| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 0524 |
| Survey Title | Quarterly Survey on Small Enterprise Trends, 2006.7-9 |
| 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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| SSJDA Data Analysis | Not available |
| Summary |
This survey is a nation-wide survey conducted every three month 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. 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 (employment and wages of small enterprises 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), eating and drinking places, accommodations (less than 10 employees), service industry (less than 30 employees), information and communications (less than 30 employees), construction (less than 30 employees), transportation (less than 30 employees) ] note) Since report of Apr - Jun, 2004, 8 divisions have been adopted based on the eleventh revision of the Japan Standard Industrial Classification (as revised in March 2002). The changed points: "restaurants" was changed to "eating and drinking places, accommodations" and "information and communications" has been established as a new division. |
| Unit of Observation | Organization |
| Sample Size | 10,617 sample enterprises, 7,654 effective response (72.1%), which was counted except for the cases with no answer to question (1)-(9). [Special survey part: 7,665 effective response (72.2%)] |
| Date of Collection |
2006-09-11 ~ 2006-09-11 2006/09/11 |
| Time Period |
2006 ~ 2006 |
| 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.0524 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) |
Zenkoku Shokigyo Doko Chosakekka (2006 nen 7 - 9 gatuki jisseki, 2006 nen 10 - 12 gatuki mitoshi) [Report of the Survey on the Performance of Small Enterprises (Actual achievements of Jul - Sep 2006, and prospects for Oct - Dec 2006)], Oct 24, 2006, NLFC Research Institute. For the special survey part, ShoKigyo no Koyodoko chosa [Report of the Survey on employment trend of small enterprises], Oct 30, 2006, 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: •Employment (number of employees of the present; excess and deficiency of the present number of employees, change of the number of employees; number of hired employees classified by the employment form during the past year, number of unemployed employees classified by the employment form, issues related to employment, plan for employment, etc. •Wages |
| Date of Release | 2007/06/26 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Business/industrial management and organisation |
| Topics in SSJDA | Economy/Industry/Management |
| Version | 1 ： 2007-06-26 |
| Notes for Users | Data sets are written in Japanese. |