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Enterprise Survey 2006-2010-2016, Panel Data

El Salvador, 2006 - 2016
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Reference ID
SLV_2006-2016_ES-P_v01_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/j0f7-mn33
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Enterprise Surveys
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  • ElSalvador_2006_2010_2016

Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation Of This Establishment (m1a)

Data file: ElSalvador_2006_2010_2016

Overview

Valid: 1772
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2303
End: 2304
Width: 2
Range: -9 - 16
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) 9
0.5%
-7 Does not apply 7
0.4%
1 Access to finance 184
10.4%
2 Access to land 15
0.8%
3 Business licensing and permits 50
2.8%
4 Corruption 99
5.6%
5 Courts 159
9%
6 Crime, theft and disorder 286
16.1%
7 Customs and trade regulations 91
5.1%
8 Electricity 33
1.9%
9 Inadequately educated workforce 90
5.1%
10 Labor regulations 13
0.7%
11 Political instability 207
11.7%
12 Practices of competitors in the informal sector 249
14.1%
13 Tax administration 149
8.4%
14 Tax rates 70
4%
15 Transport 45
2.5%
16 16
0.9%
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
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