| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | percentage of small and medium-sized enterprises requesting additional financing from various sources, 2011 and 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | type of request | owned by |  |  |  | total |
| 4 |  | immigrants |  |  | canadian-born |  |
| 5 |  | less than 20 years in canada | 20 years or more in canada | all immigrants |  |  |
| 6 |  | percent |  |  |  |  |
| 7 | non-residential mortgage | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 8 | term loan | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 8.8 | 8.0 |
| 9 | business line of credit | 13.2 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 14.8 | 13.8 |
| 10 | business credit card | 12.1 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 11.2 | 10.8 |
| 11 | any debt financing | 25.8 | 20.6 | 22.0 | 28.3 | 26.9 |
| 12 | lease | 8.0 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 7.4 |
| 13 | trade credit | 18.8 | 18.6 | 18.7 | 19.5 | 19.3 |
| 14 | equity | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 15 | government financing | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 |

Question: what percent of firms with canadian-born owners applies for any debt financing?
Answer: 28.3

Question: what percent of firms with immigrant owners sought any forms of financing?
Answer: 22

Question: which type of owners generally turn to formal financial institutions for debt financing less often? immigrant owners or canadian-born owners?
Answer: all immigrants

Question: which type of owners turned to financing from government lending institutions less often ? immigrant owners or canadian-born owners?
Answer: all immigrants

Question: what percent of the firms with canadian-born and immigrant owners tended seek a trade credit, respectively?
Answer: 18.7, 19.5

Question: which type of request was rarely sought by smes with either immigrant or canadian-born owners?
Answer: equity