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Finance for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Report on the 2004 UK Survey of SME Finances
Weighting
The data were projected by size (number of employees) within sector and by region to
the total number of SMEs in the UK in scope of the study. The source of the
population figures used for weighting was the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME)
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Statistics for the UK at the start of 2002TP
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the DTI.
The data were weighted up to the population of UK enterprises within the scope of the
survey in terms of size and sector: 3,625,415 enterprises in total. Interlocking targets
were set for size within sector, but region targets had to be defined separately. Rim
weighting was applied to reconcile the size by sector and region targets, to achieve the
best fit.
The tables below show the profile of the achieved sample, the profile of the survey
data once weighted, and the weighting target (because of the rim weighting, it was not
possible to achieve a perfect match with the weighting targets).
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TP
PT These were the most up to date figures available when the sample structure was defined in May
2004.
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