The Socioeconomic Role of the Small Businesswoman in the Informal Sector in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Topics: number of children; number of children in the household; number of employed household members; amount of rent; number of rooms in the house; country of origin; ethnic descent; length of stay in Abidjan; reasons for migrating to Abidjan; education level; occupation; business location; financial sources for founding the business; type and amount of investments so far; financial sources for investment; amount of rent for the building and frequency of rent payments; expenditures for repairs, electricity and other costs; number of hours worked each day and each week; type of workers; number of trainees; number of hours worked each day and each week by trainees; trainee income; planned improvements and expansions of the business; main financial source for such investments; reasons for deferring improvement or expansion measures; possible credit sources and maximum amount available; book-keeping; checking and bank accounts; frequency and amount of deposits with a savings institution; frequency of payments from savings institution; possibility of a loan from the savings institution; amount of interest; number of members in the savings institution; frequency and amount of contributions to ethnic groups; type of group and number of members; possibility of a loan from the ethnic group; frequency and amount of contributions to other groups as well as type of group and number of members; credit sources consulted and reasons for not approaching possible creditors; frequency of food deliveries from hometown; frequency and amount of money transferred to the hometown; recipients of the financial contributions; expenditure for food, clothes, education and other costs; products sold and produced; material costs; profit on each item; number of items sold daily; income and profession of husband; use of media; possession of radio and television; preferred radio station and program; preferred television program; preferred newspaper.