Enterprise Survey 2016
El Salvador, 2016
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Reference ID
SLV_2016_ES_v01_M
Producer(s)
World Bank
Collection(s)
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Apr 19, 2017
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- elsalvador_2016_full_data
Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation Of This Establishment (m1a)
Data file: elsalvador_2016_full_data
Overview
Valid:
719
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1861
End:
1862
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 15
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
SHOW CARD
Literal question
By looking at card [insert card number] can you tell me which of the elements of the business environment included in the list, if any, currently represents the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know (spontaneous) | 5 |
0.7%
|
| -7 | Does not apply | 7 |
1%
|
| 1 | Access to finance | 51 |
7.1%
|
| 2 | Access to land | 4 |
0.6%
|
| 3 | Business licensing and permits | 25 |
3.5%
|
| 4 | Corruption | 30 |
4.2%
|
| 5 | Courts | 3 |
0.4%
|
| 6 | Crime, theft and disorder | 199 |
27.7%
|
| 7 | Customs and trade regulations | 27 |
3.8%
|
| 8 | Electricity | 15 |
2.1%
|
| 9 | Inadequately educated workforce | 37 |
5.1%
|
| 10 | Labor regulations | 8 |
1.1%
|
| 11 | Political instability | 105 |
14.6%
|
| 12 | Practices of competitors in the informal sector | 124 |
17.2%
|
| 13 | Tax administration | 13 |
1.8%
|
| 14 | Tax rates | 60 |
8.3%
|
| 15 | Transport | 6 |
0.8%
|
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
The manager should be given a card with the different alternatives for "degree of obstacle" (from 0 to 4).
Sensitive question, no clarification can be offered
Sensitive question, no clarification can be offered