paired t-test and involves the substitution of ranks for the actual values. In
SPSS select (Analyze/Non-parametric tests/ 2 or more than two independent
samples). The results wil be presented in the table 5.
Table 5. Summary table of results for non-farm businesses in the study areas
|
Characteristic (Sales) |
_________________________________Towns_________________________________ | ||||||
|
1 Mirandela |
2 Vila Real |
3 Tavira |
4 Silves |
5 Lixa |
6 Esposende | ||
|
Firm Size Zone A+B |
20,816 *** |
10,697 ** |
14,430 *** |
30,931 *** |
22,630 *** |
26,910 *** | |
|
Zone A+B+C |
26,554 *** |
9,762 ** |
9,908 ** |
14,187 *** |
32,819 *** |
29,728 *** | |
|
Firm Type Zone A+B |
13,903 *** |
3,200 |
18,162 *** |
28,806 *** |
20,380 *** |
29,384 *** | |
|
Zone A+B+C |
24,822 *** |
0,897 |
17,877 *** |
11,439 *** |
33,380 *** |
25,277 *** | |
|
Type of organisation Zone A+B |
622,500 |
760,500 |
689,000 |
632,000 |
936,5 |
1059,0 | |
|
Zone A+B+C |
556,000 ** |
677,500 |
755,500 |
543,5 ** |
1081,5 |
1105,0 | |
|
Location of firm (Zone A or B) Zone A+B |
1426,00 |
1062,000 *** |
1980,000 ** |
2042,000 |
2237,5 |
2405,5 | |
|
Zone A+B+C |
994,00 *** |
1214,000 * |
1992,000 ** |
2358,000 |
2352,5 |
2237,5 | |
|
Years at this address Zone A+B |
2,610 |
5,460 |
1,735 |
0,016 |
2,791 |
11,758 *** | |
|
Zone A+B+C |
0,499 |
3,582 |
1,762 |
2,209 |
2,555 |
10,480 ** | |
|
Origin/how local is the manager Zone A+B |
2,165 |
7,567 |
6,582 |
16,460 *** |
4,898 |
2,008 | |
|
Zone A+B+C |
2,093 |
5,753 |
7,721 * |
20,994 *** |
8,744 ** |
2,533 | |
|
Characteristic (Purchases)___________________________________________________________________________________________________ | |||||||
|
Firm Size Zone A+B |
4,229 |
2,913 |
1,205 |
0,298 |
2,182 |
9,204 ** | |
|
Zone A+B+C |
3,659 |
2,271 |
4,421 |
2,874 |
4,351 |
2,327 | |
|
Firm Type Zone A+B |
2,109 |
2,990 |
9,472 *** |
7,021 ** |
6,315 ** |
4,232 | |
|
Zone A+B+C |
2,906 |
3,295 |
22,279 *** |
3,572 |
7,660 ** |
0,581 | |
|
Type of organisation Zone A+B |
496,000 *** |
591,500 ** |
892,000 |
318,500 *** |
556,0 *** |
916,5 | |
|
Zone A+B+C |
457,000 *** |
566,00 ** |
935,000 |
330,000 *** |
716,5 *** |
914,5 | |
|
Location (Zone A or B) Zone A+B |
1376,00 |
836,500 *** |
2419,500 |
2293,000 |
2342,5 |
2306,5 | |
|
Zone A+B+C |
1248,500 |
653,500 *** |
2243,000 |
1339,000 |
2378,5 |
2412,5 | |
|
Years at this address Zone A+B |
0,242 |
0,832 |
1,457 |
0,806 |
4,178 |
4,935 | |
|
Zone A+B+C |
0,209 |
1,245 |
2,622 |
1,494 |
5,533 |
1,226 | |
|
Origin/how local is the manager Zone A+B |
0,837 |
5,586 |
1,357 |
5,270 |
6,264 |
0,348 | |
|
Zone A+B+C |
0,542 |
2,269 |
2,547 |
4,421 |
7,224 * |
1,942 | |
Significance level: * 90% (P<0.1) ** 95% P<0.05) *** 99% (P<0.01).
Source: Own calculations.
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