Ghana - Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Database 2011

Reference ID

GHA_2011_FINDEX_v01_M

Year

2011

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit - World Bank

Sponsor(s)

Development Research Group, World Bank - -
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - - Financial support

Created on

Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

Page views

94709

If saved: saved for future expenses (education, wedding) (q12a)
File: micro_GHA

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-4

Valid cases: 448 (366.3)
Invalid: 552 (633.7)

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the past 12 months, have you saved for: Expenses in the future such as education, a wedding, or a big purchase

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	yes	297	224	61.1%
2	no	151	142	38.9%
3	(dk)	0	0	0.0%
4	(ref)	0	0	0.0%
Sysmiss		552	634

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.

Interviewer instructions

Asked to those who said they saved money in the past 12 months.