World Bank Enterprise Survey 2009-2023

Sierra Leone, 2008 - 2023

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SLE_2009-2017-2023_WBES_v01_M

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Main Reason For Not Applying For New Loans or New Lines of Credit (k17)

Data file: Sierra Leone_2009_2017_2023.dta

Overview

Valid: 401

Invalid: 110

Minimum: -9

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1954

End: 1955

Width: 2

Range: -9 - 8

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know (spontaneous)	1	0.2%
1	No need for a loan - establishment had sufficient capital	106	26.4%
2	Application procedures were complex	80	20%
3	Interest rates were not favorable	73	18.2%
4	Collateral requirements were too high	75	18.7%
5	Size of loan and maturity were insufficient	6	1.5%
6	Did not think it would be approved	30	7.5%
7	Other	28	7%
8		2	0.5%
Sysmiss		110

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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