Surinaamse kleine zelfstandige ondernemers in Amsterdam 1983

Social and economic backgrounds in Surinam/ family relations, stimulation by parents, businesses / migration into the Netherlands: motives, financial and organizational aspects, reception in the Netherlands, help from friends, relatives / occupational career in the Netherlands / way of starting own business, firm / motives to become a self-employed businessman, woman / knowledge, experiences, observance and problems regarding legal regulations for ( starting ) a business / detailed data on r's business location, products, financing, purchase, personnel / contacts with organizations for small businesses / customers / wishes / possibility to extend, sales promotion / most important aspects of respondents work / skill needed, objectives / development and problems of respondent's company / respondent's view of the position of self-employed entrepreneurs / remigration / discrimination.

Background variables: basic characteristics/ place of birth/ residence/ housing situation/ household characteristics/ characteristics of parental family/household/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ social class/ politics/ consumption of durables