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IPS320 Wissanee P. et al.
Table 1. Criteria for identifying Dependent Contractors among the self-identified
self-employed

Number

Self-identified self- 19,667,952
employed

Self-employed 11,890,336
without employees
(own- account)

Self-employed – 11,794,167
without employees
in an
unincorporated
enterprise
2
Self-employed – Total, 2,012,115
without employees
in an And who get supplies 299,272 14 %
unincorporated or instructions from
enterprise and who another
do not control the company/agent/contr
price actor (# and per cent
of the category)

And who get their own 1,708,386 85 %
supplies (no instructions)
(# and per cent of the
category)

This analysis has indicated that in Thailand, as in other countries where
dependent contractor testing has been conducted, the pattern of dependency
and indicators of dependency are different in Non-agricultural activities as
compared to Agricultural activities (20 ICLS Room document 10). The
th
situation of agricultural producers and conditions of agricultural product
markets, particularly regarding pricing, differ from those for non-Agricultural
activities.
One third of the workforce in Thailand works in agriculture. More than half
(53 per cent) of the self-employed without employees in unincorporated

2 Among the self-identified self-employed in unincorporated enterprises, 10 percent get
supplies from others (1,129,894)
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