Microenterprise Growth and the Flypaper Effect, Randomized Experiment 2008-2010
Ghana, 2008 - 2010
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GHA_2008_MGFERE_v01_M
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David McKenzie, Marcel Fafchamps, Simon Quinn, Christopher Woodruff
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| Value | Category | Cases | |
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| About the Gh¢100 optional Gift, the respondent agreed on ¢80.00. Please note that the Figures couldn't appear. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Business cash has changed because he used part on a new business he's working on. Didn't get much contract in May, June and July therefore change in sales as given. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Business has been closed down temprany | 1 |
0.3%
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| CK note: Large-scale cashew exporter | 1 |
0.3%
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| Calculated the sale price in bulk holding cash cos she is now going to buy some ingredients. Children buy their own clothes, husband pays school fees she do not know how much the fees are. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Can't reach her. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Ceased operating shop. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Change from Cassava to pepper due to personal changes. The net work if the respondent does not know the other interviewers their should to at skip. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Charcoal -- 10 (6) 1 week, Cassava and plantain | 1 |
0.3%
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| Co-operative | 3 |
1%
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| Cooperative | 18 |
6.3%
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| Cooperative. Now lived at Mawhyia on Dodowa road. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Coperative | 2 |
0.7%
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| Cordial | 1 |
0.3%
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| Cost of clothing includes footwear it is high cos her children are gone to school. Using the gift as revolving fund in her business. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Did not get any work to do in June. Worked for only a week in July. Two bedroom, are using room, Toilet/bath and a kitchen. Charged all together for wining these rooms. Do not keep or buy inventories, customers buy it and he used it to work. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Did not work in July co's she was ill. The figures for purchases are for the month of June. Some one is working on her behalf to help keep the customers. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Didn't work in July and June there was no purchasing of materials and profit. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Didn't work in June 09. and May 09. due to relocation problem. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Didn't work on July because of the festival. Expenses given was for August which I later prompted her. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Didn't work on June | 1 |
0.3%
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| Enjoyed interview | 1 |
0.3%
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| First interview not successful, second interview was done satisfactory. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Formerly he buys a cow between GH¢ 750 and GH¢ 800 but now a cow costs between GH¢ 1050 and GH¢ 1200 Because of the increase in the price he slaughters only one or two a day instead of four which he used to. For the past are month he either b | 1 |
0.3%
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| Gift of ¢150 used all the ¢ 150 and added ¢ 300.00 to buy jewelery. As at now stock left is ¢ 50.00. Won material goods - ¢ 150 in the form jewelery added material 300 and stock of jewelery - 50.00 | 1 |
0.3%
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| Good | 11 |
3.8%
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| Good Response | 11 |
3.8%
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| Good Response. | 15 |
5.2%
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| Good interview | 32 |
11.1%
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| Good interview. | 4 |
1.4%
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| Good interview. He has received cash. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Good interview. He says he need money for his business. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Good interview. He was demanding for money. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Good interview. Was not able to work in June. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Good interview. But he was demanding for money. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Good response | 27 |
9.4%
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| Has not worked for 3 mnths because of changes in business. He was thinking we lied as to bringing the gifts. Very Good interview. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Has stopped selling fried yams and beans because of spoilage due to rainfall. Respondent now sells banku. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Hasn't worked for some months now, but business is not closed down. | 1 |
0.3%
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| He didn't work in may because his father dead and he was also sick for about four weeks. The interview was successeful. | 1 |
0.3%
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| He earned 50 GH¢ from Golden Tulip Hotel for working for them. | 1 |
0.3%
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| He has moved from his place of residence to another location. He now lives at banana inn. | 1 |
0.3%
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| He has stopped working from his old place. He has now opened a new shop in his house. Did not work in July and June. 2009 | 1 |
0.3%
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| He has travelled to the north. Business still operates. | 1 |
0.3%
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| He is gone on trek. He has sent some of his cloths to sell at Asamankese markets. | 1 |
0.3%
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| He renders services to his customers. Normally the customers buys all the raw materials and he charges for the services he will render. In July he charged GH¢ 900 for making Pop ceiling in a house with different sizes of rooms. That is sp is | 1 |
0.3%
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| He travelled last week, therefore the hours worked is for a normal week that he works. Hours worked for last week is Zero. (0). He renders services that is the charge for a service depends on the kind of services rendered and the items he buy | 1 |
0.3%
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| He was demanding for money in my next interview. I had successful interview. | 1 |
0.3%
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| He was demanding for money in the next interview other than that he will not alo. | 1 |
0.3%
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| He's travelled to the North. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Her most important product is fufu. A day she sells GH›¢ 40 of fufu. That was the sale price for a unit. It cost her Gh¢ 25 | 1 |
