I don't have data to back this up, but it's something I am now going to try to research. However I feel that there is a slight trend away from your traditional payroll job into independent small business careers (youtuber, blogger, streamer, freelancer, etc..). I'm curious how that affects these numbers.
If I had to take a guess I'd say almost not at all. For example, Twitch only has 27,000 streamers with the Partner status, and only a fraction of them make a living off of it. There's enough to be a cultural phenomena but not significantly change the workforce.
Freelance writers, independent consultants/contractors/tradespeople, and some professional jobs like those are probably more significant. But I agree those other categories are almost certainly in the noise for actually making a living. (Though it's not clear that any of these non-salaried jobs count here at all.)
I'm pretty sure self-employed people count towards those numbers, unless they're making hobby-level income.
What's your theory, though? I don't follow what exactly you're getting at? Which gender is supposedly better at those endeavors? Are there a ton of men trying to be successful online entrepreneurs and not making any money so they don't get counted in the workforce stats?
