0

Q4 2005

-0.8

Q1 2006

13.0

Q2 2006

-1.9

Q3 2006

2.3

Q4 2006

4.9

Q1 2007

-7.0

Q2 2007

2.0

Q3 2007

-7.3

Q4 2007

-11.6

Q1 2008

-4.6

Q2 2008

-1.5

Q3 2008

-4.7

Q4 2008

-25.8

Q1 2009

-0.9

Q2 2009

-0.5

Q3 2009

-0.8

Q4 2009

0.2

Q1 2010

-4.1

Q2 2010

0.6

Q3 2010

-5.2

Q4 2010

0.0

Q1 2011

-2.4

Q2 2011

-4.0

Q3 2011

-5.4

Q4 2011

5.3

Q1 2012

6.5

Q2 2012

-0.8

Q3 2012

2.6

Q4 2012

6.1

Q1 2013

-12.6

Q2 2013

1.6

Q3 2013

4.1

Q4 2013

-7.2

Q1 2014

6.5

Q2 2014

-12.1

Q3 2014

4.7

Q4 2014

19.3

Q1 2015

-3.6

Q2 2015

8.5

Q3 2015

-9.9

Q4 2015

-6.1

Q1 2016

9.2

Q2 2016

10.0

Q3 2016

-10.5

Q4 2016

-3.6

Q1 2017

5.5

Q2 2017

6.3

Q3 2017

-9.6

Q4 2017

13.9

Q1 2018

6.8

Q2 2018

-2.5

Q3 2018

-0.1

Q4 2018

6.7

Q1 2019

-10.8

Q2 2019

-12.5

Q3 2019

19.0

Q4 2019

2.9

Note: Q1 = first quarter, Q2 = second quarter, Q3 = third quarter, and Q4 = fourth quarter.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.