Table 4. Percentage of owners of small firms for combinations of period t-1 and period t
quintiles. Yearly transitions, 1993-1994, 1997-1998, and 2002-2003 for two
definitions of business owners.
Transitions 1993-1994, owners of small businesses in both periods
|
Narrow def.: self-employed, owners of closely |
Wide def.: self-employed, owners of closely held | ||||||||||||
|
From |
To quintile |
From |
To quintile | ||||||||||
|
quintile |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
quintile |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
|
1 |
21.6 |
3.6 |
1.6 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
28.8 |
1 |
18.0 |
3.3 |
1.4 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
24.6 |
|
2 |
4.7 |
4.5 |
2.5 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
14.0 |
2 |
4.1 |
5.0 |
2.6 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
13.9 |
|
3 |
1.7 |
2.6 |
3.5 |
2.6 |
1.5 |
11.9 |
3 |
1.5 |
2.8 |
4.5 |
2.9 |
1.4 |
13.0 |
|
4 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
2.8 |
5.1 |
3.9 |
14.3 |
4 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
3.0 |
6.5 |
4.1 |
15.8 |
|
5 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
4.0 |
24.2 |
31.1 |
5 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
4.0 |
26.1 |
32.7 |
|
Total |
29.8 |
13.0 |
11.6 |
14.2 |
31.4 |
100.0 |
Total |
25.3 |
13.1 |
12.7 |
15.7 33.2 |
100.0 | |
Transitions 1997-1998, owners of small businesses in both periods
|
Narrow def.: self-employed, owners of closely |
Wide def.: self-employed, owners of closely held | ||||||||||||
|
held firms (89,754 obs) | |||||||||||||
|
From |
To quintile |
From |
To quintile | ||||||||||
|
quintile |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
quintile |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
|
1 |
22.9 |
4.3 |
2.0 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
31.4 |
1 |
18.8 |
3.7 |
1.7 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
24.6 |
|
2 |
3.7 |
4.4 |
2.7 |
1.8 |
0.9 |
13.5 |
2 |
3.3 |
4.6 |
2.7 |
1.6 |
0.8 |
13.9 |
|
3 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
3.6 |
2.9 |
1.3 |
11.7 |
3 |
1.3 |
2.4 |
4.2 |
3.1 |
1.3 |
13.0 |
|
4 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
2.6 |
5.7 |
4.0 |
14.4 |
4 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
2.8 |
6.8 |
4.3 |
15.8 |
|
5 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
3.5 |
22.8 |
29.0 |
5 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
3.9 |
26.2 |
32.7 |
|
Total |
29.9 |
13.1 |
12.0 |
15.1 |
29.9 |
100.0 |
Total |
25.1 |
12.6 |
12.5 |
16.4 |
33.4 |
100.0 |
Transitions 2002-2003, owners of small businesses in both periods
|
Narrow def.: self-employed, owners of closely |
Wide def.: self-employed, owners of closely held | ||||||||||||
|
held firms (90,957 obs) | |||||||||||||
|
From |
To quintile |
From |
To quintile | ||||||||||
|
quintile |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
quintile |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
|
1 |
22.0 |
2.9 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
27.8 |
1 |
18.1 |
2.6 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
23.7 |
|
2 |
5.2 |
3.6 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
12.4 |
2 |
4.4 |
3.8 |
2.1 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
12.1 |
|
3 |
3.1 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
2.2 |
1.0 |
12.4 |
3 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
3.9 |
2.4 |
1.3 |
12.6 |
|
4 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
5.7 |
3.1 |
15.9 |
4 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
3.0 |
6.3 |
3.8 |
16.7 |
|
5 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
1.6 |
4.1 |
23.2 |
31.5 |
5 |
1.4 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
4.3 |
26.5 |
34.9 |
|
Total |
33.8 |
12.1 |
11.5 |
13.7 |
28.9 |
100.0 |
Total |
28.3 |
11.7 |
11.8 |
14.8 |
33.4 |
100.0 |
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