MSE Survey Open Data (2018) [CSV]

Although Jordan’s economy is dominated by micro and small enterprises (MSEs), relatively little is known about them. To overcome this informational gap, USAID LENS conducted a survey of MSEs in 2014, 2015, and 2018 to better understand Jordanian enterprises and to assess the major barriers and opportunities for growth. The study covers general demographics, workforce trends, firm performance, access to finance, processes and networks, and the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis.<br><br>The survey consists of a range of questions in a two-stage design with stratification. The data gathers representative information for all MSEs operating in the governorates of Amman (excluding the Greater Amman Municipality), Zarqa, Irbid, Karak, Tafilah, and Aqaba (excluding the ASEZA free zone). Although the study is not intended to be national in scope, the target population of the six areas collectively capture 60% of the kingdom’s population.<br>As a complex survey, the research design was undertaken using probability sampling in two phases. In the first phase, 977 geographic clusters were randomly selected from districts in each area. From these clusters, 97,347 households were contacted through door-to-door interviews, of which 10,197 reported owning a business. A sub-sample of 6,385 MSEs was then drawn, stratified by sector governorate. 4,721 of these MSEs were then successfully surveyed in wave I (2014/15) and 1699 in wave II (2018). The results can reliably be generalized to all MSEs within this geographic boundary. For more details, see the weighting report (2018)<br>The public release of the MSE Survey (2018) includes the majority of the data collected in the core 2018 sample. However, to protect privacy of respondents, a number of sensitive and identifying variables have been omitted and generalized. To request access to a full scientific release without these limitations, please contact:<br><br>Bryanna Millis,Senior Technical Advisor, FHI [e-mail]<br>

尽管约旦经济以微型和小型企业（Micro and Small Enterprises, MSEs）为核心支柱，但目前学界对这类企业的了解仍较为有限。为填补这一信息空白，美国国际开发署（United States Agency for International Development, USAID）下属的LENS项目于2014年、2015年及2018年针对约旦境内的微型和小型企业开展了三轮调研，旨在深化对约旦本土企业的认知，并评估其发展面临的主要障碍与机遇。本次调研涵盖企业基本人口统计特征、劳动力趋势、经营绩效、融资渠道、运营流程与合作网络，以及叙利亚难民危机带来的影响。

本次调研采用分层两阶段设计，包含多维度问卷内容。调研数据覆盖安曼省（不含大安曼市辖区）、扎尔卡省、伊尔比德省、卡拉克省、塔菲拉省以及亚喀巴省（不含亚喀巴经济特区自由区，ASEZA）内所有运营中的微型和小型企业，具备区域代表性。尽管本次调研并非覆盖全国范围，但上述六个省份的目标受访群体合计占约旦全国总人口的60%。

作为一项复杂抽样调研，本次研究采用两阶段概率抽样设计：第一阶段，从各省份的行政区中随机抽取977个地理集群；随后通过入户访谈对这些集群内的97347户家庭进行调研，其中10197户报告拥有经营实体。研究团队进而按行业与省份分层抽取了6385家微型和小型企业作为子样本，其中4721家完成了第一波调研（2014/2015年），1699家完成了第二波调研（2018年）。本次调研结果可可靠地推广至上述地理范围内的所有微型和小型企业。更多细节可参阅2018年权重报告。

2018年微型和小型企业调研公开数据集包含2018年核心样本中收集的绝大多数数据。但为保护受访者隐私，部分敏感及可识别变量已被移除或做泛化处理。若需获取无此类限制的完整科研版数据集，请联系：
布莱安娜·米利斯（Bryanna Millis），高级技术顾问，FHI 360，邮箱：[e-mail]