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Financial Service Survey 2006

Ghana, 2006
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GHA-GSS-FSS-2006-v1.0
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Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)
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Economics
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Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Nov 05, 2010
Last modified
May 26, 2015
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  • Section 1 -
    Respondent
    characteristics
  • Section 2 -
    Access and use
    of financial
    services and
    products
  • Section 3 -
    Access and use
    of financial
    services and
    products
  • Section 4 -
    Actions and
    attitudes
    towards use of
    financial
    services and
    products
Variable Groups
  • Banking and savings
  • Credit and loans
  • Pension and insurance
  • Loan guarantees
  • Hire purchase

Data Dictionary

Data file Cases Variables
Section 1 - Respondent characteristics
The file contains information on the background of household members. Some of the housholds were enumerated in the GLSS5 from which the EAs were drawn and so do not answer some questions.

Information relate to age, sex, marital status, relationship to head of household, educational attainment and employment status.
4894 24
Section 2 - Access and use of financial services and products
The dataset provides information on the use of available financial services and products. Questions were asked of all household members, heads of households as well as randomly selected household members who answered according to sections that related to them.

Information collected include the use of various financial services such as banking, credit schemes; and financial products such as credits, overdrafts and loans. Data are also available on other financial services including insurance and pension fund.
2682 27
Section 3 - Access and use of financial services and products
This section of the questionnaire also provides information of financial services and products available to selected and products by the head of household and a randomly selected member of the househol. It deals with the previous and current use of these services and products.

The information collected include the use of ATMs, credit or debit cards, current and savings accounts, access to and use of formal and informal banking services, access to pension or insurance funds, loans and microfinance.
3318 91
Section 4 - Actions and attitudes towards use of financial services and products
This dataset presents information on the actions and attitudes towards accessing and using financial services and products. The questions were asked of household heads and randomly selected household members.

The information collected include reasons why people do not have a bank account, guarantees required for a bank loan, reasons for applying or not applying for a loan, and loans and other credits applied for during the 12 months prior to the data collection.
3317 106
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