Informal Business Sector Survey 2016
Zimbabwe, 2017
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How did the largest owner acquire this business? (b4)
Data file: zimbabweinformal_2017_full_data_long_form.dta
Overview
Valid:
515
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
-9
Maximum:
5
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
145
End:
146
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 5
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
B.4. How did the largest owner acquire ownership of this business or activity?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know (spontaneous) | 2 |
0.4%
|
| 1 | Started the business on his/her own or with partners | 470 |
91.3%
|
| 2 | Purchased an existing business | 2 |
0.4%
|
| 3 | Joined an existing family business | 18 |
3.5%
|
| 4 | Joined an existing non-family business | 7 |
1.4%
|
| 5 | Other | 16 |
3.1%
|
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.