Informal Sector Enterprise Survey 2022

India, 2021 - 2022

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IND_2022_ISES_v01_M

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World Bank Group (WBG)

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Data file: India-2022-ESIS-full-data.dta

India 2022 Informal Sector Enterprise Survey data

Cases:	10672
Variables:	196

Variables

idstd

id

id_square

id_cluster

ID of Cluster of Squares

status

Status of Interview

city

a14d

a14m

a14y

a14h

a14min

a1

a1a

Interview Language

c1a

Type of Premises

a41a1

Type of activity

a4m

Main Business: Manufacturing

a4r

Main Business: Retail

a4s

Main Business: Services

a4x

Other (Specify)

reg_version

Random Selection: PAN or GST Questions?

version

Questionnaire version

sc0

Willing to Participate in the Survey

sc2

Num. of People Who Worked Last Month

sc3a

Have a Business PAN?

sc3b

Have a GST Number?

b0

Respondent Is the Main Owner of this Business or activity

b1

Num. of Owners in this Business

b2

Num. of Female Owners

b2a

The Owner Is Female

b3

Year this Business or activity originally Started

COVb3a

Month business started

b4

Did You or Largest Owner Start this Business or activity?

b6a

Reason Started: Convenience of Location or Hours

b6b

Reason Started: Opportunity to Start and Develop a Profitable Business

b6c

Reason Started: to Have Secondary Source of income

b6d

Reason Started: Unable to Find another Source of income

b8

Main Source of Money to Start or acquire this Business or activity

b8a

Occupation Prior to this Business or activity

b9

Age of Main Owner

b10

Owner Years of Experience

b11

Owner Highest Level of Completed Education

b12

Num. of Years Lived in this City

b14

Num. of Household Members of the Owner

msc1

Num. of Household Members Financially Dependent on Owner

b15

Num of Household Members Less Than 6 Years Old

msc2

Hours Per Day Owner Spends on Domestic / Family Care Tasks

b16

Owner the Primary income Earner of the Household

b17

Owner Currently Have a Job with Either a Temporary or Permanent Contract

b18

Owner Had a Job with Temporary or Permanent Contract

b19

Year Main Owner Had Job with Temporary or Permanent Contract

b20

Actively Look for a Job with a Temporary or Permanent Contract

b21

Did Owner Get the Job

b22

Num. of Household Members with Job with a Temporary or Permanent Contract?

b23

Household Members Ever Had a Job with a Temporary or Permanent Contract

b24

Years Household Members Had a Job with a Temporary or Permanent Contract

ir4

This Business or activity Keep Written Business Records

k3

Accounts of the Business Kept Separately from the Household Expenses

c1a1

Reason Located within HH: Costs Less to Run a Business from Home

c1a2

Reason Located within HH: Easier to Manage Family Responsibilities

c1a3

Reason Located within HH: No Benefit to Working Outside the Household Premises

c1a4a

Reason Located within HH: Safer and Secure

msc3

Reason Located within HH: Not allowed to work outside the HH premises

c1a5

Reason Located within HH: Minimizes Chance of Being Identified by Tax auth.

c3

Main Reason for the Choice of Location for Business

c4

You or Largest Owner Own the Location Occupied by the Business or activity

c5

Business or activity Pays any Rent for the Location It Occupies

c31

Business or activity Requires Electricity to Produce Goods or Provide Services

c31a

Business or activity Connected to the Electricity Grid

c31b

Business or activity Pays for Electricity

c32

Last Month, Business or activity Experienced Power Outage

c38

Business or activity Uses Water for Its activity

c39

Last Month, Business or activity Experienced insufficient Water Supply

c42a

Uses Computers or Tablets

c42c

Uses Cellphone or Smartphone

msc4

Uses Phone of Computer for: Buying inputs

msc5

Uses Phone of Computer for: Keeping track of inputs / Outputs

msc6

Uses Phone of Computer for: Buying inputs

COVir1a

In Response to COVID: Changed Business Location

COVir1b

In Response to COVID: Changed Products Sold or Services Rendered

COVir1c

In Response to COVID: adapted No-contact Sales Method

msc7

In Response to COVID: Sold Some assets

msc8

In Response to COVID: Started or increased Using Digital Payments

i6

Past Year, Business Experience Harassment by Govt officials or Police

d4

Total Sales: Last Month

d6

Total Sales: Regular Month

COVd1a

Since COVID Outbreak, total Sales in Regular Month

d7

Total Sales: Slowest Month

d8

Total Sales: Busiest month

d9

Months of Operation Per Year

d10

Hours of Normal Operation

d11a

Business Produces goods or Provides Services Under Contract or agreement

d13a

Business Purchases inputs or Supplies from Suppliers Under Contract or agreement

ir1a

Visited Competitors to See What Products They Have available for Sale

ir1b

Asked Customers Whether to Sell or Produce any Other Products

ir1c

Talked with former Customers to Find Out Why They Have Stopped Buying

ir1d

Used any Special offer to attract Customers

ir1e

Asked Suppliers Which Products are Selling Well

ir2

Attempted to Negotiate with Supplier for a Lower Price

ir3

Frequency of Running Out of Stock of inventories or Raw Materials

msc9

Business Reaches out to Customers Through Digital Channels

ir6

Has a Written Budget for Monthly Costs

ir7

Has a Target for Sales Over the Next Year

ir8

Frequency this Business or activity Compares actual Sales to Target

ir9

Made a Budget of the Costs for Next Year

ir10

Prepares a Profit and Loss State at Least once a Year

COVb1a

Business Temporarily Closed Due to COVID Outbreak?

