Footnotes
1 The English version of the Household Survey of Entrepreneurship 2005 was commissioned by the Small Business Service and the results are detailed in a separate report, published on the DTI website ( http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file38260.pdf ).
2 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/54357/0012595.pdf .
3 The figures for Scots living in England are 12% Thinkers, 13% Doers and 75% Avoiders. This proportion of Thinkers and Doers is higher than for Scottish residents, but the findings are not statistically significant.
4 Figures in bold are statistically significant at the 95% confidence level against the total.
5 Includes Highland (n = 80), Orkneys (n=4), Shetlands (n=7) and Western Isles (n=10).
6 Stirling (n=25), Clackmannanshire (n=16).
7 In England among 16-24 year olds = 18 per cent Thinkers, 6 per cent Doers, 76 per cent Avoiders. Among 25-34 year olds = 16 per cent Thinkers, 11 per cent Doers and 73 per cent Avoiders.
8 This table shows the rise/fall in the rounded figures from 2003 to 2005.
9 This table shows the rise/fall in the rounded figures from 2003 to 2005.
10 Higher degree level
11 First degree, HND, HNC or equivalent.
12 'A Government or public sector training course in business or enterprise skills.'
13 The figures add to over 100% because it was possible to give more than one answer to this question.
14 'Agree' = 'agree strongly' or 'agree slightly'. 'Disagree' = 'disagree strongly' or 'disagree slightly'.
15 For this reason it is not possible to make a direct comparison with the 2003 survey.
16 The remainder of the sample were not in employment, said that they neither agreed nor disagreed, or did not know.
17 Eleven people.
18 ' SIC' stands for Standard Industrial Classification, and is widely used to classify business establishments and other units by the types of economic activities they are engaged in. Note that figures exclude 'don't know', 'refused' and 'no answer'.
19 This is how the questionnaire is worded for the whole of the UK. In Scotland 'region' may be taken to refer to the whole of Scotland, or a region within Scotland.
20 It was possible to give multiple answers at this question.
21 Mean averages are not calculated here because a few individuals claim they will make in excess of a million pounds in their first year, thus skewing the findings overall
22 As only 12 people in the survey have sought finance, the sample size is not large enough to analyse this group by itself.
23 Thinkers may seek/have sought more than one type of finance. The figures do not add to 100% as there were various mentions of other forms of finance by one or two respondents, and 11% did not know what type of finance they would seek.
24 * = a figure which is less than 0.5 per cent but greater than 0.
25 Fourteen per cent of Thinkers in Scotland did not answer this question because they claimed they never used or wanted advice. A further five per cent were unable to rate the advice they had been given.
26 This was a prompted question. Respondents were asked which of the following are things which personally stop them from starting a business or becoming self-employed, and were then read the list.
27 A comparison between the previous surveys is not really possible here, as this is an unprompted question with precodes.
28 In 2003 this statement was worded 'many people who are highly successful in business have low morals or ethics'.
29 Note that the majorities both enjoy risky challenges and avoid taking risks, illustrating that respondents can be led by the wording of questions.
30 The reason for this is unclear.
31 The results of the English Household Survey are detailed in a separate report, published on the SBS website ( http://www.sbs.gov.uk/SBS_Gov_files/researchandstats/HouseholdSurveyOfEntrepreneurship05FullReport.pdf .)