Database Specific
Database Specific Abstract AbstractThe Future of Business Survey is an original source of information on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Launched in February 2016, the survey is a partnership between Facebook, OECD, and the World Bank. It provides timely information on business owners’ assessment of the current state and future outlook of their business, job creation perspectives, main business challenges and participation in international trade. Several data breakdowns are available, in particular by size of the enterprise, age, sector, trading status and gender of owners or managers.
The survey population consists of enterprises owners of a Facebook page. Target sample size ranges between 200 and 400 enterprises per country, depending on the size of the Facebook page owners’ population. The survey sample is a simple random sample; sampling errors are within the standard margins. Country samples are not stratified; shares present unweighted data with respect to enterprise size, age and economic activity. The sample is meant to reflect the population of businesses on Facebook, and not the business population in general.
Source Source Contact person/organisation Contact person/organisationSDD.IndServStat@oecd.org
Source Periodicity Source PeriodicityMonthly between February 2016 and April 2018, bi-annual from December 2018.
Data Characteristics Data Characteristics Reference period Reference periodData cover waves from February 2016 to April 2018. The survey was not conducted in March 2018.
Unit of measure used Unit of measure used Variables collected Variables collectedVariables include the assessment of current and future status of business, prospects of job creation, main business and exporting challenges. The survey contains a series of complementary questions designed to provide granular information on characteristics of the firm: gender of owners or the top management, age of the firm, trade status, and use of digital tools.
Population & Scope Population & Scope Geographic coverage Geographic coverageA selection of OECD and non-OECD countries
Statistical population Statistical populationEnterprises with a Facebook page.
Concepts & Classifications Concepts & Classifications Aggregation & consolidation Aggregation & consolidationData are aggregated and presented as shares.
Weights WeightsCountry samples are not stratified. Shares present unweighted data with respect to enterprise size, age and economic activity of enterprises.
The Future of Business Survey is an original source of information on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Launched in February 2016, the survey is a partnership between Facebook, OECD, and the World Bank. It provides timely information on business owners’ assessment of the current state and future outlook of their business, job creation perspectives, main business challenges and participation in international trade. Several data breakdowns are available, in particular by size of the enterprise, age, sector, trading status and gender of owners or managers.
The survey population consists of enterprises owners of a Facebook page. Target sample size ranges between 200 and 400 enterprises per country, depending on the size of the Facebook page owners’ population. The survey sample is a simple random sample; sampling errors are within the standard margins. Country samples are not stratified; shares present unweighted data with respect to enterprise size, age and economic activity. The sample is meant to reflect the population of businesses on Facebook, and not the business population in general.
SDD.IndServStat@oecd.org
Monthly between February 2016 and April 2018, bi-annual from December 2018.
Variables include the assessment of current and future status of business, prospects of job creation, main business and exporting challenges. The survey contains a series of complementary questions designed to provide granular information on characteristics of the firm: gender of owners or the top management, age of the firm, trade status, and use of digital tools.
Data cover waves from February 2016 to April 2018. The survey was not conducted in March 2018.
Enterprises with a Facebook page.
A selection of OECD and non-OECD countries
Data are aggregated and presented as shares.
Country samples are not stratified. Shares present unweighted data with respect to enterprise size, age and economic activity of enterprises.