Farmers unhappiest of all self-employed

Although self employment may be good for productivity, farmers score badly on every measure of health and quality of life, a Finnish study has revealed. Researchers assessed factors affecting productivity, as well as perceived health and quality of life among a random sample of 5,000 adults aged between 30 and 64 years. Of those working full-time, almost 10 per cent were self-employed entrepreneurs of whom 3.5 per cent were farmers. {openx:269} The farmers and entrepreneurs tended to be older than the salaried workers were, and all the self-employed who were sole traders tended to have lower levels of educational attainment…