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 seeking a loan from a friend or family (s4q64)

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

Overview

Valid: 670

Invalid: 2647

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 127

End: 127

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

You said that you currently have money borrowed from a friend or family member. 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	196	29.3%
2	Purchase, build or renovate a house	12	1.8%
3	Purchase goods for business	123	18.4%
4	To pay unforseen costs	144	21.5%
5	Agriculture or livestock	83	12.4%
6	Other	112	16.7%

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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