0.3%
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| Her sales and profit are low because she is ill. She also do not have any stock of goods. | 1 |
0.3%
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| I calculated the sale price in bulk. For instance he bys a bale of 't' shirts for GH¢200 and sells all for GH¢2300. There is not fix price for one 'T' shirt. It costs between GH¢2 and GH¢ depending on the size and quality. The previous profi | 1 |
0.3%
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| I calculated the sp based on bulk purchases. | 1 |
0.3%
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| I had a good interviewed | 1 |
0.3%
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| I had good interview just that she was demanding for money. | 1 |
0.3%
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| I had good interview. | 1 |
0.3%
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| I had good interviewed. He was demanding some money next interview. | 1 |
0.3%
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| I had good successful interview. But she was demanding for money the next visit. | 1 |
0.3%
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| I had nice interview | 1 |
0.3%
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| I had successeful interview. | 1 |
0.3%
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| I had successesful interview | 1 |
0.3%
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| I had successful interviewed. | 1 |
0.3%
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| I have gone to this woman on four occasions. The first one I meet a co-tenants the second time I went with James we meet the son. The third time I didn't meet any one in the house and the last one a co-tenant. Her phone is most of the time off. | 1 |
0.3%
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| I have good interview. But she was demanding for money. | 1 |
0.3%
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| I met Addo Quaye, he expressed the desire to be out of the survey, because he didn't received any treatment he is no more interested. | 1 |
0.3%
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| I went there more than four time which I didn't see him. So I asked a woman who lives with him about Isaac. And she says that he has went for a funeral in his hometown and be back in two months time | 1 |
0.3%
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| In times of emergency he takes loan from his church | 1 |
0.3%
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| Indicated. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Interview was nice. But she was demanding for money | 1 |
0.3%
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| Inventories in small because she is now going to buy more for the day's work. She buys eggs in large quantities uses some for her business and then sells some of the eggs in the morning. (ie the extra income from another business.) | 1 |
0.3%
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| Looking after children at home. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Looking for work | 2 |
0.7%
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| Mouth depend on whether customers buys in bulk and in large quantities | 1 |
0.3%
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| NB Did not work in July due to illness. Called customers to inform them and started working 6th August 2009 | 1 |
0.3%
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| NB Previous - she buys an credit and pays back after selling. NB Pineapple has gone down (Scarce) so she is now selling previous in order not to stay iddle. She will sell the pineapple again. | 1 |
0.3%
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| NB- After interviewing respondent gave purchase of raw materials for resale ¢500 sales profit - ¢ 350. Change on interview had a contract in july therefore purchase of ramaterials was ¢500 instead of what's on rocket survey. Profit ¢ 350 | 1 |
0.3%
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| No transport cost because products are normally brought by the producers. Cost price is ¢0.03 and Sale price is ¢ 0.05 | 1 |
0.3%
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| No transport cost because suppliers hirings goods home. Sales went up because supplied to some funeral homes. Sale price is GH¢ 0.05 and cost price is GH¢ 0.03 | 1 |
0.3%
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| Normally she works for abt 90hours a wk her daughter helps her and she also works for about 50hrs a week. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Note: Pls effort should be made to delete the previous fone-Nos. Replaced with the current ones, on the subsequent Prompt-sheets, since this will enhance a direct contact to the respondent. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Nursing mother. | 1 |
0.3%
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| On admission in Kumasi (hospital) | 1 |
0.3%
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| Out of business, went to travel. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Please, people selling around where Janet is could not help me to trace her. And the no. is also not going through. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Profit is up drastically because respondent now sells fresh fish in addition to the phone cards. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Purchase raw material | 1 |
0.3%
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| Respondent has Quit to a new place. Details of the current GPs and E.A. are given in the Hand-held, and on the prompt sheet below Lat: 43.980 and Long: 0.230w | 1 |
0.3%
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| Respondent has won the Gift, but corresponding questions did not appear in the Handheld. I however, engaged him on those questions and entered them in the Handheld. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Respondent received equiment but was not indicated on the prompt sheet. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Respondent said since the last visit the product has been so scarce that she is out of business. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Respondent works as employee of a firm sales is the amount he received as wage. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Sale per unit is GH¢ 3.00 | 1 |
0.3%
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| Sale price GH¢ 0.40 and cost price GH¢ 0.04 | 1 |
0.3%
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| Sale price GH¢ 2.1 | 1 |
0.3%
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| Sale price for main product was calculated diff. from last round interview this time 3 yards was used instead of one change in sales because she didn't purchase the other products /items in addition to the tye and dye. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Sale price per unit: ¢ 2.50 | 1 |
0.3%
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| Sales in very low these days. Changes in profit is as a result of changes in sales. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Sales price GH¢ 2.00 | 1 |
0.3%
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| Satisfactory | 16 |
5.6%
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| Satisfactory. | 3 |
1%
