Enterprise Survey 2002

Georgia, 2002

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Reference ID

GEO_2002_ES_v01_M_WB

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World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

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Enterprise Surveys

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Apr 01, 2011

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Always/never true scale about unofficial payments (q54a)

Data file: Georgia-2002--full data-1,5

Overview

Valid: 164

Invalid: 10

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

WE NOW WANT TO ASK YOUR OPINION ON “UNOFFICIAL PAYMENTS” TO OFFICIALS IN THIS COUNTRY. CAN I PLEASE REASSURE YOU THAT:
We are interested in your opinions in a personal capacity
We do not imply in any way that your company makes unofficial payments/gifts
We recognise that your company neither approves of nor condones the use of unofficial payments/gifts
The responses that you give will be aggregated and presented in purely statistical terms; any comments you give me cannot be attributed to either you or your company

Literal question

Thinking about officials, would you say the following statements are always, usually, frequently, sometimes, seldom or never true?
“It is common for firms in my line of business to have to pay some irregular “additional payments/gifts” to get things done ” with regard to customs, taxes, licenses, regulations, services etc."

Value	Category	Cases
1	Never	40	23%
2	Seldom	31	17.8%
3	Sometime	31	17.8%
4	Frequently	33	19%
5	Usually	11	6.3%
6	Always	18	10.3%
7	Do not know	0	0%
Sysmiss		10