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Informal Survey 2008

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2008
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Data file: Egypt, Arab Rep

The file contains the cleaned, raw data.
Questions' wording for variables can be found in "Informal Questionnaire" in "Questionnaires" folder.

Cases: 500
Variables: 302

Variables

idstd
WEB STD FIRMID
unitid
UnitId
result
Result
respjob
RespJob
sex
sex
city
City
gov
Gov
indust
Indust
service
Service
trade
Trade
other
Other
totemp
TotEmp
indcity
IndCity
citycode
CityCode
timesart
TimeSart
timeend
TimeEnd
hday
hday
hmonth
hmonth
hyear
hyear
start200
begin work in 2008
q1
In what year did your firm begin operations?
q2
Do you or members of your household own all of this business?
q3
Are any of the principal owners female?
q4
What is the main activity of your establishment?
q5a
What percentage of your establishment's product that are sold domestically: Cons
q5b
What percentage of your establishment's product that are sold domestically: Trad
q5c
What percentage of your establishment's product that are sold domestically: Smal
q5d
What percentage of your establishment's product that are sold domestically: Larg
q5e
What percentage of your establishment's product that are sold domestically: Mult
q5f
What percentage of your establishment's product that are sold domestically: Othe
q6
At the time you receive delivery of more of your most important input or supply
q7
If financing were not a problem how many days of your most important input or su
q8
In your establishment, does your business activity vary by season?
q9a
Indicate the level of business activity in your establishment for each month: Ja
q9b
Indicate the level of business activity in your establishment for each month: Fe
q9c
Indicate the level of business activity in your establishment for each month: Ma
q9d
Indicate the level of business activity in your establishment for each month: Ap
q9e
Indicate the level of business activity in your establishment for each month: Ma
q9f
Indicate the level of business activity in your establishment for each month: Ju
q9g
Indicate the level of business activity in your establishment for each month: Ju
q9h
Indicate the level of business activity in your establishment for each month: Au
q9i
Indicate the level of business activity in your establishment for each month: Se
q9j
Indicate the level of business activity in your establishment for each month: Oc
q9k
Indicate the level of business activity in your establishment for each month: No
q9l
Indicate the level of business activity in your establishment for each month: De
q10a1
How long does it take to reach to your most important market or customer to sell
q10b1
How long does it take to reach to your most important market or customer to sell
q10a2
How long does it take to reach to your most important market or supplier to buy
q10b2
How long does it take to reach to your most important market or supplier to buy
q10a3
How long does it take to reach to the bank or financial institution.: a month
q10b3
How long does it take to reach to the bank or financial institution.: hours
q11a
Is Telecommunications a problem for the operation and growth of your business
q11b
Is Electricity a problem for the operation and growth of your business
q11c
Is Transportation a problem for the operation and growth of your business
q11d
Is Water a problem for the operation and growth of your business
q11e
Is Access to Land a problem for the operation and growth of your business
q11f
Is Price of land a problem for the operation and growth of your business
q11g
Is Regulatory Policy Uncertainty a problem for the operation and growth of your
q11h
Is Tax Rates a problem for the operation and growth of your business
q11i
Is Tax Administration a problem for the operation and growth of your business
q11j
Is Customs and Trade Regulations a problem for the operation and growth of your
q11k
Is Labor Regulations (Like Social Insurance) a problem for the operation and gro
q11l
Is Skills and Education of Available Workers a problem for the operation and gro
q11m
Is Business Licensing and Operating Permits a problem for the operation and grow
q12a
Is Access to Financing (Ex: Collateral) a problem for the operation and growth o
q12b
Is Cost of Financing (Ex: interest rates) a problem for the operation and growth
q12c
Is Macroeconomic Uncertainty (Ex: inflation, exch. rate) a problem for the opera
q12d
Is Corruption a problem for the operation and growth of your business
q12e
Is Illegal Competition a problem for the operation and growth of your business
q12f
Is Legal System/ Conflict Resolution a problem for the operation and growth of y
q12g
Is Smuggling or Dumping a problem for the operation and growth of your business
q12h
Is Other (Specify like government subsidies...) a problem for the operation and
q13a
The biggest obstacle
q13b
The second biggest obstacle
q13c
The third biggest obstacle
q141
Does your establishment use Electricity in production?
