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. Why did you stop operating the your business? (F2_s1q3)
Data file: Second_followup_Malawi_clean_September_2018_F2
Overview
Valid:
574
Invalid:
2146
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
94
End:
96
Width:
3
Range:
-99 - 98
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -99 | Refused | 0 |
0%
|
| -9 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Business was shut due to regulation issues | 13 |
2.3%
|
| 2 | Found a job | 47 |
8.2%
|
| 3 | Business closed: Inadequate funds for operations/transport/inputs/workers | 147 |
25.6%
|
| 4 | Business closed: Not enough customers | 62 |
10.8%
|
| 5 | Business closed: Too much competition | 28 |
4.9%
|
| 6 | Business closed: Did not have right technical skills | 3 |
0.5%
|
| 7 | Business closed: Could not manage finances properly | 55 |
9.6%
|
| 8 | Started another business with better prospects | 38 |
6.6%
|
| 9 | Sold the business | 5 |
0.9%
|
| 10 | Business closed: I had to close the business to stay at home and take care of children/elder | 21 |
3.7%
|
| 11 | I went back to my home village | 23 |
4%
|
| 12 | A family member took over the business from me | 10 |
1.7%
|
| 13 | Business closed: owner was ill | 36 |
6.3%
|
| 96 | Other | 86 |
15%
|
| 98 | Notappl | 0 |
0%
|
| Sysmiss | 2146 |
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.