An investigation into entrepreneurial intentions in Caribbean Small Island Developing States

Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 5 Perceptions and entrepreneurial intention

Perception	Entrepreneurial intention	No entrepreneurial Intention	Entrepreneurial intention versus No entrepreneurial intention
Perception	Mean	Mean	χ2-test
Individual perceptions
Role-model	0.4123077	0.3740125	0.0247**
Self-confidence	0.7723077	0.6700624	0.0000***
No risk aversion	0.2205128	0.2839917	0.0000***
Economic perceptions
Entrepreneurial opportunity	0.5712821	0.3987526	0.0000***
Socio-cultural perceptions
Career choice	0.7938462	0.6609148	0.0000***
Respected	0.7466667	0.6550936	0.0000***
Public media	0.734359	0.6276507	0.0000***

Source: Author’s compilation based on GEM data
(1) χ2-test column shows the p-values of the test on the equality of proportions. (2) *is statistically significant at the 10 percent level; **at the 5 percent level; ***at the 1 percent level. (3) A p-value of less than 0.05 means that the null-hypothesis can be rejected at an error level of less than 5 percent