Q15. For those categories of accounting firms that you would not consider, how important are the following auditor characteristics in explaining why?: |
j. Expectations or requirements of shareholders, banks, lenders, or underwriters |
| Size of Company |
Question Choices |
Estimated Percentage |
95 Percent Confidence Interval |
|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | Very great or great importance | 46.7 | 41.4-52.0 |
| Large | Very great or great importance | 54.1 | 42.8-65.5 |
| Midsize | Very great or great importance | 55.7 | 48.2-63.3 |
| Small | Very great or great importance | 28.5 | 19.2-39.4 |
| All respondents | Moderate to little importance | 39.1 | 33.9-44.4 |
| Large | Moderate to little importance | 41.1 | 29.9-52.4 |
| Midsize | Moderate to little importance | 30.1 | 23.2-37.0 |
| Small | Moderate to little importance | 52.4 | 42.1-62.7 |
| All respondents | Don't know | 0.7 | 0.1-2.3 |
| Large | Don't know | 1.8 | 0.1-7.9 |
| Midsize | Don't know | 0.0 | 0.0-1.9 |
| Small | Don't know | 1.2 | 0.0-6.5 |
| All respondents | Item Nonresponse | 13.5 | 10.0-17.7 |
| Large | Item Nonresponse | 2.9 | 0.6-8.5 |
| Midsize | Item Nonresponse | 14.2 | 9.1-20.7 |
| Small | Item Nonresponse | 17.9 | 10.4-27.7 |