Microenterprise Growth and the Flypaper Effect, Randomized Experiment 2008-2010
Ghana, 2008 - 2010
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If respondent spent an extra GHc 150 on business, what would it be spent on? (balance_15a)
Data file: GhanaBaselineSingle_la
Overview
Valid:
592
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Start:
3587
End:
3630
Width:
44
Range:
-
Format:
character
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Literal question
If you spent an extra GHc 150 on your business, what would you spend it on? (balance_15a)
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| 100 | 23 |
3.9%
|
|
| 120 | 5 |
0.8%
|
|
| 140 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| 150 | 112 |
18.9%
|
|
| 1500 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| 20 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| 50 | 9 |
1.5%
|
|
| 50% WILL GO INTO MY BUSINESS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| 60 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| 70 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| 75 | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| 80 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| 90 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| A BAG OF FLOUR | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| A BAG OF MAIZE | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| A BAG OFRICE | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| ALCHOHOLIC DRINKS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| BEANS, RICE AND YAM | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| BICYCLE PARTS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| BUILDING | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| BUY A KIOSK | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| BUY FOODSTUFF & STOCK THEM | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| BUY FURNITURE TO MAKE A CHAIR | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| BUY MATERIALS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| BUY MORE RAWMATERIAL | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Businass | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Business | 3 |
0.5%
|
|
| Bussiness | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Buy more goods | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Buy more items for the store | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| CALCULATORS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| COMPUTER PARTS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| CORDLESS MIC | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| CORN, OIL,SUGAR AND SALT | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| COSMETICS | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| CREAM AND WIGG | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| DRINKS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| EGGS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| ELECTRICAL PART | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| ELECTRONICS PARTS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| FRESH EGGS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| FRESH PLANTAINS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| I WILL BUY FABRICS AND SHOES | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| I WILL BUY WIGGS AND SELL | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| I WILL SELL ANOTHER THING | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| I WLL BUY WIGGS AND SELL TO CUSTOMERS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| I will add it to my capitel | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| I will add to my capitel | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| I will use it to buy more eggs and milo etc. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| IN MY WATER BUSINESS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| In buying more Oil | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| In buying more items | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| In buying more of same Item | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| LOUVRE BLADES AND NETS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| MACHINE | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| MAIZE | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| MATERIALS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| MATERIALS AND THREAD | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| MEN CLOTHINGS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| MILLET | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| MOBILE PHONE CREDIT | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| NOTHING | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| ON THE BUSINESS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| On the Business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| On Materials | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| On the Busiiness | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| On the Business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| On the business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| On the same business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| On the work | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| PALM OIL ,NET AND TRAY | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| PERMING CREAM | 3 |
0.5%
|
|
| PERMING CREAM AND WIGGS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| PROVISION | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| PUT INTO THE BUSINESS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| RAWMATERIAL | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| RAWMATERIALS | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| RICE AND BEANS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| RICE AND SARDINES | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| SAVE AT BANK | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| SEWING MATERIALS | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| SHED | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Speng it on the business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| TO BUY MORE PRODUCTS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| TOOLS | 4 |
0.7%
|
|
| To buy new machines | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| USED CLOTHS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| VIDEO CDS | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| WIGG | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| WOOD | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| Work | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| a bag of rice and oil | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| a box of fisha | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| add it in my business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| add it to buy materials | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| add it to buy more things | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| add it to buy thing in my busine | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| add it to my business | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| add more thing in my business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| add to another business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| add to buy more provisions | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| add to capital | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| add to my business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| add to my capital | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| bags of rice | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| building | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| business | 18 |
3%
|
|
| businesw | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| businss | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy bread for sale | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy fish | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy garments | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy goods | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| buy ingredents for food | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy ingredients for shito | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy inserticides | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy knitting machine | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy machine | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy machines | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy materials | 3 |
0.5%
|
|
| buy materials/cloths to sow | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more bags of charcoal | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more bea ns and gari | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more bread | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more cements | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more fish | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more food items for sale | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more fruits | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more good | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more goods | 3 |
0.5%
|
|
| buy more hair creams | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more hair product and wig | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more materials | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more plantian | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more potatoes and yams | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more product | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| buy more product for sale | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more products | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| buy more provisions | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| buy more rice and beans for the waakye | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more shirts for sale | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more thread and wig | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more tools | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more tools and equipment | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more tools for big contracts | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more tools for work | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy more wood to work | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy oranges | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy phone cards | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy product for the business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy raw material | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy raw materials | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| buy rice | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buy wood | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buying creams for my salon | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buying inputs | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buying more goods | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| buymore goods | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| capital | 3 |
0.5%
|
|
