Samoa - Business Activity Survey 2009

Reference ID

WSM-SBS-BAS-2009-v01

Year

Country

Samoa

Producer(s)

Samoa Bureau of Statistics - Government of Samoa

Sponsor(s)

Government of Samoa - GoS - Funding (Budget)

Metadata

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Sep 24, 2014

Last modified

Sep 24, 2014

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Data Description

Data File: Construction

Content	The dataset contains all information relating to the operations of businesses that are engaged in activities of Construction.
Cases	55
Variable(s)	15
Version	V01: This is the first version of the documentation.
Producer	Samoa Bureau of Statistics
Missing Data	The dataset contains missing values but are not being identified with codes. This can be avoided if it runs through the imputation process but this will not be the case here as this is just a TEST.
Processing Checks	The data had been cross-checked with the VAGST data from the Ministry for Revenue. This is regarding the total sales and total expenses of each enterprise/establishment. They have also been checked against the employment data from the Samoa National Provident Fund regarding contributions by employers and number of employees.
Notes	THIS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS AN OFFICIAL DATASET FOR DOCUMENTATION DUE TO ITS INCOMPLETE NATURE AS THIS IS JUST A TEST!!!

Name	Label	Question
Q10_CONS	Ref_No

Q11_CONS	Legal_Organisation

Q12_CONS	Ownership

Q13_CONS	ISIC

Q14_CONS	RCode

Q15_CONS	DCode

Q16_CONS	Total_(M)

Q17_CONS	Total_(F)

Q18_CONS	Total_Wages_and_Salaries

Q19_CONS	Total_income

Q20_CONS	Total_expenses

Q21_CONS	Opening_Stocks

Q22_CONS	Closing_Stocks

Q23_CONS	Total_value_of_assets_(Opening)

Q24_CONS	Total_value_of_assets_(Closing)