Resilience Firm Survey 2020
The Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados...and 10 more, 2020

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LAC_2020_RFS_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/edmk-6b57

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Alvina Erman, Melanie Simone Kappes, Julie Rozenberg

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Data file: rfs_caribbean_data_2020

The Caribbean Resilience Firm Survey Data 2020

Cases:	1413
Variables:	300

Variables

fid

Firm unique identifier

country

Country/Territory

admdiv

Administrative division

weight

Regional level Firms sampling weight

weight_i

Country level Firms Sampling weight

interview_period

Interview period

sector

Firm sector (strata)

mode_transportation_name

q1_2

1.2 What is the respondent's role in the firm?

q1_2_oth

Please, specify

q1_3

1.3 How many years have you worked for the firm?

q2_1

2.1 Is this a private business?

q2_2

2.2 If it is a private business, please identify which of the definitions below

q2_3

2.3 Where are the headquarters of your business located?

q2_3_oth

Please, specify

q2_4_1

2.4 What services does this business provide? (1)

q2_4_2

2.4 What services does this business provide? (2)

q2_4_3

2.4 What services does this business provide? (3)

q2_4_4

2.4 What services does this business provide? (4)

q2_4_5

2.4 What services does this business provide? (5)

q2_4_6

2.4 What services does this business provide? (6)

q2_4_oth

Please, specify

q2_5_1

2.5 What of the following assets does your business hold? (1)

q2_5_2

2.5 What of the following assets does your business hold? (2)

q2_5_3

2.5 What of the following assets does your business hold? (3)

q2_5_4

2.5 What of the following assets does your business hold? (4)

q2_5_5

2.5 What of the following assets does your business hold? (5)

q2_5_6

2.5 What of the following assets does your business hold? (6)

q2_5_oth

Please, specify

q2_6

Year of establishment

q2_7

2.7 Is this business open during the peak season (December to April)?

q2_8

2.8 Is this business open during the low season (May to November)?

q2_9

Number of fulltime workers (capped at 100)

q2_10

2.10 Number of part time workers

q2_11a

2.11a Which is the most problematic labor factor for the operation and growth of

q2_11a_oth

Please, specify

q2_11b

2.11b Which is the most problematic labor factor for the operation and growth of

q2_11b_oth

Please, specify

q2_11c

2.11c Which is the third most problematic labor factor for the operation and gro

q2_11c_oth

Please, specify

q2_12

2.12 In country_name, how many competitors do you have (selling services similar

q2_13

2.13 When does your business' point of sale happen, primarily?

q3_1_1

3.1 What infrastructure does your firm depend on to maintain your firm's revenue

q3_1_2

3.1 What infrastructure does your firm depend on to maintain your firm's revenue

q3_1_3

3.1 What infrastructure does your firm depend on to maintain your firm's revenue

q3_1_4

3.1 What infrastructure does your firm depend on to maintain your firm's revenue

q3_1_5

3.1 What infrastructure does your firm depend on to maintain your firm's revenue

q3_1_6

3.1 What infrastructure does your firm depend on to maintain your firm's revenue

q3_2

3.2 If electricity services are shut down for one day, how much of your daily re

q3_2a

3.2a If electricity services is shut down for seven days, how much of your daily

q3_3

3.3 If water services are shut down for one day, how much of your daily revenue

q3_3a

3.3a If water services is shut down for seven days, how much of your daily reven

q3_4

3.4 If phone services are shut down for one day, how much of your daily revenue

q3_4a

3.4a If phone services are shut down for seven days, how much of your daily reve

q3_5

3.5 If internet services are shut down for one day, how much of your daily reven

q3_5a

3.5a If internet services is shut down for seven days, how much of your daily re

q3_6

3.6 If roads infrastructures are shut down/broken down for one day, how much of

q3_6a

3.6a If roads infrastructures are shut down/broken down for seven days, how much

q3_7

3.7 If boat transportation infrastrutctures are shut down/broken down for one da

q3_7a

3.7a If boat transportation is shut down for seven days, how much of your daily

q3_8

3.8 What is the main source of drinking water that you offer to your clients?

q3_8_other

Please, specify

q3_9

3.9 What is your firm's main source of water for general use?

q3_9_other

Please, specify

q3_10

3.10 Does your firm have a water tank that enables you to continue your business

q3_11

3.11 Is the water your firm usually keeps in the water tank drinkable?

q3_12

3.12 For how many days can you continue your business activities if the water ta

q3_13

3.13 How often does your firm experience disruptions in the water supply?

q3_13b

Time unit

q3_14

3.14 What percentage of these disruptions are due to natural hazards (e.g. flood

q3_15_1

What kind of natural hazard (1)

q3_15_2

What kind of natural hazard (2)

q3_15_3

What kind of natural hazard (3)

q3_15_4

What kind of natural hazard (4)

q3_15_5

What kind of natural hazard (5)

q3_15_6

What kind of natural hazard (6)

q3_15_other

Please, specify

q3_16

3.16 How long does a water disruption usually last?

q3_16b

3.16b Time

q3_17

3.17 Do you experience more water disruptions during the hurricane season?

q3_18a

3.18a What is the most important source of electricity?

