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Formalization Experiment Data 2008-2011

Sri Lanka, 2008 - 2011
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LKA_2008_SLFED_v01_M
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David McKenzie, Suresh de Mel, Christopher Woodruff
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Dec 20, 2012
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Data file: InformalityAnon_Baseline

Original baseline data after anonymization

Cases: 520
Variables: 420

Variables

q9_24
How frequently do you review the financial strength/performance of your business
q9_25
Do you have a target set for sales over the next year?
q9_25a
How frequently do you compare actual performance to your target?
q9_26
Have you made a budget of what costs facing your business are likely to be over
q9_27_1
Which of the following do you or your accountant prepare at least annually? Pro
q9_27_2
Which of the following do you or your accountant prepare at least annually? Stat
q9_27_3
Which of the following do you or your accountant prepare at least annually? Bala
q9_27_4
Which of the following do you or your accountant prepare at least annually? Inc
q9_27_5
Which of the following do you or your accountant prepare at least annually? Othe
q9_27_6
Which of the following do you or your accountant prepare at least annually? OR
q10_1
What do you expect you will be doing to earn a living in 5 years time?
q10_2
How many employees would you expect your business to have five years from now?
q11_1
Generally speaking would you say that most people can be trusted or that you nee
q11_2a
Trust your neighbours from this group completely, somewhat, not very much, or no
q11_2b
Trust people you meet for the first time from this group completely, somewhat, n
q11_3a
How much confidence you have in press
q11_3b
How much confidence you have in police
q11_3c
How much confidence you have in courts
q11_3d
How much confidence you have in central/national government (eg. President, Cabi
q11_3e
How much confidence you have in provincial government (eg. Provincial Ministers)
q11_3f
How much confidence you have in Municipal Council, Urban Council or Pradeshiya S
q12_1
Are you generally a person who is fully prepared to take risks or do you try to
q12_2a
Digit-span recall: 4 numbers
q12_2b
Digit-span recall: 5 numbers
q12_2c
Digit-span recall: 6 numbers
q12_2d
Digit-span recall: 7 numbers
q12_2e
Digit-span recall: 8 numbers
q12_2f
Digit-span recall: 9 numbers
q12_2g
Digit-span recall: 10 numbers
q12_2h
Digit-span recall: 11 numbers
q12_3
What amount in five months would make you just as happy as receiving Rs 10,000 i
q13_1a
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: I plan tasks carefully
q13_1b
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: I make up my mind quickly
q13_1c
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: In uncertain times I usually ex
q13_1d
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: I can think of many times when
q13_1e
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: I continue to work on hard proj
q13_1f
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: I like to juggle several activi
q13_1g
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: If something can go wrong for m
q13_1h
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: I never try anything that I am
q13_1i
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: Generally speaking, most peopl
q13_1j
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: I'm always optimistic about my
q13_1k
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: A person can get rich by takin
q13_2a
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: It is important for me to do wh
q13_2b
How much you agree/disagree with each statement:When a group I belong to plans a
q13_2c
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: It is important to me to perfor
q13_2d
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: I rarely count on good things
q13_2e
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: I enjoy planning things and dec
q13_2f
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: The most important thing that h
q13_2g
How much you agree/disagree with each statement: My family and friends would say
q14_1
Does the business have a clear and visible sign outside the store, which indicat
q14_1a
Is this sign bright and colorful, or old and faded?
q14_2a
Are prices of products clearly displayed?
q14_2b
Are goods displayed in groups, with similar products next to each other?
q14_2c
Do the shelves look full?
q14_2d
Are there any posters or signs advertising particular products?
q14_2e
Are the products and the area clear of dust and dirt?
q14_2f
Is the store well lit?
q15_1_1
Who else other than the enterprise owner was present during the interview? Nobo
q15_1_2
Who else other than the enterprise owner was present during the interview? The s
q15_1_3
Who else other than the enterprise owner was present during the interview? Other
q15_1_4
Who else other than the enterprise owner was present during the interview? Other
q15_1_5
Who else other than the enterprise owner was present during the interview? A chi
q15_1_6
Who else other than the enterprise owner was present during the interview? A chi
q15_2
What is your impression of how well the respondent understood the questions bein
q15_3
What is your impression of the seriousness with which the respondent answered qu
q15_4
What is your overall impression of the preciseness/accuracy with which questions
q15_5_1
Which questions were most difficult or troubling for the respondent?
q15_5_2
Which questions were most difficult or troubling for the respondent?
q15_5_3
Which questions were most difficult or troubling for the respondent?
q15_5_4
Which questions were most difficult or troubling for the respondent?
q15_5_5
Which questions were most difficult or troubling for the respondent?
q15_6_1
Which questions were most difficult or troubling for you?
q15_6_2
Which questions were most difficult or troubling for you?
q15_6_3
Which questions were most difficult or troubling for you?
q15_6_4
Which questions were most difficult or troubling for you?
q15_6_5
Which questions were most difficult or troubling for you?
q15_7_1
Which questions interested the respondents the most?
q15_7_2
Which questions interested the respondents the most?
q15_7_3
Which questions interested the respondents the most?
q15_7_4
Which questions interested the respondents the most?
q15_7_5
Which questions interested the respondents the most?
q15_8
Survey location in
industry
retail
manuf
services
province
colombo
norecords
totemployees
fulltimeemployees
paidemployees
edn
K_noland
inventories
Kstock
sales
profits
registerps
burdentoregister
nobenefit
wouldregister
registerplus
group1
highsales
morethan2emp
group2
group3
salesrank
unique rank of (sales) by group3
quad1
groupnum
groupsize
random
rank1
rank of (random) by groupnum
treat1
treat2
treat3
treat4
control
treatgroup
Total: 420
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