Informal Business Sector Survey 2018

Mozambique, 2018

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Reference ID

MOZ_2018_ISBS_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/vx58-y391

Producer(s)

World Bank Group (WBG)

Collection(s)

Enterprise Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Feb 06, 2020

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Second main Reason Why Business Is Not Registered (MZr2b)

Data file: mozambiqueinformal_2018_full_data_long_form.dta

Overview

Valid: 510

Invalid: 44

Minimum: -9

Maximum: 6

Mean: 2.26862745098039

Standard deviation: 4.70592947027531

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 402

End: 403

Width: 2

Range: -9 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

MZR.2. Please select the top two reasons why this business or activity is not registered with [insert name of the registration office where businesses are required to register]
- Top 2 reason why business is not registered

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know (spontaneous)	66	12.9%
1	Because of time, fees, and paper work required to complete registration	81	15.9%
2	Because of the taxes that need to be paid if registered	72	14.1%
3	Because of the inspections and meetings with government officials that would take place if registered	14	2.7%
4	Because of the bribes registered businesses need to pay	21	4.1%
5	Because there is no benefit for my business or activity from being registered	136	26.7%
6	Because of lack of information about the process of registration, including where to register	120	23.5%
Sysmiss		44

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.

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