Flash Eurobarometer 283 (Entrepreneurship in the EU and Beyond)
Attitudes towards entrepreneurship. Topics: preferred employment status: employed, self-employed; reasons for preferred employment status; feasibility to become self-employed within the next five years; reasons for non-feasibility; attitude towards the following statements on personal school educati...
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| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10210 https://search.gesis.org/research_data/ZA5439?lang=de https://search.gesis.org/research_data/ZA5439?lang=en |
| Summary: | Attitudes towards entrepreneurship. Topics: preferred employment status: employed, self-employed; reasons for preferred employment status; feasibility to become self-employed within the next five years; reasons for non-feasibility; attitude towards the following statements on personal school education with regard to entrepreneurship: helpful to develop entrepreneurial attitude, helpful to understand role of entrepreneurs in society, made interested in becoming entrepreneur, has given essential skills; attitude towards selected statements on entrepreneurs: create benefit for society, only think of themselves, are job creators, take advantage of other people’s work; activities in starting a business; considerations with regard to staring a business; current situation in own business; importance of each of the following issues in the decision to start a business: dissatisfaction with previous job situation, appropriate business idea, contact with appropriate business partner, getting necessary financial resources, role model, addressing special needs; reasons for starting own business; preference to set up new business or to take over existing one; most important risks for setting up a business; attitude towards selected groups of people: entrepreneurs, civil servants, top managers in large production companies, managers in banks or similar institutions, politicians, liberal professions; use of an assumed heritage; preference for quick expansion or slow growth; importance of each of the following issues with regard to starting a business: lack of financial support, complex administrative procedures, find information on how to start a business, risk of failure, possibility to have a second chance. Demography: sex; age; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; type of community; parents’ occupation; satisfaction with household income; self-characterization (e.g. equifinality, willingness to take risks, etc.). Additionally coded was: respondent ID; interviewer ID; language of the interview; ... |
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