q3_18a_other

Please, specify

q3_18b

3.18b What is the second most important source of electricity?

q3_18b_other

Please, specify

q3_18c

3.18c What is the third most important source of electricity?

q3_18c_other

Please, specify

q3_18d

3.18d What is the fourth most important source of electricity?

q3_18d_other

Please, specify

q3_19

3.19 What is the cost of electricity from your main supply source during the pea

q3_19b

3.19b Time

q3_20

3.20 Does your firm have a generator that can be used during a power disruption

q3_21

3.21 What is the cost of operating the power generator?

q3_21b

3.21b Time

q3_22

3.22 For how many days can the power generator operate if the tank is full and n

q3_23

3.23 How often does your firm usually experience power outages?

q3_23b

3.23b Time

q3_24

3.24 What percentage of these disruptions were due to natural hazards (e.g. floo

q3_25_1

3.25 What kind of natural hazard? (1)

q3_25_2

3.25 What kind of natural hazard? (2)

q3_25_3

3.25 What kind of natural hazard? (3)

q3_25_4

3.25 What kind of natural hazard? (4)

q3_25_5

3.25 What kind of natural hazard? (5)

q3_25_6

3.25 What kind of natural hazard? (6)

q3_25_other

Please, specify

q3_26

3.26 How long does a power outage usually last?

q3_26b

3.26b Time

q3_27

3.27 Do you experience more power outages during the hurricane season?

q3_28

3.28 How often do you experience road shut downs?

q3_28b

3.28b Time

q3_29

3.29 What do you do in case of road disruptions?

q3_30

3.30 Which alternative transport mode would you switch to?

q3_31

3.31 Do you experience more road disruptions during the hurricane season?

q4_1

4.1 Does your firm have suppliers for food?

q4_4

4.4 How many other food suppliers do you use?

q4_5

4.5 What is the location of q4_2?

q4_6

4.6 Which Caribbean country/territory?

q4_7

4.7 What country is located in?

q4_8

How far from your firm's premises is your main food supplier located

q4_8a

4.8a Unit

q4_9

4.9 What is the main reason for choosing a food supplier in q4_5_name

q4_9_other

Please, specify

q4_10

4.10 How are the food supplies transported to country_name?

q4_11

4.11 How frequently do you receive food supplies from q4_2?

q4_11b

4.11b Time

q4_12

4.12 What is the value of a food delivery/service on average?

q4_13

4.13 Have you experienced any delivery delays from q4_2 in the last 12 months

q4_14

4.14 What was the longest delivery delay from q4_2 in the past 12 months?

q4_14b

4.14b Time

q4_15

4.15 What is the main reason for delivery delays by q4_2?

q4_15_other

Please, specify

q4_16

4.16 Does your firm have suppliers for beverages?

q4_17

4.17 What is the name of your main supplier of beverages?

q4_18

4.18 How many other beverage suppliers do you use?

q4_19

4.19 What is the location of new?

q4_22

4.22 How far from your firm's premises is new located?

q4_22a

4.22a Unit

q4_23

4.23 What is the main reason for choosing a beverage supplier in the previously

q4_23_other

Please, specify

q4_25

How frequently do you receive supplies from your main beverage supplier?

