Work Ready Data
Lesson 4 - Posttest
Which statistics describe the businesses in 2002?
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Question 3 of 10
Survival rates and percent of initial employment (bars)
120
100
80
60
20
Survival rates of businesses that opened in 1994 and
percent of initial employment of the surviving businesses
Survival rates of businesses
-Average size of survivors
20
A)
80% survived with 38% of initial
employment.
Percent of initial employment
18
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16
10
Average employment per business (line)
B)
38% survived with 80% of initial
employment.
?
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SUBMIT
13.8% survived with 6.5 percent of
initial employment.
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
6.5% survived with 13.8% percent of
initial employment.