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| She did not work last wk & this wk. She will start working from next wk. This break is done to a special church programme. Sometimes her siblings support her in taking care of her children. | 1 |
0.3%
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| She got married in july so she couldn't work for some days in july-she started this week. | 1 |
0.3%
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| She has been sick since may and she will stat work next week. | 1 |
0.3%
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| She has delivered and has gone to leave at Akim Oda. She will be back in September. But her sister in taking care of her business so she will not lose her capital and customers. | 1 |
0.3%
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| She has move from Dansoman to Afienya. | 1 |
0.3%
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| She has moved from her place to a new place. So since may she has not work. She will start next month. | 1 |
0.3%
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| She has moved to a different location. Couldn't get in touch with her. | 1 |
0.3%
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| She mentioned other things that she purchases daily, therefore add GH¢990 to the total purchase, for the month. Formerly she collects fried fish and sells it with the kenkey. Gets no profit on the fried fish now she fries her own fish. Her g | 1 |
0.3%
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| She sells any food stuff that is in season or in abundance. This determines her total sales as well as total profit | 1 |
0.3%
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| She sells mosquitoe coils and plastic cups for the past 3 months the cups sells more than the coil, so it is now her most important product. | 1 |
0.3%
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| She stopped selling the kenkey because of inadequate capital and also because she do not have enough strength now to do that kind of job. She already works a few hours in the morning as a wage earner but the income is very low. She has starte | 1 |
0.3%
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| She used a friend's number and she has relocated from where she used to stay but occationally comes to the place. | 1 |
0.3%
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| She was demanding for money And I has good interviewed | 1 |
0.3%
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| She was demanding for money. But I had successful interview. | 1 |
0.3%
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| She work in the evening, so I went to interview her in the evening. But the picture quality was not good | 1 |
0.3%
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| Since may 2009 moved to stay with the mother | 1 |
0.3%
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| Successeful interview she say's she need money for her business | 1 |
0.3%
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| Successful | 5 |
1.7%
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| Successful interview | 1 |
0.3%
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| The GH¢ 160 Cash is in her savings a/c. She can use it in the business as and when necessary. At the moment she is not making much profits but she has plan to learn other aspects of her dressing in other to attract more customer and be able to | 1 |
0.3%
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| The date on the machine is wrong it was done one Tuesday 11 August. | 2 |
0.7%
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| The date was wrong it is supposed to be Wednesday. | 1 |
0.3%
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| The demand for the ear ring depends on the type of ear ring that is available. Therefore the sale price changes. The other business she sells pampas and separates this money from that of the ear rings. Total sale of ear rings is not stable. | 1 |
0.3%
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| The grant she received is not in her questionnaire. To O/E Manually Brant. How much of inventories sold - 150 Ghc. Purchased new inventories - yes, more year I would have. | 1 |
0.3%
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| The interview was good | 1 |
0.3%
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| The interviewe was successful. | 1 |
0.3%
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| The interviewed was good | 1 |
0.3%
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| The man credit the cards from some one and pay just after the days sales. | 1 |
0.3%
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| The respondent insisted that the husband has warned her not to continue with the interview | 1 |
0.3%
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| The respondent said ¢100 should be given to his household member. (Pls. Note: The figures didn't print in the provided space in the Hand-held). This happened to almost all the other Respondents. | 1 |
0.3%
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| The suppose to be on 12 August. | 1 |
0.3%
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| There is reduction in income because a lot of people are noe doing this type of business. Beside the profit recorded, she takes at least GH¢ 7 from the business every day for household expenditure. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Third round also sells drinks at a bar drinks. | 1 |
0.3%
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| This lady stays with the sister and does not take that in money ot the house hold expenses. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Total sales changes. And it affects purchases. The expendiure on clothing and Textiles also includes footwear. | 1 |
0.3%
|
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| Travel and she will be back next week | 1 |
0.3%
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| Travelled | 1 |
0.3%
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| Travelled outside of country | 1 |
0.3%
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| Travelled to the North. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Unit sale price GH¢6.00 | 1 |
0.3%
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| Very Good interview. Asking of the gift. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Very good interview | 2 |
0.7%
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| Very good interview - Asked for the Gift. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Won Gift: Equipment 150 Cash saved is GH 60.00 No amount has been used for self, family on spouse. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Yet to buy more inventories in addition to what she has. Profit changes when there is changes in sales. | 1 |
0.3%
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| Yet to receive equipment. | 1 |
0.3%
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| sales price GH¢ 3.00 yet to receivw equipment | 1 |
0.3%
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| unit price of product ¢ 0.50 | 1 |
0.3%
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| ¢1,000 is the respondent's choice, against the ¢100. Pls note that the tapping didn't print. | 1 |
0.3%
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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.