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» Advice and Advisors, Volume 2, Issue 5, 2002
If respondent has one person that he/she is likely to talk to before making a critical business decision.

1a. Is that person (business confidante) a family member?

Response Small employer has one business "confidante" All small, employing businesses/Small employers
1 Yes 56 36
2 No 44 29
3 No Business "Confidante" 0 35
4 DK/Refuse 0 0
Total (%) 100 100
N 513 752

Notes: Fifty-six (56) percent of small employers who are likely to consult one person (business confidante) prior to making a critical business decision identify that person as a family member (Q#1a). Thirty-six (36) percent of all small employers have one family member they are likely to consult before making a critical business decision (Q#1a).


Volume 2, Issue 5, 2002
ISSN - 1534-8326

William J. Dennis, Jr.
NFIB Research Foundation



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