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 having a bank account (s4q10a)
Data file: Section 4 - Actions and attitudes towards use of financial services and products
Overview
Valid:
524
Invalid:
2793
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Start:
36
End:
37
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 14
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
In order of importance, what is(are) the reason(s) you have a bank account?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Access a home loan | 16 |
3.1%
|
| 2 | Access a personal laon | 71 |
13.5%
|
| 3 | Save | 177 |
33.8%
|
| 4 | Keep money safe | 121 |
23.1%
|
| 5 | Managing money better | 49 |
9.4%
|
| 6 | Access a business loan | 16 |
3.1%
|
| 7 | Deposit money from employer | 8 |
1.5%
|
| 8 | Deposit money from own business | 4 |
0.8%
|
| 9 | Pay insurance | 3 |
0.6%
|
| 10 | Pay debt | 2 |
0.4%
|
| 11 | Withdraw money when need | 40 |
7.6%
|
| 12 | Transfer money safely/cheaply | 3 |
0.6%
|
| 13 | Don't want a bank account | 0 |
0%
|
| 14 | Other | 14 |
2.7%
|
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.