Small Business Administration
» Small Business Administration, Volume 6, Issue 5, 2006
If respondent has heard of SBA.
6. The Small Business Administration spends its time and money doing the following among other things. In your view, which does the SBA put greatest emphasis on?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makes the federal procurement process more accessible to small business | 5 | ||
| 2 | Advocates the interests of small business before other agencies, particularly regulatory agencies | 8 | ||
| 3 | Helps finance small-business owners who cannot get it in the private sector | 42 | ||
| 4 | Helps offer management assistance and counseling programs for small-business owners | 14 | ||
| 5 | Other | 2 | ||
| 6 | All | 0 | ||
| 7 | Nothing | 2 | ||
| 8 | DK/Refuse | 28 | ||
| Total (%) | 101 | |||
| N | 717 | |||
Notes: Forty-two (42) percent of small employers who have heard of SBA identify financing small businesses as the agency's emphasis (Q#6).
