Survey data on the Effect of Macro-economic Factors on Business Sustainability in the Leather Industry Cluster of Kanpur and Unnao, Uttar Pradesh , India

Macro-economic factors are known to significantly affect the business performance. Kanpur and Unnao, situated on the river Ganges have evolved as the leather industry hub of North India. Leather Industry is known to pollute surface and groundwater resources and chromium pollution is known to take its toll on the workers in the leather processing and tanning. Pollutants and waste water invariably finds its way to the River Ganges. Recent environmental consciousness and changes in ethical consumption of leather goods have motivated the researchers to investigate the effects of macro-economic factors on the business sustainability of the leather industry. 500 industry workers, manufacturers, raw hide suppliers, marketers and exporters were presented with a questionnaire comprising nine demographic and 42 items, six each the seven constructs used in the study. The data was collected in a face to face setting where the potential respondents were explained the purpose of the study and their consent was taken before collecting the data. No personally identifiable information was collected and participation was voluntary. The final data of 397 comprised mostly of males (93.2%). 7 point Likert type questions were framed to elicit responses on the seven constructs namely, Government Policies & Regulations, Environmental Regulations, Economic Conditions, Technological Advancements, Socio-Cultural Factors, Global Market Trends and Business Sustainability.
The preliminary data was analysed using SPSS 23 and the hypotheses were analysed using path analysis by structural equation modelling (SmartPLS 4.0). Bootstrapping was done (10000 iterations) and the bootstrapped histograms of the path coefficients satisfactorily followed normal distribution.
Data in .xlsx and .sav formats is appended. Also included are the questionnaire, consent form and the output of PLS model.