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Financial Literacy Survey 2010

Bulgaria, 2010
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BGR_2010_FLS_v01_M
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Alpha Research
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May 17, 2012
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When do you think buying on credit is justified? (AO12)

Data file: World_Bank_Bulgaria_FinLit_survey

Overview

Valid: 1618
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 80
End: 81
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 21
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
When do you think buying on credit is justified?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 If a shop has sales for the goods you need 160
9.9%
2 If a person needs to pay for education which would allow to get a better paid job 560
34.6%
3 If a person really needs a vacation but does not have money at the moment 41
2.5%
4 Other, namely 263
16.3%
5 I wouldn't buy on credit in any circumstance 306
18.9%
9 Don't know 288
17.8%
10 For medical treatment 0
0%
11 For house purchase, property 0
0%
12 For working capital or investment in business 0
0%
13 For repairs, insulation, windows 0
0%
14 Household electric appliances and machinery 0
0%
15 Helping the children 0
0%
16 In financial difficulties, urgent needs 0
0%
17 Education of children 0
0%
18 It depends on the case and the person 0
0%
19 For a vehicle 0
0%
20 For wedding 0
0%
21 To cover debt 0
0%
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.
Question post text
Here the credit refers to the use of a credit card, the use of a consumer credit or buying on credit (informally -"pe caiet") from a shop.
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