Level of Industrialisation and Spatial Contexts of Small Enterprises’ Density

Abstract

The study analyses the small enterprises’ density and spatial context of the level of industrialisation with the methodology of mathematical statistics based on the statistical data of the Hungarian micro regions in 1998. Analysing the spatial differences of small enterprises’ density and the reasons of these differences, the author takes into consideration the micro regions’ development indicators, demographic characteristics and the different aspects of the level of industrialisation. The author forms reduced variables with factor analysis on the database of the Hungarian Central Statistics Office. These factors show that economic development not automatically goes together with favourable demographic conditions and the regions’ level of industrialisation. According to the results of the regression analysis the characteristics of the level of industrialisation diversely effect the different groups of small enterprises. The liquidation of large-scale industry in the Hungarian micro regions probably leads to the high number of small enterprises but doesn’t influence the density of sole proprietors. The latter is mostly influenced by the extent of industrial employment and industrial assets. The higher the level of industrialisation indicators the lower the number of sole proprietors per 1000 inhabitants.