UPHD - Detailed Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2007

KENYA, 2007 - 2010
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

CSV JSON

Problems encountered while running the business (h0713)

Data file: Household members economic activities

Overview

vald 2131

invd 38

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question

7.13 What MAIN problem if any, have you had in running your business over the past 12 months?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	1 = No major problem	21	1%
2	2 = Inadequate capital/credit	77	3.6%
3	3 = Inadequate technical knowledge	4	0.2%
4	4 = Lack of required expertise	2	0.1%
5	5 = High cost of running business	67	3.1%
6	6 = Water supply problem	0	0%
7	7 = Power supply problem	5	0.2%
8	8 = Problems with equipment /spare parts	7	0.3%
9	9 = Gov regulations	29	1.4%
10	10 = Lack of raw materials	10	0.5%
11	11 = Lack of customers	69	3.2%
12	12 = Transport problems	5	0.2%
94	94 = No activity	534	25.1%
95	95 = Missing	4	0.2%
96	96 = Other	20	0.9%
97	97 = Refusal	147	6.9%
99	99 = Not applicable	1130	53%
Sysmiss		38

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.

Question pretext

SECTION 7: SELF-EMPLOYMENT

We shall now talk about businesses/enterprises that the family was engaged in; in which they were self employed.

Interviewer instructions

code 11

PROBLEMS FACED: 01=No major problem; 02=Inadequate capital/credit; 03=Inadequate technical knowledge;04=Lack of required expertise; 05=High cost of running business; 06=Water supply problem; 07=Power supply problem; 08=Problems with equipment /spare parts; 09=Gov regulations; 10=Lack of raw materials; 11=Lack of customers;12=Transport problems; 96=Other (specify)