q4_25b

4.25b Time

q4_26

4.26 What is the value of a beverage delivery/service on average?

q4_27

4.27 Have you experienced any delivery delays from new in the last 12 months?

q4_28

4.28 What was the longest delivery delays from new in the past 12 months?

q4_28b

4.28b Time

q4_29

4.29 What is the main reason for delivery delays by new?

q4_29_other

Please, specify

q4_43

4.43 What proportion of your suppliers has come from country_name over the past

q4_44

4.44 What proportion of your suppliers has come from other Caribbean country/ter

q4_45

4.45 What proportion of your suppliers has come from other places abroad over th

q4_47

4.47 How many days can you maintain current sales using the current inventory of

q5_1

5.1 How many clients does your firm provide services to per day during the high

q5_2

5.2 How many clients does your firm provide services to per day during the low s

q5_3

5.3 During the high season, what share (%) of your clients come from your provin

q5_4

5.4 During the high season, what share (%) of your clients come from country_nam

q5_5

5.5 During the high season, what share (%) of your clients come from another cou

q5_6

5.6 During the high season, what share (%) of your clients come from a country o

q5_7

5.7 During the low season, what share (%) of your clients come from your provinc

q5_8

5.8 During the low season, what share (%) of your clients come from country_name

q5_9

5.9 During the low season, what share (%) of your clients come from another coun

q5_10

5.10 During the low season, what share (%) of your clients come from a country o

q5_11

5.11 What is the main reason that not more of your clients come from your provin

q5_12

5.12 What share of your clients travel to country_name by air?

q5_13

5.13 What share of your clients travel to country_name by boat/cruise?

q5_14

5.14 When they have reached country_name, what is the main mode of transportatio

q5_14_other

Please, specify

q5_15

5.15 If the ModeTransportation_Name transportation infrastructure is disrupted,

q5_16

5.16 In the event that your clients were stranded due to a natural disaster, wou

q6_1

6.1 How do you rate the risk of natural hazard affecting the premises of your fi

q6_2

6.2 How do you rate the risk of natural hazards indirectly impacting your busine

q6_3

6.3 How prepared do you feel your firm is to cope with a natural hazard if it oc

q6_4a

Which of the following measures to reduce the impacts of natural hazards has you

q6_4b

Which of the following measures to reduce the impacts of natural hazards has you

q6_4c

Which of the following measures to reduce the impacts of natural hazards has you

q6_4d

Which of the following measures to reduce the impacts of natural hazards has you

q6_4e

Which of the following measures to reduce the impacts of natural hazards has you

q6_4f

Which of the following measures to reduce the impacts of natural hazards has you

q6_4g

Which of the following measures to reduce the impacts of natural hazards has you

q6_4g_other

Please, specify

q6_5_1

6.5 What type of insurance does this company use? (1)

q6_5_2

6.5 What type of insurance does this company use? (2)

q6_5_3

6.5 What type of insurance does this company use? (3)

q6_5_other

Please, specify

q6_6_1

6.6 What kind of natural hazard does this insurance plan cover? (1)

q6_6_2

6.6 What kind of natural hazard does this insurance plan cover? (2)

q6_6_3

6.6 What kind of natural hazard does this insurance plan cover? (3)

q6_6_4

6.6 What kind of natural hazard does this insurance plan cover? (4)

q6_6_5

6.6 What kind of natural hazard does this insurance plan cover? (5)

q6_7

6.7 How confident are you that your insurance will cover the damages incurred by

q6_8

6.8 You responded that your business does not have an insurance with coverage fo

q6_8_other

Please, specify

q6_9

6.9 You responded that the firm has not developed a disaster preparedness plan,

q6_9_other

Please specify

q6_10

6.10 Do you have a dedicated staff member responsible for enforcing the disaster

q6_11

6.11 Has your staff received training on what to do in case of a disaster

q6_12

6.12 Does your firm receive warnings before severe weather events?

q6_13

6.13 From who?

q6_14

6.14 When there is a natural disaster, do you know where to find information abo

q6_15_1

6.15 Where would you turn to access such information? (1)

q6_15_2

6.15 Where would you turn to access such information? (2)

q6_15_3

6.15 Where would you turn to access such information? (3)

q6_15_4

6.15 Where would you turn to access such information? (4)

q6_15_5

6.15 Where would you turn to access such information? (5)

q6_15_6

6.15 Where would you turn to access such information? (6)

q6_15_7

6.15 Where would you turn to access such information? (7)

q6_15_8

6.15 Where would you turn to access such information? (8)

q6_15_other

Please, specify which Other

q6_15gov

Please, specify which Government agencies

q7_1

Was the business operating when the natural shock happened?

q7_1b

7.1b Was it not operating due to the shock_name?

