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» Pre-Ownership Experience, Volume 2, Issue 8, 2002
If respondent had experience managing or supervising employees prior to entering their current business.

7a. What was the largest number of employees that were under you at any one time?

Response Small employers with prior management experience All small, employing businesses/Small employers
1 None 30
2 1 - 2 employees 3 2
3 3 - 5 employees 14 10
4 6 - 10 employees 17 12
5 11 - 20 employees 26 18
6 21 - 50 employees 23 16
7 51 employees or more 16 11
8 DK/Refuse 1 1
Total (%) 100 100
N 510 753

Notes: Forty (40) percent of small employers who had experience managing/supervising employees prior to entering their current business, managed/supervised more than 20 employees at a single time (Q#7a). Twenty-seven (27) percent of small employers managed/supervised more than 20 employees at a single time prior to entering their current business (Q#7a).


Volume 2, Issue 8, 2002
ISSN - 154-8326

William J. Dennis, Jr.
NFIB Research Foundation



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