Table II. Respondents’ profile...

Table II.

Respondents’ profile

Description	(%)
Gender
Male	68.8
Female	31.2
Educational level
Primary	0.8
Secondary	36.9
Higher diploma	28.0
Bachelor’s	31.7
Master’s	2.6
Age in years
Under 20	1.0
20-30	40.8
31-40	46.2
41-50	11.0
Over 50	1.0
Marital status
Single	39.7
Married	57.1
Other	3.2
Number of employees
1-5	59.7
6-25	37.4
26-99	2.9
*Sales turnover in Omani Rials (OMR)
Less than 100,000	76.4
Between 100,000 and less than 500,000	22.3
Firm age in years
0-1	13.2
2-3	47.8
4-5	23.2
Over 5	15.8
Nature of business
Manufacturing	19.7
Services	35.1
Trade	45.2

Description	(%)
Gender
Male	68.8
Female	31.2
Educational level
Primary	0.8
Secondary	36.9
Higher diploma	28.0
Bachelor’s	31.7
Master’s	2.6
Age in years
Under 20	1.0
20-30	40.8
31-40	46.2
41-50	11.0
Over 50	1.0
Marital status
Single	39.7
Married	57.1
Other	3.2
Number of employees
1-5	59.7
6-25	37.4
26-99	2.9
*Sales turnover in Omani Rials (OMR)
Less than 100,000	76.4
Between 100,000 and less than 500,000	22.3
Firm age in years
0-1	13.2
2-3	47.8
4-5	23.2
Over 5	15.8
Nature of business
Manufacturing	19.7
Services	35.1
Trade	45.2

Note: *Turnover does not add up to 100 per cent because a few participants were reluctant to provide this information

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