Informal Businesses COVID-19 Impact Survey 2021, Round 1

Zimbabwe, 2021

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Reference ID

ZWE_2021_ISBS-COVID19-R1_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/mmcb-8w06

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World Bank Group

Collection(s)

Enterprise Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Dec 06, 2021

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Dec 06, 2021

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Main reason for not registering (r3)

Data file: Zimbabwe-Informal-Business-COVID-19-Impact-Survey-2021-full-data.dta

Overview

Valid: 1006

Invalid: 14

Minimum: -9

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 687

End: 689

Width: 3

Range: -9 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

Of the following reasons for not being registered with Zimbabwe Registrar of Companies, please tell me which one, if any, currently represents the main reason

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-99	Don't know	0	0%
-9	Don't know (spontaneous)	1	0.1%
1	Because of time, fees, and paperwork required to complete registration	260	25.8%
2	Because of the taxes that need to be paid if registered	110	10.9%
3	Because of the inspections and meetings with government officials that would take place if registered	9	0.9%
4	Because of the bribes registered businesses need to pay	20	2%
5	Because there is no benefit for my business or activity from being registered	92	9.1%
6	Because of lack of information about the process of registration, including where to register	421	41.8%
7	The registration offices are too far	18	1.8%
8	Other	75	7.5%
Sysmiss		14

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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