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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Created on
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. What is the main reason why you stopped operating your bussiness? (F4_s1q3)
Data file: Fourth_followup_Malawi_clean_September_2018_F4
Overview
Valid:
594
Invalid:
2092
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
133
End:
135
Width:
3
Range:
-99 - 96
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -99 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| -6 | Missing | 1 |
0.2%
|
| 1 | Business was shut due to regulation issues | 26 |
4.4%
|
| 2 | Found a job | 36 |
6.1%
|
| 3 | Business closed: Inadequate funds for operations/transport/inputs/workers | 169 |
28.5%
|
| 4 | Business closed: Not enough customers | 62 |
10.4%
|
| 5 | Business closed: Too much competition | 29 |
4.9%
|
| 6 | Business closed: Did not have right technical skills | 3 |
0.5%
|
| 7 | Business closed: Could not manage finances properly | 48 |
8.1%
|
| 8 | Started another business with better prospects | 33 |
5.6%
|
| 9 | Sold the business | 2 |
0.3%
|
| 10 | Business closed: I had to close the business to stay at home and take care of children/elder | 18 |
3%
|
| 11 | I went back to my home village | 22 |
3.7%
|
| 12 | A family member took over the business from me | 8 |
1.3%
|
| 13 | Business closed: owner was ill | 41 |
6.9%
|
| 14 | There was a fire (or other disaster destroying premises) | 29 |
4.9%
|
| 16 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| 96 | Other, specify | 66 |
11.1%
|
| Sysmiss | 2092 |
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.