| capital for the business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| car stickers | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| cards | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| cassava | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| change the business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| clothing | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| construct a kiosk | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| constructing kiosk | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| container | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| corn | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| cream | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| cream, shampoo and wigs | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| creams | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| credit cards | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| dressmaking | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| drier | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| drink | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| equipment | 3 |
0.5%
|
|
| excess goods for supply | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| expand the sales | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| fabrics | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| filler | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| fish | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| floor | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| foodstuff and meat | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| for another business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| getting a fix location | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| goods | 10 |
1.7%
|
|
| goods for the business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| hair creams/wig | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| hair products | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| hand sewing machine | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| help in | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| house keeping money | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| housing | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i use for furniture | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i will buy bags of corn | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i will buy more of the same stock | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i will span on my business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i will spent it in my business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| i will spent on my business | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| i will use it to start new job | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| increase the goods | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| invest into the business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| items for sale | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| items for the trade | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| kiosk | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| kiosk/shed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| l plait hair & dont need any tool | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| l will do a d/n business with it | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| ladies shoes | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| land | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| linning for the cloths i sew | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| lotions | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| machine | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| machines | 3 |
0.5%
|
|
| maerials for sale | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| maintenance | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| maize | 4 |
0.7%
|
|
| materals | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| materials | 15 |
2.5%
|
|
| materials ,thread | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| materials for sale | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| materials,tools | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| metal gate Building5 | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| minerals | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| more bags of charcoal | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| more drinks for sale | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| more fish | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| more goods | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| more product to use | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| more wood for work | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| new container | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| new machines | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| new products | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| none | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| on the work | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| parts | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| patch | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| pay my debts | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| pepper {shito} | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| perchase more things | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| plywood | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| prepare food for sale | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| product | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| product for sale | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| products for sale | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| products for the business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| purchase in bulk | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| purchase items | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| purchase more caws | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| purchase more fish | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| purchase more goods | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| purchase more items into the business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| purchase more meat | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| purchase more products | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| purchase of sowing assesories | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| purchase raw materials | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| purchase television | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| put in the business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| raw material | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| raw materials | 11 |
1.9%
|
|
| rawmateial | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| rawmaterial | 11 |
1.9%
|
|
| rawmaterials | 3 |
0.5%
|
|
| re-roof shed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| rent a kiosk | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| rice | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| rice oil | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| roller | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| sachet water | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| same provisions | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| sand . cement. | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| shed | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| shed or kiosk | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| shop | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| sign board | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| soap | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| soaps and sugar | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| soft drink | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| sowing items | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| spair parts | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| spare parts | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| spent all in my business | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| spent in another business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| spent it in my business | 4 |
0.7%
|
|
| spent it in the business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| spent it on my business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| spent on another business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| spent on the business | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| sprayer machine | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| stock her kiosk | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| stock of product | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| storage | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| sugar maqerin oilf | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| the same business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| they wait for people to come & sow | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| to buy more cloth | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| to buy more drinks | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| to buy more friuts | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| to buy more goods | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| to buy more goods to improve my business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| to buy spare parts | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| to buymore foodstuff | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| to expand my business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| to expand trade | 3 |
0.5%
|
|
| to improve my capitel | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| to my capitel | 2 |
0.3%
|
|
| to purchase bathroom slippers | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| to purchase goods | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| to purchase machine | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| to purchase materials | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| to purchase more goods | 3 |
0.5%
|
|
| to purchase more phone | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| too small for my business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| tools | 7 |
1.2%
|
|
| use it for another business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| use it to buy lining,zips and tread | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| use it to buy materials | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| use it to buy more materials | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| use to buy materials | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| will buy tools | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| will spent all in business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| will spent all in my business | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| will use all to buy provisions | 1 |
0.2%
|
|
| yams,plantain | 1 |
0.2%
|
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.