Microenterprise Growth and the Flypaper Effect, Randomized Experiment 2008-2010
Ghana, 2008 - 2010
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Any other reason for self-employment (personal_10k)
Data file: GhanaBaselineSingle_la
Overview
Valid:
460
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Start:
1636
End:
1685
Width:
50
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
We would now like to understand why you chose to be self-employed in [nature of business], instead of other self-employment.
Any other reason: (personal_10k)
Any other reason: (personal_10k)
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | |
| A senior brother was a tailor | |
| B'cos he is much interested in it. | |
| BECAUSE I HAVE INTEREST IN THAT JOB | |
| BECAUSE I HAVE THE INTERST FOR THE JOB | |
| BECAUSE I KE THAT JOB | |
| BECAUSE I LOVE THE JOB | |
| BECAUSE I TRIED MANY BUSINESS AND ENDED UP IN THIS | |
| BECAUSE THERE IS NO JOB | |
| BECAUSE THERE WAS NO POPCORN SELLER AROUND | |
| Because i have experience car parts | |
| Because is my dream work. | |
| Because it provides my sociacial needs | |
| Because less education i needed learn a profession | |
| Because of low capital | |
| Because of the interest l had in this | |
| Because they buy it faster than any other thing. | |
| COS HE LEARNT HOW TO REPAIR BICYCLES | |
| COS OF ILL HEALTH | |
| COULD NOT CONTINUE HIS EDUCATION | |
| Could not get help to fether his education | |
| DUE TO LIFE DIFFICULTIES I CHOSE THIS JOB | |
| DUE TO SOME DIFFICULTIES | |
| Didn't get any support after school. | |
| Didn't get anyone to help her do different busines | |
| FELT ITS GIFTED | |
| HAD INTEREST IN THE BUSINESS | |
| HAVE THE INTEREST TO DO IT | |
| HE STUDIED ELECTRONICS IN SCHOOL HENCE THAT CHOICE | |
| HER FATHER ASKED HER TO LEARN IT | |
| Had heart in the Capentry work | |
| Had interest in it | |
| He has got interest in it since infancy. | |
| He has self interest in it | |
| I AM TALENTED IN THE BEAUTY FIELD | |
| I CHOSE THIS JOB TO CATER FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY | |
| I ENJOY DOING THIS SINCE INFANCY | |
| I HAD INTEREST IN THE JOB | |
| I HAVE INTEREST IN IT | |
| I HAVE THE INTEREST | |
| I JUST ENTERED INTO IT | |
| I JUST ENTERED INTO THE JOB | |
| I LEARN THE JOB | |
| I LIKE THE JOB | |
| I LIKE THE JOB AND HAVE THE TALENT | |
| I LIKE THE JOB THAT IS WHY | |
| I LIKE THE JOB THATS WHY I WENT INTO IT | |
| I LOST MY JOB AT THE PORT AND I ENTERED INTO THIS | |
| I LOVE THE JOB AND THAT DROVE ME INTO IT | |
| I PICK IT UP WILLINGLY | |
| I STARTED IT JUST LIKE THAT | |
| I WANTED THE SHOP TO BE IN MY HOUSE | |
| I WAS A HAIRDRESSER BUT I LOST MY KIOSK | |
| I WAS SACKED FROM WHERE I WAS IN THE MARKET . | |
| I WAS THEN A HAIR DRESSER BUT I STOP AND DID THIS | |
| I choose to be in the business | |
| I did myself; because there's none there | |
| I have intrest in the trade | |
| I like doing it | |
| I like this job | |
| I like trading | |
| I love it | |
| I love the job. | |
| I love the profession | |
| I love the work | |
| I love trading | |
| I prefer this to any other business | |
| INTERESTED IN CARPENTRY | |
| INTERESTED IN DOING SUCH A WORK | |
| INTERSTED IN DOING MY OWN HAIR | |
| In other to train the needy | |
| Is a family work | |
| It has always been my dream to be a trader | |
| It was the doctors advise to stop her work . | |
| JUST HAVE INTEREST IN THE BUSINESS | |
| LESS TIRING | |
| LIFE SITUATION LEAD ME INTO THE BUSSINESS | |
| LOST HIS JOB | |
| MY INTEREST IS IN THAT FIELD | |
| MY MUM ADVISED ME TO LEARN THIS BUSINESS | |
| NATURALY I LOVE TO TRADE | |
| NO | |
| NO REASON | |
| NONE | |
| No | |
| No job after school | |
| No one to pay for my education | |
| No one to pay for school fee that's why | |
| PARENTS INFLUENCE | |
| PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE JOB | |
| Prefered hairdressing to sew'g | |
| SHE IS ENDOWED WITH COOKING & HAD INTEREST IN IT | |
| SOME WHITE MEN INTRODUCED ME INTO IT | |
| THAT WAS MY DREAM FROM CHILDHOOD | |
| THE DESIRE TO DO BUSUNESS | |
| THE FAMILY BUSINESS SHOULD COTINUE OPERATING | |
| THE INTEREST IN THE JOB | |
| THERE IS NO SUCH BUSINESS IN THE AREA THAT WAS WHY | |
| The business she can operate well. | |
| To reduce stress as compare to her previous work. | |
| To support the husbands work for house keep'g. | |
| WE OPENED IT ON OUR OWN | |
| WORK AS A HAIRDRESSER OUTSIDE GHANA | |
| Wanted to try this business too | |
| Was interest in it from her childhood | |
| Was sacked 4rm where he had his previous business | |
| Where my interest is | |
| a family member introduced me to the business | |
| a friend informed me | |
| a friend introduced it to me | |
| a necessity | |
| after school i decided to work on my own | |
| and toprovide formy family | |
| area of study for respondent | |
| b'cos sellIng t.v's moves faster | |
| because i had personal interest in the business | |
| because i have a waist problem | |
| because i have no job | |
| because i likeness for metal work | |
| because i was jobless | |
| because my mother pushed me in there. to learn | |
| because my spouse is in the business | |
| because of accident in my previous work | |
| because of disability | |
| because of self interest in it | |
| because of the interest i had for the job | |
| because of the personal interest i had in the work | |
| because people eat everyday | |
| becos my uncle was in it | |
| becos of my love for the job | |
| becouse of low capital | |
