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Establishment and Enterprise Survey 2004

Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2004
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LAO_LSB_AES-2004_v1.0
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Lao Statistics Bureau
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  • Identification

    Survey ID number

    LAO_LSB_AES-2004_v1.0

    Title

    Establishment and Enterprise Survey 2004

    Abbreviation or Acronym

    AES2004

    Country
    Name Country code
    Lao People's Democratic Republic LAO
    Study type

    Enterprise Survey [en/oth]

    Series Information

    The survey is the second round of the Establishment and Enterprise Surveys. Data from the survey are used mainly in the estimation of the National Accounts of the Lao PDR. No separate reports on survey results were released.

    Abstract

    Please refer to the Lao version on page 4-6, Manual of Annual Enterprise Survey 2004.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Enterprises and establishments

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 2.0 - Anonymized dataset for public release

    Version Date

    2004-07

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the Annual Enterprise Survey includes:

    • Enterprise Information
    • Organization
    • Emploment
    • Income
    • Compensation
    • Expenditure
    • Asset
    • Capital
    • Storage
    • Balance
    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Private Sector and Trade World Bank
    Doing Business / Business Regulation World Bank

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National coverage Province Urban/Rural Three Regions: North, Central, South

    Geographic Unit

    Lao PDR Northern Lao Central Lao Southern Lao

    Universe

    All enterprises and establishments operating in Lao PDR

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Lao Statistics Bureau Committee for Planning and Investment
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Abbreviation
    Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency SIDA

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    Please refer to the Lao version on page 4, Manual of Annual Enterprise Survey 2004.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The questionnaire was developed initially by the Economic Division and Survey Division, in consultation with other divisions in the Lao Statistics Bureau.

    Methodology notes

    Data entry and editing software: MS Access
    Data processing software: SPSS
    Data was stored in SQL server.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2004-03-22 2004-04-02
    Time periods
    Start date End date
    2003-01-01 2003-12-31
    Mode of data collection
    • Face-to-face [f2f]
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Provincial divisions Committee for Planning and Investment
    Supervision

    Levels of supervision: Regional, Provincial and some District

    Data Collection Notes

    Training of staff was conducted by NSC. No pilot test was conducted.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    Data editing took place at a number of stages throughout the processing, including:
    a) Office editing and coding
    b) During data entry
    c) Structure checking and completeness of MS Access data files
    d) Secondary editing
    e) Structural checking of SPSS data files

    Data appraisal

    Estimates of Sampling Error

    Not computed

    Data Appraisal

    Internal validation was done within LSB divisions.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Vice Minister, Head Lao Statistics Bureau https://www.lsb.gov.la nscit@etllao.com
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes This Survey conforms to the provisions of confidentiality stated under Article 24 of the Statistics Law, of Lao PDR which identifies the “three type of statistics confidentiality as follows:
    1. State confidentiality with regard to stability, national defense, security and other secrets that are defined in a specific manner;
    2. State confidentiality with importance to any specific sector;
    3. Individual confidentiality of information from any individual, legal person or any organization that are gathered/collected from survey and administrative report."

    Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree:

    1. To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the LSB.
    2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified in the dataset.
    3. To hold in strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately be reported to the LSB.
    Access conditions

    Authorization to use this data is granted only to the client or data user and persons within the Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB). Under no circumstances shall the client reproduce, distribute, sell or lend the entire data or parts thereof to any other data user apart from himself or that of authorized employees in the LSB. The LSB shall hold the data user fully responsible for safeguarding the data from any unauthorized access or use.

    Citation requirements

    Any report, paper or similar articles, whether published or not, emanating from the use of this data shall give appropriate acknowledgement as suggested herein: “"Lao Statistics Bureau, Establishment and Enterprise Survey 2004 (AES 2004), Version 2.0 of the public use dataset (July 2004), provided by the Lao National Data Archive, www.lsb.gov.la/nada", as the source of basic data. The data user or client is encouraged to provide LSB with a copy of such report, paper or article. It is understood that unless expressly allowed by the client, such report, paper or article shall not be used for any purpose other than monitoring.

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The LSB gives no warranty that the data are free from errors. Hence, the LSB shall not be held responsible for any loss or damage as a result of the client's manipulation or tabulation of the data.

    Copyright

    (c) 2012, Lao Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Lao PDR

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    Director General Department of Service Statistics, Lao Statistics Bureau nscit@etllao.com https://www.lsb.gov.la
    Director General Department of Economic Statistics, Lao Statistics Bureau nscit@etllao.com https://www.lsb.gov.la

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    LAO_LSB_AES-2004_m_EN_v1.0

    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    Mr. Phouphath PH LSB Documenter
    Mrs. Souksamay SSM LSB Documenter
    Ms. Phamy PHM LSB Documenter
    Date of Metadata Production

    2012-05-07

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1.0 (May 2012)

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