1. Women Owned Business;Economic Census,1997
2. One study on the impact of early firm resources on start-up success showed that women-owned firms had less access to financial resources than did their male counterparts, while another found that availability of capital through private and personal banking sources was related to size of women-owned businesses. Research about bankers' perceptions of entrepreneurs showed men were rated higher on characteristics associated with successful entrepreneurship than women;5 In examining the relationship between gender and access to debt financing, fewer than 20 studies can be identified, with little consensus on results,1997