| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | comparison of methodologies |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 |  | methodology 1: one year employment | methodology 2: two-year average employment | methodology 3: three-year average employment | methodology 4: three-year average employment and firm belongs to the size class at least two years out of three | methodology 5: final sample - methodology 4, and medium-sized firms that were previously large are excluded |
| 4 |  | number |  |  |  |  |
| 5 | medium-sized firms | 65,659 | 64,885 | 63,894 | 61,630 | 59,397 |
| 6 | outcome in post-transition period |  |  |  |  |  |
| 7 | remain medium-sized | 57,259 | 53,869 | 50,876 | 50,341 | 48,787 |
| 8 | become large | 923 | 1,256 | 1,499 | 1,230 | 1,061 |
| 9 | become small | 7,251 | 8,456 | 9,220 | 7,638 | 7,544 |
| 10 | go out of business | 226 | 1,304 | 2,299 | 2,111 | 2,005 |
| 11 |  | percent |  |  |  |  |
| 12 | remain medium-sized | 87.2 | 83.0 | 79.6 | 82.1 | 82.1 |
| 13 | become large | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| 14 | become small | 11.0 | 13.0 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 12.7 |
| 15 | go out of business | 0.3 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 16 | medium-sized status is observed at least twice in the three years preceding the transition year | 88.8 | 93.4 | 96.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 17 | outcome size class is observed at least twice in the three years following the transition year |  |  |  |  |  |
| 18 | become large | 80.4 | 87.9 | 91.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 19 | become small | 77.8 | 90.4 | 93.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 |

Question: what were the numbers of medium-sized firms in the private sector according to the one-year methodology,according to the three-year average methodology and when the two-out-of-three-years condition is imposed respectively?
Answer: 65659, 63894, 61630

Question: what was the percentage of firms identified as having become large employed at least 500 workers in at least two out of the three years with the one-year method?
Answer: 80.4

Question: what was the percentage of firms identified as having become small employed fewer than 100 workers for at least two out of the three post-transition years?
Answer: 77.8