| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 0369 |
| Survey Title | Quarterly Survey on Small Enterprise Trends, 2004.1-3 |
| Depositor | Japan Finance Corporation Research Institute |
| Restriction of Use |
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| Educational Purpose | Only available for research. |
| Period of Data Use Permission | One year |
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| Summary |
This survey is a nation-wide survey conducted every three months to look into the business conditions of the small enterprises with less than 30 employees, which have accounts with National Life Finance Corp. The number of samples was determined by the National Life Finance Corp. after taking into consideration the number of places of business in the "Statistics Survey of the Places of business and Enterprises ", etc. This data consisted of the actual achievements of Jan - Mar 2004, and prospects for Apr - Jun 2004. The business performance of small companies is finely grasped by industrial classification, and referred not only to the business partners of the National Life Finance Corp but also widely to the external persons concerned. It was started in 1958, and the survey was revised several times and was changed into the present form in 1980. The data before change and the present data are not continuous. The same survey sheet has been used since 1980, in order to chronologically compare and analyze the results. In addition, what is called a "special survey (plant-and-equipment investment for this survey)", which contains different questions, is also included every time the regular survey is conducted. The data set include those items in one file. On the other hand, reports are divided into two booklets. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Small enterprises with less than 30 employees, which have accounts with National Life Finance Corp.: [manufacturing (less than 30 employees), retailing (less than 10 employees), sales (less than 10 employees), restaurants (less than 10 employees), service industry (less than 30 employees), construction (less than 30 employees), transportation (less than 30 employees) ] |
| Unit of Observation | Organization |
| Sample Size | 10,617 sample enterprises, 6,382 effective response (60.1%) [Special survey part: 6,277 effective response (59.1%), which was counted except for the cases with no answer to question(12)(イ).]. |
| Date of Collection |
2004-03-10 ~ 2004-03-10 2004/03/10 |
| Time Period |
2004 ~ 2004 |
| Spatial Unit | Japan All over Japan except Okinawa |
| Sampling Procedure | Non-probability: Quota The NLFC Research Institute determines the number of samples after taking into consideration the number of places of business in the "Statistics Survey of the Places of business and Enterprises " by the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications and the annual loan number-of-cases actual result of NLFC, etc. The NLFC branches perform sample selection. |
| Mode of Data Collection |
Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
- NLFC branches distribute questionnaires by mail. Each branch collected them separately and they were sent to the NLFC Research Institute. - The NLFC Research Institute analysis after totaling (subcontracted). |
| Investigator | The Research Institute of National Life Finance Corporation (NLFC) |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.0369 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) |
Zenkoku Shokigyo Doko Chosakekka (2004nen 1 - 3gatuki jisseki, 2004 nen 4 -6 gatuki mitoshi) [Report of the Survey on the Performance of Small Enterprises (Actual achievements of Jan - Mar 2004, and prospects for Apr - Jun 2004)], Apr 20, 2004, NLFC Research Institute. For the special survey part, Shokigyo no Setsubitoushi Doko Chosa [Report of the Survey on the Trend of plant-and-equipment investment of Small Enterprises], Apr 27, 2004, NLFC Research Institute. |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | [Chosa-hyo] |
| Major Survey Items |
Demographics: Type of business; items dealt; number of employees. Questions: Sales (compared with the sales of the same term of the previous year, compared with the prospective sales of the same term of next year); amount of order (compared with the amount of order of the same term of the previous year, compared with the prospective amount of order of the same time period of next year); level of profit (profit made this term; prospective profit of the next term); fund-raising (compared with the fund raised in the previous term, compared with the fund to be raised in the next term); loans (compared with the loans taken out in the previous term); over/under-supply of the inventories (products); plant investment (amount invested this term, amount to be invested next term); managerial problems; evaluation of the business conditions (this term; prospect of the next term). Special Survey: trend of plant-and-equipment investment plant-and-equipment investment situation in the 2003 fiscal year (existence of plant-and-equipment investment, purpose, contents, total amount of money for the investment, reason for no investment), feeling of excess or deficiency of the current plant-and-equipment, plant-and-equipment investment schedule in the 2004 fiscal year (existence of plant-and-equipment investment, purpose, reason for the investment). |
| Date of Release | 2004/07/27 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Business/industrial management and organisation |
| Topics in SSJDA | Economy/Industry/Management |
| Version | 1 ： 2004-07-27 |
| Notes for Users | Data sets are written in Japanese. |