Table III.

Descriptive statistics

Whole sampleWomen sample
VariablesObsMeanSDMinimumMaximumObsMeanSDSign
Restricted team (teammates)
SIZE1,970a0.8921.426010728a0.7120.979***Total number of teammates
HC1,970a1.3001.702010.183728a1.1631.611***Score for HC of teammates
Family team2,175a0.4160.49301801a0.3980.490 Dummy = 1 if there is any relative in the team
Wide team (affiliates)
SIZE1,970a3.5823.494027728a3.4003.616**Total number of affiliates
HC1,970a3.6362.904018.653728a3.3922.892***Score for HC of affiliates
Family team2,175a0.6760.46801801a0.6950.461*Dummy = 1 if there is any relative in the team
Correlation SIZE-HC teammates 75.41        
Correlation SIZE-HC affiliates 66.64        
Motivations
Money6550.0421.531−3.619073.523176260−0.0831.601**Factor 1 score using PCA on PSED II -Sect. W
Social recognition6550.0181.462−2.0393725.178822260−0.0891.387*Factor 2
Achievement655−0.0361.317−3.2163763.895823260−0.1091.329*Factor 3
Freedom6550.0261.218−3.6859222.1854932600.1741.172***Factor 4
Individual controls
Education6630.5680.180012640.5620.161 Level of formal education of the startupper
White6630.8520.355012640.8450.363 Dummy = 1 if the start-upper is white
Black6630.1000.300012640.1290.336**Dummy = 1 if the start-upper is black
Indian6630.0540.227012640.0450.209 Dummy = 1 if the start-upper is indian
Business controls
 Freq.(%)   Freq.(%)   
Retail store8412.67   4717.8 *** 
Restaurant243.62   83.03   
Consumer service23735.75   10740.53 *** 
Health service436.49   259.47 *** 
Manufacturing395.88   134.92 *** 
Construction365.43   51.89 *** 
Agriculture345.13   93.41 *** 
Mining10.15   00 * 
Wholesale distribution274.07   83.03 * 
Transportation111.66   31.14   
Utilities10.15        
Communications152.26   72.65   
Finance121.81   41.52   
Insurance60.9   41.52 *** 
Real estate406.03   166.06   
Business consulting services537.99   83.03 *** 
Total663100   264100   

Notes:

aNumber of observations refers to number of entrepreneurs for all the waves observed. Selection of variables included in the multivariate analysis. For computation of Team variables, see  Appendix AI. *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p ≤ 0.01

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