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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First reason for not opening account (s4q2a)
Data file: Section 4 - Actions and attitudes towards use of financial services and products
Overview
Valid:
2793
Invalid:
524
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Start:
14
End:
15
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 12
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
There are many reasons why people do not have a bank account. Please tell me, in the order of importance, the three main reasons why you do not have a bank account?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The charges and fees are too high | 153 |
5.5%
|
| 2 | There are no banks or institutions close to you | 101 |
3.6%
|
| 3 | You do not meet minimum requirements | 652 |
23.3%
|
| 4 | There is too much corruptions | 21 |
0.8%
|
| 5 | Hours of operation not convenient | 12 |
0.4%
|
| 6 | You don't have an identity document | 29 |
1%
|
| 7 | You cannot affort to keep a minimum balance in the bank | 506 |
18.1%
|
| 8 | You do not trust banks or other institutions | 16 |
0.6%
|
| 9 | You prefer to deal in cash | 175 |
6.3%
|
| 10 | You are too young to qualify to open an account | 166 |
5.9%
|
| 11 | You never thought about it | 349 |
12.5%
|
| 12 | Other | 613 |
21.9%
|
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.