k4b

Financial Source for Day-to-Day Operations: Moneylenders

k4c

Financial Source for Day-to-Day Operations: Microfin. inst./Non-bank Fin. Comp.

k4d

Financial Source for Day-to-Day Operations: Banks

k4e

Financial Source for Day-to-Day Operations: Friends or Relatives

k3b

Bought inputs on Credit or Received advances from Customers

k5

Sold Goods or Services on Credit

k6

Bought any Machinery or Equipment, Vehicles or Other Means of Transport

k8b

Purch. Machinery/Equip./Veh./Transp. Using: Moneylenders

k8c

Purch. Machinery/Equip./Veh./Transp. Using: Microfin. inst./Non-bank Fin. Comp.

k8d

Purch. Machinery/Equip./Veh./Transp. Using: Banks

k8e

Purch. Machinery/Equip./Veh./Transp. Using: Friends or Relatives

k10

Have a Bank account to Run this Business

k11

Use a Separate Bank account for the Household

msc10

Uses Digital Payments

msc11

Uses Digital Payments to Pay Suppliers

msc12

Uses Digital Payments to Save

msc13

Uses Digital Payments to Pay Utility Bills

msc14

Uses Digital Payments to Receive Payments from Customers

msc15

Uses Digital Payments to Pay Loans

msc16

Uses Digital Payments Pay Workers, including Family Members

k12

Has a Loan for the Business

k13

Source of the Most Recently Obtained Loan

k16

Financing the Most Recent Loan Required a Guarantee

k17

Applied for any Loans in the Last Year

k18

Main Reason Why this Business Did Not apply for Loan

msc17

Business Has any insurance Product in case of Emergencies?

msc18

Last Year, Owner or Family Members Received a Grant or Loan from Gov't Scheme?

msc19

Scheme Created in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak?

msc20

Which gov't scheme was the main among those received?

msc21

Any Part of this Grant or Loan Used for this Business?

msc22

Main Reason Business did not Receive any Grant or Loan

msc23

Why Did Business Not apply for any Grant or Loan

l1a

Num. of People Who Worked Last Month: Paid

l1b

Num. of People Who Worked Last Month: Unpaid

l2

Num. of People Who Worked Last Month: Family Members of Owner

msc24

Frequency Business Makes Payments to its Workers

l3

Num. of People Who Worked in a Regular Month

l4

Num. of People Who Worked in a Month with Highest Number of People Working

l5

Num. of People Who Worked in a Month with Lowest Number of People Working

l6

Num. of Female Workers in the Last Month

msc25

Last Year, Business Received any Social Benefits?

COVl1a

Since COVID Outbreak, in a Regular Month, Change in Number of Workers

COVl1b

Since COVID Outbreak, in a Regular Month, Num. Workers that are Owner's Family

msc26

Num. of Paid Workers who had their Pay Reduced due to COVID Outbreak?

l7a

Num. of People with the Skill: Can Read

l7b

Num. of People with the Skill: Can Write

msc27

Most beneficial Skill Enhancement of Workers

r13_PAN

Owner aware of registration (PAN)?

r13_GST

Owner aware of registration (GST)?

r2a_PAN

Reason No PAN: Cost and time

r2a_GST

Reason No GST: Cost and time

r2f_PAN

Reason No PAN: Lack information about where and how to register

r2f_GST

Reason No GST: Lack information about where and how to register

r2e_PAN

Reason No PAN: No benefit to being registered

r2e_GST

Reason No GST: No benefit to being registered

r2b_PAN

Reason No PAN: Taxes That Need to Be Paid If Registered

r2b_GST

Reason No GST: Taxes That Need to Be Paid If Registered

r2c_PAN

Reason No PAN: inspections and Meetings with Govt officials

r2c_GST

Reason No GST: inspections and Meetings with Govt officials

r2d_PAN

Reason No PAN: informal Payments if Registered

r2d_GST

Reason No GST: informal Payments if Registered

r6a_PAN

Benefit If Registered (PAN): Better access to Financing or Loans

r6a_GST

Benefit If Registered (GST): Better access to Financing or Loans

r6b_GST

Benefit of Registered (GST): access to Raw Mat., infrastr. and Govt Services

r6b_PAN

Benefit of Registered (PAN): access to Raw Mat., infrastr. and Govt Services

r6c_GST

Benefit If Registered (GST): Less Bribes to Pay

r6c_PAN

Benefit If Registered (PAN): Less Bribes to Pay

r6d_GST

Benefit If Registered (GST): Better access to Potential Customers

r6d_PAN

Benefit If Registered (PAN): Better access to Potential Customers

r10

How Prices Compare to Similar products / services of Registered Businesses

r5

Have to Give Gifts, informal Payments or Bribes to Remain Unregistered

n2a

Total Cost of Labor in the Last Month

n2c

Total Cost of Electricity in the Last Month

n3

Business or activity Uses any Machinery or Equipment

n4

Business or activity Uses Vehicles

n7

Profitability of the Business in the Last Month

n7a1

Net Profits/ Losses in the Last Month

a12

Interviewer Code

a13

Supervisor Code

a15bx

a15d

a15m

a15h

a15min

wweak

Interview Weight According to Weak Eligibility (including all refusals)

wmedian

Interview Weight According to Median Eligibility (including refusals that don't

wstrict

Interview Weight According to Strict Eligibility (only confirmed informal busine

stratificationregioncode

Stratification Region Code

stratificationprobabilitycode

Stratification Probability Code

strata

Total: 196

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