Chart 6. Annualized quarter-to-quarter percent change in hours for the self-employed in the nonfarm business sector, by whether present in both quarters, not seasonally adjusted, second quarter 2000 to fourth quarter 2019
Date Present in both quarters Not present in both quarters All self-employed

Q2 2000

-1.5 41.2 23.9

Q3 2000

-15.7 -1.6 -10.2

Q4 2000

-1.5 -1.5 -10.3

Q1 2001

-14.9 2.0 -6.6

Q2 2001

-19.0 41.0 17.1

Q3 2001

12.8 -6.3 -10.6

Q4 2001

37.5 -25.5 -7.0

Q1 2002

-14.0 -31.6 -25.8

Q2 2002

-16.1 58.3 34.5

Q3 2002

-9.1 17.1 2.2

Q4 2002

9.6 5.0 4.9

Q1 2003

-11.8 -13.2 -14.6

Q2 2003

-17.0 41.4 21.1

Q3 2003

-6.7 21.2 6.6

Q4 2003

-8.6 14.9 6.1

Q1 2004

-3.3 -18.0 -23.0

Q2 2004

-23.2 34.9 16.5

Q3 2004

-14.9 39.8 12.9

Q4 2004

3.0 6.0 -0.9

Q1 2005

-17.3 -7.8 -14.9

Q2 2005

-1.0 37.5 24.2

Q3 2005

-3.3 -8.7 -10.7

Q4 2005

13.4 -9.2 -4.8

Q1 2006

-23.2 2.8 -3.8

Q2 2006

-18.2 48.9 17.9

Q3 2006

-10.4 23.3 5.4

Q4 2006

-0.1 4.7 -1.0

Q1 2007

-14.4 -12.9 -19.4

Q2 2007

-3.1 39.7 27.1

Q3 2007

10.0 -11.1 -8.2

Q4 2007

18.6 -31.0 -21.2

Q1 2008

1.4 -23.0 -15.7

Q2 2008

-20.0 42.7 28.8

Q3 2008

27.2 -8.8 -8.0

Q4 2008

3.9 -42.2 -33.7

Q1 2009

-24.3 -2.9 -13.7

Q2 2009

1.4 50.8 31.8

Q3 2009

23.4 -17.6 -7.6

Q4 2009

-1.2 -13.5 -4.6

Q1 2010

5.3 -18.7 -17.1

Q2 2010

-18.3 45.3 34.9

Q3 2010

12.9 -3.3 -7.2

Q4 2010

10.4 -19.4 -10.0

Q1 2011

-6.7 -19.9 -18.7

Q2 2011

-18.9 49.9 30.6

Q3 2011

-0.4 -1.3 -11.4

Q4 2011

-1.8 -0.4 -1.6

Q1 2012

-14.5 -0.7 -8.9

Q2 2012

-41.0 85.5 32.8

Q3 2012

24.7 17.1 -0.3

Q4 2012

8.4 -15.3 -1.6

Q1 2013

35.3 -39.3 -26.3

Q2 2013

-45.6 56.1 35.0

Q3 2013

8.9 28.7 -2.2

Q4 2013

7.2 -18.9 -12.4

Q1 2014

-4.3 -11.6 -10.5

Q2 2014

-20.6 31.7 15.0

Q3 2014

-13.1 22.0 1.3

Q4 2014

5.4 18.7 13.6

Q1 2015

14.9 -26.0 -18.5

Q2 2015

-7.3 33.2 37.5

Q3 2015

18.7 -21.3 -17.3

Q4 2015

-4.8 -10.4 -4.8

Q1 2016

-21.4 10.2 -4.5

Q2 2016

-19.5 65.9 31.8

Q3 2016

3.6 -5.6 -13.9

Q4 2016

-1.1 -2.1 -0.9

Q1 2017

-4.0 -15.0 -17.2

Q2 2017

-4.3 35.6 30.0

Q3 2017

-12.4 0.4 -8.0

Q4 2017

-19.5 36.2 14.4

Q1 2018

3.1 -4.1 -12.8

Q2 2018

-23.7 35.7 20.6

Q3 2018

-11.0 21.8 0.2

Q4 2018

2.1 8.8 3.7

Q1 2019

18.4 -35.3 -28.7

Q2 2019

-18.8 12.7 10.6

Q3 2019

-20.0 46.8 18.4

Q4 2019

-0.5 17.2 4.4

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

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.