Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Survey 2016
Kenya, 2016
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
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EJ01 What was the main reason for starting the business? (ej01)
Data file: 2016 MSME Survey - Final establishments dataset with trainings data
Overview
Valid:
24164
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
34
Range:
-96 - 9
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -96 | Other (Specify) | 965 |
4%
|
| 1 | Skilled in this activity | 3882 |
16.1%
|
| 2 | Family has worked in this activity | 1210 |
5%
|
| 3 | Advised by others | 398 |
1.6%
|
| 4 | Availability of capital required | 1259 |
5.2%
|
| 5 | High demand/ready market | 3033 |
12.6%
|
| 6 | Influenced by advertisements | 56 |
0.2%
|
| 7 | No other alternative | 2754 |
11.4%
|
| 8 | Better income | 6167 |
25.5%
|
| 9 | Prefer self employment | 4440 |
18.4%
|
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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"EJ01 What was the main reason for starting the business?"