q141a
Number of times of interrupted Electricity last 2 months
q141b
On average the number of hours the service is interrupted each time
q141c
What are the total losses caused by this interruption as a proportion of sales v
q141d
Is this situation was the same last year?
q142
Does your establishment use Water in production?
q142a
Number of times of interrupted Water last 2 months
q142b
On average the number of hours the service is interrupted each time
q142c
What are the total losses caused by this interruption as a proportion of sales v
q142d
Is this situation was the same last year?
q143
Does your establishment use Mainline telephone in production?
q143a
Number of times of interrupted Mainline telephone last 2 months
q143b
On average the number of hours the service is interrupted each time
q143c
What are the total losses caused by this interruption as a proportion of sales v
q143d
Is this situation was the same last year?
q144
Does your establishment use Transportation in production?
q144a
Number of times of interrupted Transportation last 2 months
q144b
On average the number of hours the service is interrupted each time
q144c
What are the total losses caused by this interruption as a proportion of sales v
q144d
Is this situation was the same last year?
q15
Does your establishment own or share a generator?
q16
What percentage of your electricity comes from your own or shared generator?
q17a
Does your establishment regularly use fax in its interactions with clients and s
q17b
Does your establishment regularly use Postal services in its interactions with c
q17c
Does your establishment regularly use E-mail in its interactions with clients an
q17d
Does your establishment regularly use Mobile phone in its interactions with clie
q181
During the two last years (2006-2007) did your establishment ask to deliver ser
q181a1
What is the actual waiting time from the day you applied to the day you received
q181a2
q181a2
q181b
Was a gift or informal payment asked for to obtain the service?
q182
During the two last years (2006-2007) did your establishment ask to deliver ser
q182a1
What is the actual waiting time from the day you applied to the day you received
q182a2
q182a2
q182b
Was a gift or informal payment asked for to obtain the service?
q183
During the two last years (2006-2007) did your establishment ask to deliver ser
q183a1
What is the actual waiting time from the day you applied to the day you received
q183a2
q183a2
q183b
Was a gift or informal payment asked for to obtain the service?
q184
During the two last years (2006-2007) did your establishment ask to deliver ser
q184a1
What is the actual waiting time from the day you applied to the day you received
q184a2
q184a2
q184b
Was a gift or informal payment asked for to obtain the service?
q185
During the two last years (2006-2007) did your establishment ask to deliver ser
q185a1
What is the actual waiting time from the day you applied to the day you received
q185a2
q185a2
q185b
Was a gift or informal payment asked for to obtain the service?
q19
Does your firm belong to a business association?
q20
What kind of business association do you belong to?
q21a
Regarding the main business association to which you belong please evaluate its
q21b
Regarding the main business association to which you belong please evaluate its
q21c
Regarding the main business association to which you belong please evaluate its
q21d
Regarding the main business association to which you belong please evaluate its
q21e
Regarding the main business association to which you belong please evaluate its
q21f
Regarding the main business association to which you belong please evaluate its
q21g
Regarding the main business association to which you belong please evaluate its
q22a
the contribution of the following sources of finance for your establishment last
q22b
the contribution of the following sources of finance for your establishment last
q22c
the contribution of the following sources of finance for your establishment last
q22d
the contribution of the following sources of finance for your establishment last
q22e
the contribution of the following sources of finance for your establishment last
q22f
the contribution of the following sources of finance for your establishment last
q22g
the contribution of the following sources of finance for your establishment last
q22h
the contribution of the following sources of finance for your establishment last
q22x
the contribution of the following sources of finance for your establishment last
q23
In fiscal year (2007) did your establishment purchase fixed assets such as machi
q24
Source of money for buying (state what did the establishment buy)?
q25
Did your establishment currently have a loan from a financial institution last y
q26
the source of the last loan which you obtained
q27
What was the value of the last loan?
q28
Was collateral required?
q29a
Was Land and buildings used as collateral?
q29b
Was Immoveable plant, machinery used as collateral?
q29c
Was Moveable Machinery and equipment (including vehicles) used as collateral?
q29d
Was Other Tangible assets (e.g. accounts receivable, inventory) used as collater
q29e
Was Personal assets of the owner/manager (e.g. house) used as collateral?
