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Enterprise Survey 2007

Ghana, 2007
Reference ID
GHA_2007_ES_v01_M_WB
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World Bank
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Economics
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Feb 13, 2013
Last modified
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days of inventory (d16)

Data file: Ghana-2007--full data-1

Overview

Valid: 414
Invalid: 202
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 444
End: 446
Width: 3
Range: -9 - 180
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Just prior to receiving a delivery of your most important input, how many days of inventory (days of production)/does your establishment typically have on hand?
Categories
Value Category Cases
-9 don't know 0
0%
-8 refused to answer 0
0%
-7 not applicable 0
0%
-6 still in process 0
0%
-5 application denied 0
0%
-4 skipped 0
0%
-3 not provided 0
0%
0 22
5.3%
1 31
7.5%
2 35
8.5%
3 38
9.2%
4 27
6.5%
5 38
9.2%
6 6
1.4%
7 58
14%
8 1
0.2%
10 23
5.6%
12 1
0.2%
14 37
8.9%
15 8
1.9%
16 4
1%
18 2
0.5%
20 9
2.2%
21 14
3.4%
25 1
0.2%
28 2
0.5%
30 29
7%
31 1
0.2%
40 1
0.2%
45 1
0.2%
60 16
3.9%
62 1
0.2%
70 1
0.2%
90 3
0.7%
120 1
0.2%
140 1
0.2%
180 2
0.5%
Sysmiss 202
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
Days of inventory of main input. The purpose of this question is to assess the efficiency in the supply chain. When firms have to maintain a high level of stock, because they cannot rely on a predictable supply of inputs, this is a source of economic inefficiency. Inversely, if supplies of the main input can be relied upon to be easily available, firms will keep low levels of stock on hand.

The main input is the input that accounts for the highest value among all inputs. It is not the input for which stock is maintained the longest. For example, if a company makes shirts, the most important input is the cloth, not the buttons and thread, though the establishment may actually keep a 90 day supply of buttons on hand and only a 30 day stock of cloth.

Days of inventory should be calculated as the number of days of normal production capacity before running out of stock.
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