An investigation into entrepreneurial intentions in Caribbean Small Island Developing States

Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 4 Perceptions by country, number of persons and percent

Variable	Barbados		Belize		Jamaica		Trinidad		Suriname
	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%
Individual perceptions
Role-model	226	10	722	33	429	19	396	18	428	19
No role model	406	11	772	22	933	26	637	18	836	23
Self-confidence	325	8	958	24	1077	27	667	17	949	24
No self-confidence	307	17	536	30	285	16	366	20	315	17
Risk aversion	453	11	886	21	1179	28	783	19	903	21
No risk aversion	179	11	608	38	183	12	250	16	361	23
Economic perceptions
Entrepreneurial opportunity	175	7	670	27	473	19	499	20	658	27
No Entrepreneurial opportunity	457	14	824	25	889	27	534	16	606	18
Socio-cultural perceptions
Good career choice	309	8	837	21	948	24	787	20	1072	27
Not good career choice	323	18	657	36	414	23	246	13	192	10
Respected	339	9	796	21	944	24	721	19	1079	28
Not respected	293	15	698	37	418	22	312	16	185	10
Public media	355	10	849	23	291	8	360	10	195	5
No public media	277	14	645	31	1071	52	673	33	1069	52