Business Registration in Malawi Experimental Data and Replication Files 2011-2015
Malawi, 2011 - 2015
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Reference ID
MWI_2011_BRIEL_v01_M
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David McKenzie
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Sep 27, 2018
Last modified
May 05, 2021
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- Data files
- Training_ALL_anonymized
- Baseline_Malawi_clean_September_2018_BS
- First_followup_Malawi_clean_September_2018_F
- Fourth_followup_Malawi_clean_September_2018_F4
-
reasons for
people that did
not take
BRC_edited - Second_followup_Malawi_clean_September_2018_F2
- strata_llw_&_bt
- survey_completion
- Third_followup_Malawi_clean_September_2018_F3
- BRIE_finalpanel_Allfollowups_SEP2018
3. Why did you stop operating the your business? (F_s1q3)
Data file: First_followup_Malawi_clean_September_2018_F
Overview
Valid:
2830
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
560
End:
561
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 98
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Missing | 2480 |
87.6%
|
| 1 | Business was shut due to regulation issues | 9 |
0.3%
|
| 2 | Found a job | 21 |
0.7%
|
| 3 | Business closed: Inadequate funds for operations/transport/inputs/workers | 97 |
3.4%
|
| 4 | Business closed: Not enough customers | 44 |
1.6%
|
| 5 | Business closed: Too much competition | 17 |
0.6%
|
| 6 | Business closed: Did not have right technical skills | 0 |
0%
|
| 7 | Business closed: Could not manage finances properly | 29 |
1%
|
| 8 | Started another business with better prospects | 17 |
0.6%
|
| 9 | Sold the business | 2 |
0.1%
|
| 10 | Business closed: I had to close the business to stay at home and take care of children/elder | 28 |
1%
|
| 11 | I went back to my home village | 16 |
0.6%
|
| 12 | A family member took over the business from me | 6 |
0.2%
|
| 13 | Business closed: owner was ill | 17 |
0.6%
|
| 96 | Other | 46 |
1.6%
|
| 98 | Notappl | 1 |
0%
|
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.