Towards A Unified Zakat System

5.3.5 Questionnaire response rateQuestionnaires were distributed to the above groups throughmy visit to all the GCC countries between early December1997 and the end of February 1998.Details of the number of questionnaires distributed and theresponse rate are summarised in table 5.1.Table 5.1Questionnaire response rateCondition Academics GovernmentInvestorsAccountingTotal %officialsfirmsDR D R D R D R D RBahrain 20 9 20 7 20 9 20 8 80 33 ToKuwait 20 10 20 9 20 11 20 9 80 39 25.0Saudi Arabia 20 11 20 11 20 12 20 15 80 49 31.0UAE 20 9 20 11 20 9 20 9 80 38 23.0Total 80 39 80 38 80 41 80 41 132011591100.0D= Distributed, R=R eturned, UAE= United Arab Emirates_It can be seen from table 5.1, that 20 questionnaires weredistributed to each of the target groups in the four GCCcountries, resulting in a population number of 320questionnaires. Out of the 320; 159 were completed andreturned, resulting in a response rate of 50 percent.Table 5.1, above, shows that 80 copies were distributed ineach country, 20 for each group.The total returned from Bahrain was 33 out of 80 (21percent), Kuwait 39 out of 80 (25 percent), Saudi Arabia 49194