Q19i. For those categories of accounting firms which you would not consider for NON-audit services, how important are the following accounting firm characteristics in explaining why?: |
i. 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 | 19.3 | 11.5-29.4 |
| Large | Very great or great importance | 25.2 | 11.0-44.9 |
| Midsize | Very great or great importance | 17.6 | 6.7-34.5 |
| Small | Very great or great importance | 16.6 | 3.6-41.4 |
| All respondents | Moderate to little importance | 13.1 | 6.9-22.0 |
| Large | Moderate to little importance | 19.7 | 7.3-38.9 |
| Midsize | Moderate to little importance | 17.5 | 6.7-34.4 |
| Small | Moderate to little importance | 0.0 | 0.0-15.3 |
| All respondents | Don't know | 1.1 | 0.0-6.2 |
| Large | Don't know | 4.3 | 0.2-20.7 |
| Midsize | Don't know | 0.0 | 0.0-8.4 |
| Small | Don't know | 0.0 | 0.0-15.3 |
| All respondents | Item Nonresponse | 66.5 | 56.5-76.5 |
| Large | Item Nonresponse | 50.7 | 31.2-70.1 |
| Midsize | Item Nonresponse | 64.8 | 46.6-80.4 |
| Small | Item Nonresponse | 83.4 | 58.6-96.4 |