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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Main purpose for applying for a loan from money lender? (s4q59)

Data file: Section 4 - Actions and attitudes towards use of financial services and products

Overview

Valid: 75

Invalid: 3242

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 120

End: 120

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

You said that you currently have a loan with a money lender. What was the main purpose for which you took out this loan? If more than one loan, refer to the most recent.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Purchase goods for household, travel, vehicle, celebrations	15	20%
2	Purchase, build or renovate a house	1	1.3%
3	Purchase goods for business	10	13.3%
4	To pay unforseen costs	15	20%
5	Agriculture or livestock	20	26.7%
6	Other	14	18.7%

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.

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