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2. Characteristics of Minority-owned Businesses
2.1. Gender, Race, and Ethnicity of Minority-owned Businesses
2.2. Number, Receipts, Employment, and Annual Payroll of Minority-owned Firms
2.3. The Sizes of Minority-owned Businesses
2.4. The Industry Divisions of Minority-Owned Businesses
2.5. Ethnicity of Asian- and Hispanic-Owned Firms
2.6. Home-Based Businesses
2.7. Minority-owned Firm Finance
2.8. The Growth of Minority-owned Business
3. Demographic Characteristics of Minority Business Owners
3.1. The Minority Population and Their Human Capital
3.2. The Minority Labor Force, Self-Employed, Professionals, and Moonlighters
3.3. Veteran Business Owners and Minority Veterans
Appendix B: Comparability of Minority Business Owner Survey, 1997 and 200212
Appendix C: Sources of the Data, Sampling and Estimation Methodologies
Industry Classification of Firms
Chapter 2 WOMEN IN BUSINESS: A DEMOGRAPHIC REVIEW OF WOMEN’S BUSINESS OWNERSHIP*
Women-Owned Business Dynamics
Demographic Characteristics of Women in the Population and Labor Force
Race/Ethnicity of Women Business Owners
Geographic Characteristics
The Dynamics of Women-owned Businesses
Survival, Expansion, and Contraction of Women-Owned Establishments
Conclusion: Women’s Business Ownership and Economic Well-being
Appendix B: Data Comparability to Prior Surveys
Comparability of the 1997 SWOBE and 2002 SBO Data
The Status of the Economic Census
Relationship to Historical Industry Classifications
Historical Information of the Economic Census
Comparability of the 2002 and 1997 SBO
Data by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
Sources for More Information