| cldn't further his edu. n was force 2 work wif unc | |
| developed interest after hellping my | |
| did it becos of unsuccesful businesses | |
| did not get employment after school | |
| did not get the job he wantd to d0 | |
| doesn't like any work apart from Dressmaking | |
| dream work. | |
| family pressure | |
| father introduced me into the business | |
| father is a contractor | |
| father worked as a tailor | |
| felt like selling cooked rice | |
| flexible for female | |
| friends influence | |
| gifted | |
| had interest | |
| had interest in the business | |
| had interst | |
| had planned to trade | |
| had the interest | |
| had the passion of becoming a fashion designer | |
| had the passion to work as hairdresser [talent] | |
| had the talent in carpentry | |
| hardship,i need to do something | |
| has the intererst | |
| have been succesful in this business | |
| have no money | |
| have no money to sart another business | |
| have no money to start another business | |
| have the talent for it | |
| he is a hussler | |
| high interest | |
| highly interested in this trade | |
| i can provide food for the family as i prepare it | |
| i decided to do something to earn a living | |
| i decided to do something,so i did this | |
| i decided to learn a trade | |
| i developed the interest at school | |
| i did not have money to cotinue with my scholing | |
| i had a good supply of the product | |
| i had experience from my father | |
| i had the interest | |
| i had the interest,i started selling at tender age | |
| i had to do something to earn an an income | |
| i have my own time to work | |
| i have to occupy myself wh work | |
| i have work to earn income | |
| i havetne interest to do something with my hand | |
| i just like the profession | |
| i learned how to sow and did underground work befo | |
| i love the work | |
| i want money to school | |
| i wanted to work on my own | |
| i will provide for the family | |
| idecided to prepare food supportmyhusband | |
| imposed on me By my father | |
| intended to practice abroad | |
| interest | |
| interest In job | |
| interest from vocational skills course at j.s.s | |
| interested in hair dressing | |
| is advise form a docter | |
| it is flexible | |
| it just occured to Me after many unsucessful busin | |
| it seems to be the most successful i've ever tried | |
| it was a vision from God | |
| just decided to sell cosmetics | |
| just had the interest of doing catering | |
| just to help bring up my kids since l am not marri | |
| l just planned to sell charcoal | |
| l studied in this field | |
| lack of Money to continue schooling | |
| lack of finance to continue schooling | |
| learn the trade in school | |
| love and interest | |
| love it | |
| loves the job | |
| low capital reqired | |
| low capitel | |
| mother was in the same business | |
| my auntie was runing such business , so idecided | |
| my children also consume part | |
| my father was a printer | |
| my ingenuity | |
| my interest | |
| my interest in the vocation | |
| my mother runs the same business | |
| my own doin | |
| my talent | |
| n | |
| no | |
| no helper so decided to trade | |
| no one to look after me | |
| no other | |
| no reason | |
| non | |
| none | |
| nothing | |
| o | |
| own interest | |
| passion | |
| passion for it | |
| passion for it since childhood | |
| passionate about it | |
| persohal lnterest | |
| personal int3rest | |
| personal interest | |
| personal interest in job | |
| personal interest in the job | |
| personal interest in the work | |
| revealed by God | |
| schooled in it | |
| self interest in it | |
| she is a beautishion | |
| she was a hair dresser but the business collapes | |
| sick cannot do any another business | |
| started after school to engage myself | |
| step mum introduced it to me | |
| studied electrical in school | |
| talent | |
| that was my father's occupation | |
| the enviroment is favourable the business | |
| the family can feed on it as well | |
| the goods involve are not perishable | |
| there was nobody sell food around | |
| to assist my family | |
| to assist my husband | |
| to balance thfamily income | |
| to be able cater for myself | |
| to be able to cater for my family as well | |
| to cater for my family's social and economic needs | |
| to earn an income | |
| to engage myself | |
| to feed my family in the morning,and support my hu | |
| to get a reliable proffession | |
| to get small to help the family | |
| to get something doing | |
| to have something doing | |
| to help me earn income to take care of my son | |
| to help me look after my chn | |
| to help my spouse in running the home | |
| to help take care of my family | |
| to make earns to meet | |
| to meet customers' expectations from my previous b | |
| to meet family commitment | |
| to meet family obligation | |
| to meet social /economic needs | |
| to occupy myself and also earn an income | |
| to provide for the family | |
| to support my family | |
| to support my husband to manage the family | |
| to support my husband to takecare of thefamily | |
| to take care of myself | |
| to while away time | |
| want to stay at one place to work | |
| wanted increase income | |
| was also interested in it | |
| was interested in it | |
| when i cook in the morning ,i get some to feed my | |
| when she gets help will stop n do diff one | |
| work to earn a living |
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.