Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Database 2017

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria...and 133 more, 2017

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Reference ID

WLD_2017_FINDEX_v02_M

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

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Mar 29, 2019

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Jun 14, 2022

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Saved in past 12 months: using an informal savings club (fin17b)

Data file: micro_world

Overview

Valid: 119788

Invalid: 35135

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 133

End: 133

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

SAVINGS SECTION

In the PAST 12 MONTHS, have you, personally, saved or set aside any money by __________?
- Using an informal savings group/club such as [local terminology for savings group/club] or a person outside the family

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	yes	15236	12.7%
2	no	102830	85.8%
3	(dk)	1125	0.9%
4	(ref)	597	0.5%
Sysmiss		35135

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.

Interviewer instructions

(ASK ALL)
(Read FIN17A-FIN17B)

Question post text

(If respondent has saved money for business purposes, for old age, or by using a financial account or an informal savings group/club [code 1 to ANY in FIN15, FIN16, FIN17A, OR FIN17B, Skip to Read before FIN19;
Otherwise, Continue)

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