Table 7.

Effect of household characteristics on enterprise performance

Explanatory variablesDid business fail in 2011? (1 = yes)
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Factor−0.011 (0.007)−0.036*** (0.012)−0.238*** (0.039)−0.454*** (0.111)−0.128 (0.094)
SCE−0.041 (0.129)0.057 (0.131)0.138* (0.078)−0.355** (0.172)0.018 (0.174)
Factor * SCE−0.016 (0.014)−0.031 (0.020)−0.169 (0.135)0.297* (0.173)−0.024 (0.179)
IHS enterprise income−0.140*** (0.019)−0.115*** (0.017)−0.097*** (0.017)−0.130*** (0.019)−0.109*** (0.022)
IHS household income0.007 (0.015)0.021 (0.014)0.020 (0.014)0.006 (0.015)0.002 (0.018)
IHS household consumption−0.047 (0.040)−0.006 (0.037)−0.038 (0.035)−0.059 (0.039)−0.007 (0.043)
No. of adults0.018 (0.014)0.021 (0.014)0.039*** (0.014)0.021 (0.014)0.016 (0.017)
No. of children0.001 (0.016)−0.026 (0.018)0.005 (0.016)0.003 (0.016)−0.001 (0.021)
Constant2.723*** (0.481)2.076*** (0.433)2.147*** (0.429)2.990*** (0.481)1.347** (0.526)
Observations2,5912,7832,7832,5961,615
IndustryYesYesYesYesYes
Social groupYesYesYesYesYes
UrbanYesYesYesYesYes
StateYesYesYesYesYes

Note(s): Standard errors in parentheses ***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05 and *p < 0.1;

The factors included in each column are as follows;

(1) H1aFactor = education of the enterprise decision-maker (entrepreneur);

(2) H1cFactor = average education of all household members;

(3) H2Factor = no. of family members in the enterprise;

(4) H3Factor = gender (of the enterprise decision-maker) (1 = male);

(5) H6Factor: type of industry: retail = 1; manufacturing = 0

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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