A Systems View Across Time and Space
Table 2 Nature and measurement of variables
No. | Variable | Notation | Nature | Measurement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Growth rate | Employment growth rate | EMPLGR | Continuous | Change in employment size between the years of beginning and sampling periods divided by age of the enterprise | |
Capital growth rate | CAPGR | Continuous | Change in capital between the years of beginning and sampling periods divided by age of the enterprise | ||
1 | Initial investment | IIN | Continuous | Startup capital of the enterprise in birr | |
2 | Location of MSSEs | LOC | Categorical | (1 = Assosa, 2 = Bambasi, 3 = Oda, 4 = Menge, 5 = Sherkole, 6 = Homosha, and 7 = Kurmuk) | |
3 | Access to land | ACL | Dummy | 1 if they have access to land and 0 if otherwise | |
4 | MSSEs’ age | MAG | Continuous | Previous work experience in years | |
5 | Gender of owner | GOW | Dummy | 1 if male-owned and 0 if otherwise | |
6 | Enterprise’s sector | SECT | Categorical | (1 = agriculture, 2 = trade, 3 = construction, 4 = service, and 5 = manufacturing) | |
7 | Motivation of owner/s | MOW | Dummy | 1 if owners join MSSE by choice and 0 if it is by lack of alternative | |
8 | Owner’s education | OEDU | Categorical | (1 = informal/primary, 2 = secondary, 3 = TVET, and 4 = university) | |
9 | Enterprise’s linkage | ENLN | Dummy | 1 if they have access to market linkage and 0 if otherwise | |
10 | ICT adoption | ICTAD | Dummy | 1 if they have ICT adoption and 0 if otherwise | |
11 | Access to finance | ACFN | Dummy | 1 if enterprises have access to finance and 0 if otherwise | |
12 | Recording financial transaction | RECFT | 1 if there is record keeping of financial transactions and 0 if otherwise | ||
13 | Enterprise’s ownership | EOWNP | Dummy | 1 if enterprise owned by > 2 persons and 0 if otherwise | |
14 | Financial management practice | FMPRAC | 1 if there is financial management practice and 0 if otherwise | ||