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The Global Findex Database 2025: Connectivity and Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

South Africa, 2024
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ZAF_2024_FINDEX_v02_M
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Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit
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Jan 05, 2026
Last modified
Jan 05, 2026

Saved using a savings club or a person outside the family (fin17c)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateSouth Africa

Overview

Valid: 1000
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 4
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 12
Range: 1 - 4
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
In the past 12 months, have you saved or set aside any money by: using an informal savings group/club such as [insert local terminology for savings group/club] or a person outside the family?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Yes 179
17.9%
2 No 809
80.9%
3 Don't know 6
0.6%
4 Refused 6
0.6%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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Notes
Note: "no/dk/r" indicates the response categories: no, dk="don't know" and r="refused" Words in brackets [] indicate local or economy-specific terminology.
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