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Micro and Small Enterprise Survey, MSEs 2003

Morocco, 2003
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MAR_MSEs_2003_V1.0
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Economic Research Forum
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Oct 03, 2013
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    Survey ID
    MAR_MSEs_2003_V1.0
    Title
    Micro and Small Enterprise Survey, MSEs 2003
    Country
    Name Country code
    Morocco MAR
    Study type
    Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
    Abstract
    This study is the Follow-up phase of Micro and Small Enterprises Survey in Morocco, it was conducted one year after the main survey in October 2003. Baseline Study of Micro and Small Enterprise Survey in Morocco, 2002 is found in (http://www.erfdataportal.com/index.php/catalog).

    The basic objective of the follw-up phase is to study and evaluates the evolution of the concerned economic units. To do this, a shorter questionnaire, compared to the previous questionnaire was developed and adopted by the countries involved in this survey. This is to measure and evaluate any changes in the ownership of the enterprise, its legal form, its main activity, schedules, working conditions, and the positive and negative factors affecting the enterprise. The questionnaire included in total certain modules of the main survey questionnaire such as the main customers, performance, prospects and employment in the enterprise.

    Case Study
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    From Micro and small Enterprises (MSEs) interviewed in the baseline survey, ten were selected (and other 10 as back-up) as study cases. this selction is based on certain criteria: gender/ age/ and education level of entrepreneur, sector activity, size of the enterprise, location, market, access to funding, level of interest of the entrepreneur for the study and desire to speak openly and thoroughly.

    The case studies were conducted in February 2005 in enterprises of Rabat, Salé et Témara.More information on The characteristics of enterprises with which the interviews were conducted is provided in the methodology available among external resources.
    Kind of data
    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of analysis
    1- Enterprises.

    Version

    Version date
    2013

    Scope

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Small and Micro Enterprises ERF
    Labor ERF

    Coverage

    Geographic coverage
    Geographic Levels and areas study adopted are:

    Study level
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    · National
    · National Urban, National Rural

    Study area
    =======
    · Grand Casablanca
    · Rabat_S_Z_Z; Gharb_C_BH, Tangier-Tetouan
    · Méknès_T; Fez _ B; Taza _H_T; Oriental
    · Doukala_Abda; Marrakech_ T_H; Souss_M_D
    Universe
    The survey covered a national sample of Micro and Small Enterprises.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Economic Research Forum
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    European Commission (through the FEMISE 2 project)
    Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
    International Development Research Centre
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name Affiliation Role
    Bachir Hamdouch University of Mohamed V, Morocco Principal Investigator
    Jacques Charmes ORSTOM, France Project’s Advisory Committee
    Donald Mead Michigan University, USA Project’s Advisory Committee
    Ferhad Mehran ILO, Switzerland Project’s Advisory Committee

    Sampling

    Sampling procedure
    The follow-up survey involved a total sample size of 1166 economic units, or about 22% of the main survey. This sample was selected in a systematic random way. Sampling draw was made after sorting the data by study area, by region, province / prefecture, by urban/rural residence and by type PU / cluster / industrial area.

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    A more detailed description of the allocation of sample across areas is provided in the methodology available among external resources.
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    Weighting
    Extrapolation methodologies, correction/adjustment are based on those applied in the baseline survey data, the follow-up survey is a sub-sample (22%) of main survey.
    Same as the data file of the baseline survey, a variable "weight" was created and integrated into the global file of follow-up survey. This variable weighting the sample data and the outcome of the results for the population being studied.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2003-10-06 2003-10-30 Follow-up phase
    Notes on data collection
    Data collection in the field took place from 6 to 30 October 2003 and was conducted by a team of 20 people (16 interviewers and four supervisors) chosen from the best elements that carried out the data collection in the main survey. The staff survey has received additional training in two days (4 and 5 October 2003), specifying in particular the objectives of the follow-up survey and the types of changes made to the questionnaire of the main /baseline survey.
    Once the collection is completed, the survey data have been entered by computer according to the methodology adopted for the baseline survey.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Economic Research Forum (ERF) www.erf.org.eg erfdataportal@erf.org.eg
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes To access the micro data, researchers are required to register on the ERF website and comply with the data access agreement.

    The data will be used only for scholarly, research, or educational purposes. Users are prohibited from using data acquired from the Economic Research Forum in the pursuit of any commercial or private ventures.
    Access conditions
    Licensed datasets, accessible under conditions.
    Citation requirement
    The users should cite the Economic Research Forum as follows:

    OAMDI, 2013. Micro and Small Enterprises Survey (MSEs), http://www.erf.org.eg/cms.php?id=erfdataportal. Version 1.0 of Licensed Data Files; Morocco MSEs 2003. Egypt: Economic Research Forum (ERF).

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer
    The Economic Research Forum has granted the researcher access to relevant data following exhaustive efforts to protect the confidentiality of individual data. The researcher is solely responsible for any analysis or conclusions drawn from available data.
    Copyright
    (c) 2003, Economic Research Forum

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    Economic Research Forum (ERF) - 21 Al-Sad Al-Aaly St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt erfdataportal@erf.org.eg www.erf.org.eg

    Metadata production

    Document ID
    MAR_MSEs_2003_V1.0
    Producers
    Name
    Economic Research Forum
    Date of metadata production
    2003
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