Study title

General and financial situation as well as problems of companies in the informal sector. Topics: region and land of origins; ethnic group affiliation; marital status; occupational activities of spouse; contribution of spouse to family income; number of children; education level; occupational activities before founding the business; knowledge necessary to run the business; manner of knowledge acquisition; reasons for migration; length of stay in Nima; type of business and location; type of goods or services offered; sources for goods and equipment; type of customers; length of business activity up to now; business established alone or type of take-over; help in founding the business; type of help received; problems in looking for support; changes in the size of the business; property situation at founding and present; preference for sole ownership; length of work week and business hours; sole ownership of furnishings and equipment of the business or amount of personal share; co-owners; amount of value of the furnishings and equipment as well as of the entire business; amount of monthly business expenses; amount of monthly profit as well as of personal income; credit possibilities and credit sources; amount of loan interest rates; personal granting of loans and type of borrower; amount of monthly loans and interest rates; planned business expansion; biggest problems expected with business expansion; interest in increased government support as well as preferred sort of support; preference for work for wages or self-employment; willingness to invest lottery winnings in the business as well as scope of such an investment; effect of such an investment on hiring of workers; preferred use of a lottery prize otherwise; measures undertaken to improve business; number of people employed in the business as well as detailed demographic information on them.