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Appendix 2. Additional Tables


08/04: A Comparison of Qualitative and Quantitative Firm Performance Measures

Richard Fabling (Reserve Bank of New Zealand), Arthur Grimes (Motu Economic & Public Policy Research), Philip Stevens (Ministry of Economic Development)
[ Last Updated 2 April 2008 ]


Table 19: Comparing Sales from Alternative Sources for duplicates
Common sample Test of inequality with the BOS
2005 2006 Total 2005 2006 Total
IR10
Mean 2,154,228 2,248,503 2,199,647 F 1.59 0.91 1.18
s.e. (347,602) (357,583) (248,691) p (0.210) (0.342) (0.279)
n 115 115 230
BAI
Mean 2,022,825 2,102,345 2,061,136 F 1.99 0 1.94
s.e. (317,922) (332,346) (229,200) p (0.161) (0.948) (0.165)
n 115 115 230
BOS
Mean 3,233,585 2,092,082 2,683,636
s.e. (915,886) (274,647) (489,026)
n 115 115 230
BAI
Mean 9,473,397 9,889,444 9,675,658 F 0.1 2.11 0.44
s.e. (3,606,195) (3,740,223) (2,592,263) p (0.753) (0.148) (0.509)
n 170 170 340
BOS
Mean 9,740,892 8,852,266 9,308,886
s.e. (3,433,980) (3,216,712) (2,354,100)
n 170 170 340

Table 20: Comparison of BOS 'duplicates' across years
Sales Employment
Unweighted Weighted Unweighted Weighted
Exactly the same 30 34 20 27
Within 1% 46 55 21 30
Within 5% 55 62 31 32
  • Number of observations = 180 (rounded to nearest 5 for reasons of confidentiality)
  • Table compares the values of sales and total employment in BOS 2005 and 2006 for firms who report that information comes from the same financial year in both surveys
Table 21: Page 1 of IR10
Box Number Mean Sth. Err. [95% Conf. Interval]
2 Sales and/or goods and services 3,460,763 (96,912) 3,270,784 3,650,743
3 Opening stock* 268,903 (12,387) 244,621 293,186
4 Purchases 1,872,334 (74,079) 1,727,115 2,017,553
5 Closing stock* 285,776 (13,042) 260,209 311,343
6 Gross profit 1,605,302 (42,077) 1,522,817 1,687,787
7 Interest received 44,312 (10,665) 23,405 65,219
8 Dividends 3,480 (506) 2,489 4,472
9 Rental and lease payments 11,742 (1,219) 9,352 14,133
10 Other income 60,634 (5,813) 49,238 72,029
11 Total income 1,725,470 (45,603) 1,636,074 1,814,866
12 Bad debts (written off) 4,020 (321) 3,391 4,650
13 Depreciation 75,341 (2,513) 70,414 80,267
14 Entertainment 2,498 (96) 2,310 2,685
15 Fringe benefit tax 3,447 (149) 3,156 3,738
16 Insurance (exclude ACC levies) 17,687 (466) 16,773 18,600
17 Interest expenses 56,656 (2,859) 51,052 62,260
18 Legal expenses 3,057 (206) 2,653 3,461
19 Rates 5,972 (356) 5,274 6,670
20 Rental and lease payments 101,887 (3,254) 95,507 108,267
21 Repairs and maintenance 31,846 (1,378) 29,145 34,548
22 Research and development 2,898 (666) 1,591 4,204
23 Salaries and wages 608,675 (13,891) 581,445 635,905
24 Subcontractor payments 83,705 (9,687) 64,715 102,694
25 Travel and accommodation 13,145 (587) 11,994 14,296
26 Vehicle (excluding depreciation) 42,501 (1,915) 38,747 46,255
27 Other expenses 448,882 (19,492) 410,673 487,092
28 Total expenses 1,502,215 (39,225) 1,425,321 1,579,109
29 Total taxable profit 223254.8 11665.7 200386.3 246123.3
  • *includes work in progress
Table 22: Comparison of unedited IR10 and BOS

