APPENDIX

References
Questionnaire

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 References
1. Afsar, Dr. Rita, Bringing Women Entrepreneurs in Policy Focus for SME Development
in Bangladesh, A keynote paper presented at the Seminar on Strengthening Capacity of
Women organized by BWCCI, February 26, 2008
2. Black, Thomas R, Doing Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences, SAGA
Publications, London, 1999
3. British Council, the Constitution of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 1996
4. BBS, The Statistical Pocket of Book of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2006

5. www.adb.org

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 QUESTIONNAIRE: Perception on Women Entrepreneurship in Sylhet and Dhaka
On a scale of 1 5 with 5 being the most positive, how would you describe the overall
Perception on Women Entrepreneurship?
Very negative (1)> Barely Positive (2) > Somewhat Positive (3)> Mostly Positive (4)> Very Positive

SL Perception on Financial Support 1 2 3 4 5

1 Satisfaction on initial capital

2 Easy access to loan facilities
3 Access to private commercial bank for loan
4 Access to government financial institutions for loan
5 Access to NGOs for loan
6 Access to guarantor free/security free loan
7 Satisfaction on initial capital
(5)

SL Perception on Family & Friends 1 2 3 4 5

8 Attitude of family members at the initial stage

9 Attitude of family members at the present stage
10 Family members provide available supports now
11 Family supports affect positively and significantly
12 Close friends encourage
13 Positive attitudes of your friends
14 Attitude of family members at the initial stage

SL Perception on Society 1 2 3 4 5

15 Negative social values

16 Hindrance attitudes of society
17 Entrepreneurial activity for social status
18 Negative impact of Religious values
19 Negative social values

SL Perception on Institutional Support 1 2 3 4 5

20 Public institutions & agencies support

21 Private commercial banks & private institutions support
22 NGOs support
23 Positive influences of institutional supports
24 Institutional supports easy/hard

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25 Perception on Age: 26 Perception on Educational
Qualification:
Below 30
SSC
Below 40 HSC
Below 50 Graduate
Above 50 Post Graduate

27 28 Perception on Number of
Perception on Business
Employees:
Types:
Tailoring Less than 5

Parlor Less than 10

Clothing
Less than 20
Others
More than 20
Tailoring

29 Complex Sources of Finance

Family

State owned bank

State owned commercial bank

Private commercial bank

NGOs

Others

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND COOPERATION

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