Microenterprise Growth and the Flypaper Effect, Randomized Experiment 2008-2010
Ghana, 2008 - 2010
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Reference ID
GHA_2008_MGFERE_v01_M
Producer(s)
David McKenzie, Marcel Fafchamps, Simon Quinn, Christopher Woodruff
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Apr 23, 2015
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Data file: GhanaRound2Single_la
Overview
Valid:
93
Type:
Discrete
Start:
3315
End:
3476
Width:
162
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Business now owned by someone else) | 1 |
1.1%
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| 3 separate attempts made. | 1 |
1.1%
|
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| Been there 3 times - can not contact. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Business has been closed down. She has moved to a different location and is not working as of now. Her friends say that she has been visiting them once in awhile. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Business has been closed down. She has travelled to her hometown. It is not likely that she will be back now. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Business has collapsed. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Business is closed down. | 5 |
5.4%
|
|
| Business is now operated by someone else. | 2 |
2.2%
|
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| Business operated by someone else now | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| CK edits: Has travelled to Takoradi and has also stopped operating the business. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| CK edits: Interview tried 3x, talked with neighbour who doesn't know about status of the business. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| CK edits: Not s/e anymore | 2 |
2.2%
|
|
| CK edits: She is no longer staying in the EA. They don't know whether she is still operating the business. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| CK edits: attrition (moved with husband to Sunyani on government transfer) | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| CK edits: has moved to Eastern region, per prompt sheet | 1 |
1.1%
|
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| CK edits: interviewer could not locate. | 1 |
1.1%
|
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| CK edits: not s/e anymore | 8 |
8.6%
|
|
| CK edits: not s/e anymore. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| CK edits: refusal. Interviewer went on 3/1. Respondent refused. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| CK edits: refused re-interview | 2 |
2.2%
|
|
| Could not be contacted. Wrong number and unavailability of the respondent. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Could not be found and the when called the phone number, the person responding says that there is no one by this name. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Could not be interviewed due to poor health (refusal) | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Could not be located | 3 |
3.2%
|
|
| Could not meet respondent (3 attempts) | 9 |
9.7%
|
|
| Didn't want to a part of the interview during the first round. Not interested. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Gone to see (fishing) and still not back for over 2 months. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Have made 3 different attempts to locate the respondent, to no avail. Has travelled to work somewhere else. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| He has been very sick for over a month and can't grant the interview. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| He is deceased (died on 14/01/09). | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Is no longer living in the EA - can not contact. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Is no longer living in the neighborhood - have been there 3 times. | 1 |
1.1%
|
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| Met spouse fo the respondent who said that respondent has travelled. | 1 |
1.1%
|
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| Refusal | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Respondent not available to meet | 1 |
1.1%
|
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| She has moved to Kutunanse, near Suhum. The business is closed down because of lack of capital and other competitors. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| She has travelled since last November after the interview | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| She has travelled to bring in more gari and will spend about a week. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| She is bereaved - has gone to her home town in the north to bury her monther and will spend more than a month. She will continue her business when she comes back. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| She is no longer and working and has also moved from where she was living. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| The last time I spoke with her, she asked to come on a Sunday. Then, when I called again, she said that she didn't have the time. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| The respondent now lives in a different EA - has moved from the area. | 2 |
2.2%
|
|
| Travelled and those asked about has no idea about the business. But the person is still operating in the same business, in same location. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| Travelled. | 2 |
2.2%
|
|
| Visited three times and she was not home during these visits. | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| ask Simon to delete 2nd entry - was able to reach person after 3 tries | 2 |
2.2%
|
|
| ask Simon to delete entry with attrition - Isaac was able to find him after 3 times | 6 |
6.5%
|
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| duplicate - went back on 3/1 to redo | 2 |
2.2%
|
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| never owned a business - there was a mistake earlier | 2 |
2.2%
|
|
| not able to meet respondent (3 attempts) | 1 |
1.1%
|
|
| re-intervewed | 4 |
4.3%
|
|
| re-interviewed | 2 |
2.2%
|
|
| re-interviewed because of error | 2 |
2.2%
|
|
| refusal | 1 |
1.1%
|
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.