Chart 7. Annualized quarter-to-quarter percent change in hours for the self-employed in the nonfarm business sector, published versus composited, seasonally adjusted, second quarter 2000 to fourth quarter 2019
Date Self-employed, published Self-employed, composited

Q2 2000

 2.2 0.2

Q3 2000

 -9.3 -10.0

Q4 2000

 -10.2 -10.3

Q1 2001

 11.1 7.0

Q2 2001

 -0.9 2.2

Q3 2001

 -14.0 -13.5

Q4 2001

 -1.4 0.3

Q1 2002

 -13.3 -8.1

Q2 2002

 9.5 2.2

Q3 2002

 1.4 1.8

Q4 2002

 7.5 5.1

Q1 2003

 4.6 9.0

Q2 2003

 -4.3 -7.9

Q3 2003

 6.6 7.9

Q4 2003

 7.7 4.1

Q1 2004

 -7.0 -0.3

Q2 2004

 -3.0 -4.2

Q3 2004

 11.6 6.2

Q4 2004

 3.0 3.4

Q1 2005

 1.6 3.1

Q2 2005

 -0.5 -3.6

Q3 2005

 -10.0 -2.8

Q4 2005

 -0.8 -3.0

Q1 2006

 13.0 8.8

Q2 2006

 -1.9 -1.4

Q3 2006

 2.3 1.3

Q4 2006

 4.9 2.3

Q1 2007

 -7.0 -7.0

Q2 2007

 2.0 6.1

Q3 2007

 -7.3 -4.6

Q4 2007

 -11.6 -10.4

Q1 2008

 -4.6 -5.2

Q2 2008

 -1.5 -2.4

Q3 2008

 -4.7 -0.3

Q4 2008

 -25.8 -23.3

Q1 2009

 -0.9 -7.4

Q2 2009

 -0.5 -2.4

Q3 2009

 -0.8 -5.9

Q4 2009

 0.2 -0.4

Q1 2010

 -4.1 1.1

Q2 2010

 0.6 4.0

Q3 2010

 -5.2 -5.7

Q4 2010

 0.0 0.5

Q1 2011

 -2.4 -3.3

Q2 2011

 -4.0 -4.0

Q3 2011

 -5.4 -8.0

Q4 2011

 5.3 4.7

Q1 2012

 6.5 7.7

Q2 2012

 -0.8 -7.4

Q3 2012

 2.6 9.2

Q4 2012

 6.1 8.6

Q1 2013

 -12.6 -10.1

Q2 2013

 1.6 0.6

Q3 2013

 4.1 -2.7

Q4 2013

 -7.2 -9.3

Q1 2014

 6.5 4.5

Q2 2014

 -12.1 -6.0

Q3 2014

 4.7 4.4

Q4 2014

 19.3 15.6

Q1 2015

 -3.6 3.6

Q2 2015

 8.5 2.3

Q3 2015

 -9.9 -1.8

Q4 2015

 -6.1 -8.1

Q1 2016

 9.2 1.8

Q2 2016

 10.0 9.6

Q3 2016

 -10.5 -2.2

Q4 2016

 -3.6 -6.9

Q1 2017

 5.5 3.3

Q2 2017

 6.3 3.7

Q3 2017

 -9.6 -6.8

Q4 2017

 13.9 9.8

Q1 2018

 6.8 7.7

Q2 2018

 -2.5 -1.4

Q3 2018

 -0.1 0.3

Q4 2018

 6.7 7.9

Q1 2019

 -10.8 -6.2

Q2 2019

 -12.5 -10.3

Q3 2019

 19.0 8.5

Q4 2019

 2.9 4.7

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

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.