Ghana - Financial Service Survey 2006

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-FSS-2006-v1.0

Year

2006

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Office of the President

Sponsor(s)

World Bank - WB - Funding and technical support

Metadata

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Nov 05, 2010

Last modified

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Main purpose for appliying for loan from susu or welfare scheme (s4q47)
File: Section 4 - Actions and attitudes towards use of financial services and products

Overview

Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-6

Valid cases: 33
Invalid: 3284

Questions and instructions

Literal question

You said that you currently have money borrowed from a susu, welfare scheme or other savings club. 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	3	9.1%
2	Purchase, build or renovate a house	0	0.0%
3	Purchase goods for business	12	36.4%
4	To pay unforseen costs	10	30.3%
5	Agriculture or livestock	5	15.2%
6	Other	3	9.1%

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.