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Enterprise Survey 2013

Ghana, 2012 - 2014
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Reference ID
GHA_2013_ES_v01_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/vmj4-zq89
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Enterprise Surveys
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Oct 30, 2014
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Apr 28, 2015
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  • ghana_2013_full_data

Percent Of Total Annual Sales Paid In Informal Payments (j7a)

Data file: ghana_2013_full_data

Overview

Valid: 692
Invalid: 28
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1515
End: 1517
Width: 3
Range: -9 - 100
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
It is said that establishments are sometimes required to make gifts or informal payments to public officials to "get things done" with regard to customs, taxes, licenses, regulations, services etc. On average, what percent of total annual sales, or estimated total annual value, do establishments like this one pay in informal payments or gifts to public officials for this purpose?
Percent of total annual sales paid as informal payment
Categories
Value Category Cases
-9 DK 217
31.4%
-8 Refusal 35
5.1%
0 No payments or gifts are paid 360
52%
1 13
1.9%
2 5
0.7%
3 1
0.1%
4 1
0.1%
5 8
1.2%
9 1
0.1%
10 36
5.2%
12 1
0.1%
15 3
0.4%
20 1
0.1%
25 1
0.1%
30 2
0.3%
40 2
0.3%
70 1
0.1%
100 4
0.6%
Sysmiss 28
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
PROVIDE EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER, NOT BOTH

1) Size of informal payments/gifts Informal payments are payments made to government officials that are unaudited or unreported. They are generally given to an official with the expectation that a service will be performed (such as granting a business license), a violation overlooked (such as violation of health regulation), or because the official threatens the business.

Notice the wording (phrasing) of the question: it asks for the respondent to answer for establishments “like this one” rather than the establishment being interviewed.

2) Sensitive question, no clarification can be offered
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