Mean Sth. Err. Test of inequality
Correlation
Spearman Pearson
IR10 3,455,969 98,749 F 3.64 r 0.926 0.921
BOS 3,522,878 103,864 p (0.057) p 0 0
  • Whole sample (i.e. both years)
  • n=6,125 (rounded to nearest 5 for confidentiality reasons)
Table 23: Correlations between Measures of Employment, whole sample
Pearson Spearman (rank)
Unweighted Weighted
r p Obs r p r p Obs
BOS Headcount with LEED
Working Proprietors 0.100 (0.000) 10,735 0.105 (0.000) 0.531 (0.000) 10,735
Employees 0.528 (0.000) 10,735 0.471 (0.000) 0.910 (0.000) 10,735
Total Employment 0.600 (0.000) 10,735 0.471 (0.000) 0.921 (0.000) 10,735
BOS FTE with LEED
Working Proprietors 0.102 (0.000) 10,735 0.106 (0.000) 0.528 (0.000) 10,735
Employees 0.600 (0.000) 10,735 0.402 (0.000) 0.909 (0.000) 10,735
Total Employment 0.528 (0.000) 10,735 0.402 (0.000) 0.919 (0.000) 10,735
BOS Headcount with BOS FTE
Working Proprietors 0.993 (0.000) 11,420 0.991 (0.000) 0.984 (0.000) 11,420
Employees 0.989 (0.000) 11,420 0.993 (0.000) 0.987 (0.000) 11,420
Total Employment 0.989 (0.000) 11,420 0.993 (0.000) 0.986 (0.000) 11,420
  • Whole sample (i.e. both years)
  • Figures based on sample strata and weights (except the observations which relate to unweighted data)
Table 24: Comparison of unedited BOS with LEED

Mean Sth. Err.
Test of inequality Correlation
Spearman Pearson
2005
Working proprietors n 4,995
BOS (Headcount) 2.14 0.09 F 59.54 31.67 0.072*** 0.539***
BOS (FTE) 1.93 0.09 p (0.000) (0.000) 0.07*** 0.533***
LEED 1.42 0.04
Employees n 5,015
BOS (Headcount) 35.12 4.67 F 2.52 0.26 0.345*** 0.911
BOS (FTE) 30.29 4.57 p (0.112) (0.611) 0.277*** 0.905
LEED 28.03 1.21
Total employment n 4,945
BOS (Headcount) 37.34 4.75 F 3.02 0.4 0.344*** 0.918***
BOS (FTE) 32.28 4.66 p (0.083) (0.529) 0.276*** 0.911***
LEED 29.43 1.22
2006
Working proprietors n 5,230
BOS (Headcount) 1.94 0.06 F 77.5 42.69 0.168*** 0.547***
BOS (FTE) 1.78 0.05 p (0.000) (0.000) 0.185*** 0.546***
LEED 1.39 0.04
Employees 5,410
BOS (Headcount) 29.88 1.33 F 35.1 26.69 0.948 0.91***
BOS (FTE) 25.70 1.11 p (0.000) (0.000) 0.949 0.913***
LEED 27.42 1.12
Total employment n 4,830
BOS (Headcount) 32.32 1.45 F 40.61 13.62 0.946 0.925
BOS (FTE) 28.01 1.22 p (0.000) (0.000) 0.949 0.928
LEED 29.36 1.22
Both years
Working proprietors n 10,225
BOS (Headcount) 2.04 0.05 F 127.12 0 0.105*** 0.531***
BOS (FTE) 1.85 0.05 p (68.230) (0.000) 0.106*** 0.528***
LEED 1.41 0.03
Employees n 10,425
BOS (Headcount) 32.46 2.39 F 4.62 0.0316 0.454*** 0.911***
BOS (FTE) 27.96 2.32 p (0.010) (0.912) 0.383*** 0.909***
LEED 27.72 0.83
Total employment n 9,780
BOS (Headcount) 34.92 2.56 F 5.42 0.0199 0.448*** 0.922***
BOS (FTE) 30.23 2.49 p (0.120) (0.724) 0.379*** 0.919***
LEED 29.40 0.86

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