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Enterprise Survey 2010-2016, Panel Data

Dominican Republic, 2011 - 2017
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DOM_2010-2016_ES-P_v01_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/t3qm-qr93
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Sep 11, 2017
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  • DominicanRepublic_2010_2016

What % Of Senior Management Time Was Spent In Dealing With Govt Regulations? (j2)

Data file: DominicanRepublic_2010_2016

Overview

Valid: 719
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 807
End: 809
Width: 3
Range: -9 - 100
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
In a typical week over the last year, what percentage of total senior management's time was spent on dealing with requirements imposed by government regulations? [By senior management I mean managers, directors, and officers above direct supervisors of production or sales workers. Some examples of government regulations are taxes, customs, labor regulations, licensing and registration, including dealings with officials and completing forms]
Categories
Value Category Cases
-9 Don't know (spontaneous) 57
7.9%
-8 4
0.6%
0 No time was spent 81
11.3%
1 58
8.1%
2 49
6.8%
3 45
6.3%
4 21
2.9%
5 87
12.1%
6 8
1.1%
7 12
1.7%
8 15
2.1%
10 106
14.7%
11 2
0.3%
12 3
0.4%
13 1
0.1%
15 44
6.1%
16 1
0.1%
17 1
0.1%
20 51
7.1%
24 1
0.1%
25 15
2.1%
30 27
3.8%
35 6
0.8%
37 2
0.3%
40 8
1.1%
50 7
1%
60 1
0.1%
70 1
0.1%
80 2
0.3%
90 1
0.1%
95 1
0.1%
100 1
0.1%
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.
Interviewer instructions
Percent of total senior management's time. The question asks senior managers to estimate what percentage of their time they spend dealing with government regulations, inspections, negotiations and other bureaucratic burden in a TYPICAL week. It should not include time spent negotiating procurement contracts with the government - only time dealing with red tape and bureaucracy.
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