FINAL VERSION

Enterprise No.

Enterprise Name

EXIT QUESTIONNAIRE

SURVEY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN VIETNAM

October 2005

Interviewer

Supervisor

Date of the interview

Day

Time begun

Month

Year

Time finished

EXIT QUESTIONNAIRE
Previously surveyed enterprises no longer in existence
XQ1

Number of enterprise

_____________(Xq1)

XQ2

a) Name of respondent

_____________(Xq2a)

b) Position of respondent

_____________(Xq2b)

Code: Owner (1), Manager (2), Relative (3), Friend (4), Neighbour (5) Other (6)

c) Gender of owner

_____________(Xq2c)

Code: Male (1), Female (2)

XQ3

d) Age of owner (full years)

_____________(Xq2d)

a) City/Province (Headquarters)

_____________(Xq3a)

Code: Ha Noi (1), HCMC (2), Hai Phong (3), Ha Tay (4), Long An (5), Phu Tho (6), Quang Nam (7), Nghe An (8), Khanh Hoa
(9), Lam Dong (10)

XQ4

b) City/Province (Main production facility)

_____________(Xq3b)

a) District (Headquarters)

_____________(Xq4a)

Code: See manual for district/commune codes

b) District (Main production facility)

_____________(Xq4b)

c) What type of zone was the main production facility located in?
_____________(Xq4c)
Code: Residential zone (1), Industrial zone for SMEs (2), Industrial Park (3), Other (4). The answer should reflect the location of
the main production facility of the enterprise.

XQ5

When did the enterprise close down?

a)

XQ6

Month

_____________(Xq5a)

b) Year

_____________(Xq5b)

What was the form of ownership/legal status?

_____________(Xq6)

Code: Household establishment/business (1), Private (sole proprietorship) (2), Partnership (3), Collective/Cooperative (4),
Limited liability company (5), Joint stock company with state capital (6), Joint stock company without state capital (7), Joint
venture with foreign capital (8), State enterprise (central) (9), State enterprise (local) (10)

XQ7

What was the main area of business and production activity?

_____________(Xq7)

Code: (List only one according to 3-digit ISIC classification Revision 2, see manual for details)

XQ8

How many employees did the firm have just before closing down?
_____________(Xq8)

XQ9

Why did the enterprise close down?

a)

Could not sell at profit or went bankrupt

_____________(Xq9a)

b) Made profits, but stopped operation

_____________(Xq9b)

c)

_____________(Xq9c)

Owner sold firm, which was no longer operating

d) Owner died and firm closed down

_____________(Xq9d)

e)

_____________(Xq9e)

Other reason

Code: Yes (1), No (2)

If firm could not sell at profit or went bankrupt (answer a) what was the reason for this (List in order of
importance: Most important = 1, Second most important = 2, etc.)
f)

Too much competition

_____________(Xq9f)

g) Low product quality

_____________(Xq9g)

h) Poor distribution/marketing channels/marketing skills

_____________(Xq9h)

i)

Production costs too high

_____________(Xq9i)

j)

Interference from government authorities/local officials

_____________(Xq9j)

k) Unable to service debt

_____________(Xq9k)

l)

_____________(Xq9l)

Unable to access credit for necessary investment purposes

m) Other, specify
XQ10

_____________(Xq9m)

What is the previous owner(s) main occupation now? (List only main occupation)
_____________(Xq10)
Code: Working in agriculture (1), Self-employed, same line of business as before (2), Self-employed, new line of business (3),
Employed for wages in same line of business as before (4), Employed for wages, new line of business (5), Unemployed (6),
Retired (7), Dead (8), Other (9)

XQ11

How has the total household income of the owner(s) changed in real terms since the closure of the
enterprise?

_____________(Xq11)

Code: -100% to -51% (1), -50% to -26% (2), -25% to -1% (3), no change (4), 1 to 25 percent (5), 26 to 50 percent (6), 51 to 100
percent (7), over 100 percent (8), Dont know (9)