q29oth
Other
q30
What was the approximate value of the collateral required as a percentage of the
q31
What is the total duration of the loan (months)
q32
What was the rate of interest?
q33
Was there also a fee to obtain the loan?
q34
How much?
q36
What is the reason for not having a loan in2007?
q37
What was the principal reason for not applying for a loan?
q38
In fiscal year (2007) how many times did your establishment apply for loans?
q39
How many of those loans were rejected?
q40a
Does your establishment have a Checking Account?
q40b
Does your establishment have a Saving Account?
q41
Does your establishment own or lease the majority of its land?
q42
From whom you have got the land?
q43
Does the establishment have a legal right to occupy this land?
q44
What percentage of land is owned by the establishment?
q45
What percentage of land is rented by the establishment?
q46
What is the duration of the rental contract?
q47
What is the monthly payment required?
q48
Does your establishment own or rent the majority of buildings?
q49
Does the establishment have a legal right to occupy these buildings?
q50
What percentage of building is owned by the establishment?
q51
What percentage of building is rented by the establishment?
q52
What is the duration of the rental contract?
q53
What is the monthly payment required?
q54
About the present time, is the establishment's main business location the owner'
q55
About the present time, is the establishment's main business location in a perma
q56
Has the enterprise had to move in the last 12 months due to a lack of secure tit
q57a1
How many people work at this establishment full time (paid and unpaid workers (i
q57b1
How many people work at this establishment full time (paid and unpaid workers (i
q57c1
How many people work at this establishment full time (paid and unpaid workers (i
q57a2
How many paid and unpaid workers work part time (including the owner): currently
q57b2
How many paid and unpaid workers work part time (including the owner): at the bu
q57c2
How many paid and unpaid workers work part time (including the owner): Year(2005
q57a3
how many of your workers are relatives or members of your household: currently
q57b3
how many of your workers are relatives or members of your household: at the busi
q57c3
how many of your workers are relatives or members of your household: Year(2005)
q57a4
How many of your workers are female: currently
q57b4
How many of your workers are female: at the busiest time during the past 12 mont
q57c4
How many of your workers are female: Year(2005)
q57a5
How many of your workers are under the age of 18: currently
q57b5
How many of your workers are under the age of 18: at the busiest time during the
q57c5
How many of your workers are under the age of 18: Year(2005)
q58a1
Some university degree or higher: male workers
q58b1
Some university degree or higher: female workers
q58a2
Completed secondary (incl. vocational): male workers
q58b2
Completed secondary (incl. vocational): female workers
q58a3
Preparatory/ Incomplete secondary: male workers
q58b3
Preparatory/ Incomplete secondary: female workers
q58a4
Completed primary: male workers
q58b4
Completed primary: female workers
q58a5
Did not complete primary/ Did not enter school: male workers
q58b5
Did not complete primary/ Did not enter school: female workers
q58a6
total: male workers
q58b6
total: female workers
q59a
In the last year (2007) how many permanent employees from your establishment wer
q59b
In the last year (2007) how many permanent employees from your establishment lef
q59c
In the last year (2007) how many permanent employees from your establishment lef
q60a
How many days of production in 2007 did you lose due to: Worker strikes or other
q60b
How many days of production in 2007 did you lose due to: Employee absenteeism du
q61
What is the highest level of education of the top manager?
q62
What is the approximate age of the owner?
q63
Did the manager have previous work experience in the formal sector?
q64
How many years?
q65
how many employees were in that firm?
q66
How would you generally rate the efficiency of government in delivering services
q67
In general, interpretations of regulations affecting my establishment are consis
q68
In a typical week, within the last12 months what is the percentage of time is sp
q69
Are establishments required to make gifts or informal payments to public officia
q70
what percent of annual sales value would such expenses cost a typical establishm
q71
What percentage of total sales would you estimate the typical establishment in y
q72
What is the percentage of total workforce that is reported for purposes of labor
q73a1
During the12 last months were you in contact with the police to regulate your bu
q73b1
How many times were you in contact with the police?
q73c1
What was the total cost of fines or seized goods?
q73d1
Was a gift or informal payment expected or requested?
q73e1
What was the total value of gifts and informal payments required?
