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Micro and Small Enterprise Survey, 2004

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2004
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EGY_2004_MSES_v01_M
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Data appraisal
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    EGY_2004_MSES_v01_M
    Title

    Micro and Small Enterprise Survey, 2004
    Country
    Name Country code
    Egypt, Arab Rep. EGY
    Study type

    Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
    Abstract

    The re-listing and follow-up phases of the Micro and Small Enterprises survey in Egypt (MSEs) 2004

    One year after the first wide-scale data collection of the 5000 enterprises (phase 1) , a re-listing of all the enterprises in the selected Shiakhas was conducted. Subsequent to the re-listing, a follow-up survey
    was conducted.The main objective of these two phases was to study the dynamics of MSEs.

    Are the MSEs sustainable in their operations, or do they grow or shrink and disappear with time? Do they remain functioning in the same economic activity or is there a movement and change in
    economic activities and/or scope of operations? If there is change, what are the features of change? If there is growth, which factors of production are the most likely to expand?

    The primary objective of the follow up study was to update the information of the initial sample survey. A modified smaller version of the MSE questionnaire was developed to be used in the follow
    up. The modified version collected information on:

    1. Main activity of the MSE, main products, and secondary activities.
    2. Other locations of the MSE.
    3. Working system including number of working hours per day, number of working days per week, number of working weeks per month, and number of working months per year.
    4. The gender of owner (manager).
    5. The performance level (in the current and previous years) measured by:
    6. Number of workers.
    7. Area (space) of the project.
    8. Value of assets.
    9. Value of final production (average per month).
    10. Wages (average per month).
    11. Raw materials and intermediate products (average per month).
    12. Cost of consumed energy (average per month).
    13. Other expenses such as rent, taxes, etc. (average per month).
    14. Revenue (average per month).
    15. Exports (average per month).

    Future expectations in the next year for:

    1. Number of workers.
    2. Area (space) of the unit.
    3. Products.
    4. Assets.
    5. Technology.
    6. Revenue.
    7. Sales.
    8. Exports.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Enterprises.

    Version

    Version Date

    2013-04

    Scope

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Small and Micro Enterprises ERF
    Labor ERF
    Education ERF

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Covering a sample of 3 major administrative regions (Metropolitan areas, Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt).
    Universe

    The survey covered a national sample of Micro and Small Enterprises.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Economic Research Forum
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    European Commission (through the FEMISE 2 project)
    Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
    International Development Research Centre
    United States Agency for International Development
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name Affiliation Role
    Alia El Mahdi Cairo University, Egypt Principal Investigator
    Jacques Charmes ORSTOM, France Project’s Advisory Committee
    Donald Mead Michigan University, USA Project’s Advisory Committee
    Ferhad Mehran ILO, Switzerland Project’s Advisory Committee

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The re-listing phase

    All the enterprises in the 120 Shiakhas and villages, which were listed during the listing phase (2003), were re-listed (2004).
    The interviewers in the re-listing phase were given some information (name of the enterprise, address, name of owner) on the listed MSEs in the first phase. They were instructed to pass by each listed MSE and record in a sheet the following characteristics:

    1. Name of the enterprise (if changed to record the new name).
    2. Name and gender of the owner of the enterprise (if changed to record the new name and gender).
    3. Activity of the enterprise (if changed to record the new activity).
    4. Number of workers.
    5. Year of establishment.

    The Follow-up phase

    The selected MSEs in the baseline survey.
    Response Rate

    The Follow-up phase

    The number of completed interviews reached 4590 out of 4958 units in the base survey (with 93 percent response rate).

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2004-03 2004-03 The re-listing phase
    2004-04-01 2004-05-15 The Follow-up phase
    Data Collection Notes

    The re-listing phase

    The field staff consisted of four teams; each team was comprised of one supervisor and four to five interviewers. During fieldwork, each team was regrouped as necessary. Two general supervisors were
    recruited for quality assurance. They were instructed to randomly select MSEs from each lister work and check the data collected. The Fieldwork started in the first week of March 2004 and continued for
    three weeks.

    The Follow-up phase

    The Field Staff was divided into 3 teams; each team had a supervisor and 4 interviewers. The fieldwork for the follow-up study began on the 1st of April 2004 and was completed on May 15th, 2004. The interviewers were responsible for conducting the interviews and completing the questionnaires with the owners or managers of the selected MSEs. In addition to leading the team, supervisors were responsible for field editing of the questionnaires. To assure quality, 2 general supervisors were responsible for checking the collected data by re-interviewing a sample from each
    interviewer’s work (Quality Control). The number of completed interviews reached 4590 out of 4958 units in the base survey (with 93 percent response rate).

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    The re-listing phase

    Fieldwork and data processing activities overlapped. After a week of re-listing, and after field editing of re-listing sheets for completeness and consistency, the re-listing sheets for each PSU (Shiakha or
    village) were packaged together. Special editors were recruited to carry out office editing and coding. Data entry and verification started after one week of office data processing. The process of data entry,
    including one hundred percent re-entry, editing and cleaning, was done using PCs and a computer database program developed specially for thess surveys. Data processing operations for the re-listing
    phase were completed by the mid April, 2004.

    The Follow-up phase

    Office editors reviewed questionnaires for consistency and completeness. Coding was conducted at the office prior to data entry. Office editors were instructed to report any problems detected while
    editing the questionnaires, which were reviewed by a senior staff, an assistant and 5 office editors recruited for these purposes.
    Computer entry and editing began while interviewing teams were still in the field. Data were entered on PCs using a software program developed for the survey. Around 4 data entry personnel were
    recruited and trained to process the follow-up data. During data entry, 100 percent of the questionnaires were re-entered for verification. Data processing was completed by the last week of
    May 2004.

    Data appraisal

    Data Appraisal

    Quality Control Measures

    Quality of data was assured using several measures such as:

    1. Selecting and training qualified field staff,
    2. Field editing (by supervisors),
    3. Field checking (by general supervisors),
    4. Office editing, and
    5. Re-entry of 100 percent of questionnaires.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Economic Research Forum Economic Research Forum (ERF) www.erf.org.eg erfdataportal@erf.org.eg
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes To access the micro-data, researchers are required to register on the ERF website and comply with the data access agreement. The data will be used only for scholarly, research, or educational purposes. Users are prohibited from using data acquired from the Economic Research Forum in the pursuit of any commercial or private ventures.
    Access conditions

    Licensed datasets, accessible under conditions.
    Citation requirements

    The users should cite the Economic Research Forum as follows:

    "Economic Research Forum, Micro and Small Enterprise Survey in Egypt, MSEs (2004), Version 1.0 of the Licensed data files (April, 2013), provided by the Economic Research Forum. http://www.erfdataportal.com/index.php/catalog"

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The Economic Research Forum has granted the researcher access to relevant data following exhaustive efforts to protect the confidentiality of individual data. The researcher is solely responsible for any analysis or conclusions drawn from available data.
    Copyright

    (c) 2013, Economic Research Forum

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    Economic Research Forum (ERF) - 21 Al-Sad Al-Aaly St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt erfdataportal@erf.org.eg www.erf.org.eg

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_EGY_2004_MSES_v01_M
    Producers
    Name
    Economic Research Forum
    Date of Metadata Production

    2004

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1.0
    DDI Number and Study ID edited by World Bank Data Group (May 2013)
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