q7_2

7.2 During shock_name, did your firm experience any damages?

q7_3

7.3 What was the estimated cost to replace or repair damaged buildings? (in loca

q7_4

7.4 What was the estimated cost to replace or repair damaged equipment, faciliti

q7_5

7.5 What was the estimated cost to replace or repair other damages? (in local cu

q7_5oth

7.5oth Please specify what the other damages were

q7_6

7.6 Did you have to shut your business due to shock_name?

q7_7

7.7 For how many days was your business shut down due to shock_name? (if less th

q7_8

7.8 What share of your total repair and reconstruction costs and inventory losse

q7_9

7.9 What share of your total repair and reconstruction costs and inventory losse

q7_10

7.10 By how much were your daily revenues reduced in the first week following sh

q7_11

7.11 By how much were your daily revenues reduced after one month following shoc

q7_11b

7.11b By how much were your daily revenues reduced after six months following sh

q7_12

7.12 After how many days did you return to your normal daily revenue after shock

q7_13

7.13 What is the primary reason for the increase in sales?

q7_13_other

Please, specify

q7_14

7.14 What is the primary reason for the reduction in sales?

q7_14_other

Please, specify

q7_15_1

7.15 What other factors affected the reduction of sales for your business? (1)

q7_15_2

7.15 What other factors affected the reduction of sales for your business? (2)

q7_15_3

7.15 What other factors affected the reduction of sales for your business? (3)

q7_15_4

7.15 What other factors affected the reduction of sales for your business? (4)

q7_15_5

7.15 What other factors affected the reduction of sales for your business? (5)

q7_15_6

7.15 What other factors affected the reduction of sales for your business? (6)

q7_15_7

7.15 What other factors affected the reduction of sales for your business? (7)

q7_15_8

7.15 What other factors affected the reduction of sales for your business? (8)

q7_15_9

7.15 What other factors affected the reduction of sales for your business? (9)

q7_15_10

7.15 What other factors affected the reduction of sales for your business? (10)

q7_15_11

7.15 What other factors affected the reduction of sales for your business? (11)

q7_15_12

7.15 What other factors affected the reduction of sales for your business? (12)

q7_15_13

7.15 What other factors affected the reduction of sales for your business? (13)

q7_15_other

Please, specify

q7_16

7.16 What did your firm rely on the most to recover from shock_name?

q7_16_other

Please, specify

q7_17

7.17 What was the second support your firm relied on the most to recover from sh

q7_17_other

Please, specify

q7_18

7.18 Has your business experienced an increase in clients (or other positive imp

q7_19

7.19 Which disaster?

q7_19_other

Please, specify

q7_20

7.20 By how much did demand increase during the season that natural disaster hap

q8_1

8.1 In the year 2016, did you notice a decline in the number of clients due to t

q8_2

8.2 Please estimate the decline in demand for the year 2016 in percent

q8_3

8.3 By what year do you estimate that the demand was back to normal?

q8_4

8.4 This year, the world is facing an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Has you

q8_5

8.5 As of now, what would you say is the impact in percent?

q8_6_1

8.6 As of now, who is carrying the cost of the decrease in demand? (1)

q8_6_2

8.6 As of now, who is carrying the cost of the decrease in demand? (2)

q8_6_3

8.6 As of now, who is carrying the cost of the decrease in demand? (3)

q8_6_4

8.6 As of now, who is carrying the cost of the decrease in demand? (4)

q8_6_other

Please, specify

q9_1

9.1 What is your average operational cost during the peak season (December - Apr

q9_1_usd

What is your average operational cost during the peak season (December - April)

q9_1b

9.1b Time

q9_2

9.2 During the high season, what is the average monthly sales to your clients?

q9_2_usd

During the high season, what is the average monthly sales to your clients (in US

q9_3

During the low season, what is the average monthly sales to your clients?

q9_3_usd

During the low season, what is the average monthly sales to your clients (in USD

q9_4

9.4 Over past 10 years, what is the trend of the number of tourists over the tim

q9_5_1

9.5 Please select reason(s) (1)

q9_5_2

9.5 Please select reason(s) (2)

q9_5_3

9.5 Please select reason(s) (3)

q9_5_4

9.5 Please select reason(s) (4)

q9_5_5

9.5 Please select reason(s) (5)

q9_5_6

9.5 Please select reason(s) (6)

q9_5_other

Please, specify

q9_5_ot0

Please, specify

q9_6

9.6 How would you describe the opportunity for growth of your business in the cu

q9_7a

9.7a Electricity quality

q9_7b

9.7b Telecommunications

q9_7c

9.7c Transport infrastructure

q9_7d

9.7d Business environment (i.e. Customs and Trade Regulations, Business licensin

q9_7e

9.7e Price competitiveness

q9_7f

9.7f Cost of Financing/access of credit

q9_7g

Corruption

q9_7h

9.7h Crime, theft and disorder

q9_7i

9.7i Informal practices

q9_7j

9.7j Labor Factors

q9_7k

9.7k Solid waste and wastewater collection

q9_7l

9.7l Water quality

q9_7m

9.7m Environment sustainability

q9_8

9.8 Select the most important action for the growth of tourism in your city/prov

q9_8_other

Please, specify

q9_9

9.9 Select the second most important action for the growth of tourism in your ci

q9_9_other

Please, specify

q9_10

9.10 Select the third most important action for the growth of tourism in your ci

q9_10_other

Please, specify

q9_11

9.11 Select the most important action for the growth of tourism in Dominican Rep

q9_11_other

Please, specify

q9_12

9.12 Select the second most important action for the growth of tourism in Domini

q9_12_other

Please, specify

q9_13

9.13 Select the third most important action for the growth of tourism in Dominic

q9_13_other

Please, specify

Total: 300

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Resilience Firm Survey 2020 The Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados...and 10 more, 2020

Data file: rfs_caribbean_data_2020

Variables

Resilience Firm Survey 2020
The Caribbean