q73f1
If the business was ever closed down please estimate the number of days over the
q73a2
During the12 last months were you in contact with Health environment or safety i
q73b2
How many times were you in contact with Health environment or safety inspectors?
q73c2
What was the total cost of fines or seized goods?
q73d2
Was a gift or informal payment expected or requested?
q73e2
What was the total value of gifts and informal payments required?
q73f2
If the business was ever closed down please estimate the number of days over the
q73a3
During the12 last months were you in contact with tax officials to regulate your
q73b3
How many times were you in contact with tax officials?
q73c3
What was the total cost of fines or seized goods?
q73d3
Was a gift or informal payment expected or requested?
q73e3
What was the total value of gifts and informal payments required?
q73f3
If the business was ever closed down please estimate the number of days over the
q73a4
During the12 last months were you in contact with Community officials to regulat
q73b4
How many times were you in contact with Community officials?
q73c4
What was the total cost of fines or seized goods?
q73d4
Was a gift or informal payment expected or requested?
q73e4
What was the total value of gifts and informal payments required?
q73f4
If the business was ever closed down please estimate the number of days over the
q73a5
Others
q73b5
How many times were you in contact with :
q73c5
What was the total cost of fines or seized goods?
q73d5
Was a gift or informal payment expected or requested?
q73e5
What was the total value of gifts and informal payments required?
q73f5
If the business was ever closed down please estimate the number of days over the
q74
Was this establishment registered during 2006, 2007?
q75
Where did you register your establishment?
q76a
How long did it take since you started preparing the required documents for regi
q76b
How long did it take since you started preparing the required documents for regi
q77
How much did it cost including money you paid as informal payments?
q78
How much did it cost excluding (any informal payments)?
q79a
Is difficulty of getting information on what you need to do to register a proble
q79b
Is time to complete registration procedures a problem for the operation and grow
q79c
Is financial cost of completing registration procedures a problem for the operat
q79d
Is a Minimum capital requirement for registered enterprises in my sector a probl
q79e
Is Financial burden of taxes on registered enterprises a problem for the operati
q79f
Is administrative burden of complying with all tax laws for registered enterpris
q79g
Is other administrative burdens imposed on registered businesses a problem for t
q79h
Is Strict labor rules that registered business must comply a problem for the ope
q80
To what degree do you agree or disagree with this statement:
q81a
The court system is fair ,impartial ,and uncorrupted
q81b
Government officials interpretations of the laws and regulations affecting this
q82a
On average over 2007, what percent of your establishment's sales was paid before
q82b
On average over 2007, what percent of your establishment's sales was paid at del
q82c
On average over 2007, what percent of your establishment's sales was sold on cre
q83
On average over 2004, what percent of your total sales to customers were not pai
q84
How many weeks does it typically take to resolve an overdue payment with custome
q85
Over 2006 and 2007, what percent of your establishment's disputes over overdue p
q86
the percentage of your establishment's cost over the last 12 months of providing
q87
the percentage of losses of the establishment from your total sales as a result
q88
What share of crimes have you reported to the police?
q89
What share of crimes have you reported to a neighborhood or community associatio
q90
What was this establishment's average capacity utilization over the last year?
q91
How far ahead has your establishment planned its activity?
q92a1
How have total sales changed (increased/ decreased) relative to the previous yea
q92a2
What is the percent of change of your establishment?
q92b1
How have total sales changed (increased/ decreased) relative to the previous yea
q92b2
What is the percent of change of your establishment?
q92c1
How have total sales changed (increased/ decreased) relative to the previous yea
q92c2
What is the percent of change of your establishment?
q93a1
How has the number of units produced relative to the most important product/ sal
q93a2
What is the percent of change of your establishment?
q93b1
The average unit price (increased /decreased)
q93b2
What is the percent of change of your establishment?
q94a
Number of units
q94b
Number of units ( last 3 months )
q94c
What was the total amount of sales made in the last year?
q94d
The amount ( last 3 months )
q95a
How much did your establishment spend on purchases: Machinery and equipment (new
q95b
How much did your establishment spend on purchases: Land, buildings, or improvem
q95c
How much did your establishment spend on purchases: Rent for land or building
q95d
How much did your establishment spend on purchases: Raw materials/goods
q95e
How much did your establishment spend on purchases: Power costs
Total: 302
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