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Financial Inclusion Insights Survey 2014

Ghana, 2014 - 2015
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FF5. What is the main reason you do not have a bank account? (FF5)

Data file: final_cgap_ghana_im_v2

Overview

Valid: 1987
Invalid: 1015
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 247
End: 248
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 29
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What is the main reason you do not have a bank account?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 I do not know what it is 15
0.8%
2 I do not know how to open one 39
2%
3 I do not have a state-issued/national ID or other required documents 28
1.4%
4 I do not have money to use a bank 947
47.7%
5 I do not need one, I do not make any transactions 163
8.2%
6 Registration paperwork is too complicated 25
1.3%
7 Registration fee is too high 22
1.1%
8 Using a bank account is difficult 43
2.2%
9 Fees for using a bank account are too high 26
1.3%
10 I do not have money to make any transactions with such account 213
10.7%
11 No one among my friends or family has such account 5
0.3%
12 I do not understand the purpose of such account, I do not know what I can use it for 16
0.8%
13 There are no banks/bank agents close to where I live/work 27
1.4%
14 Banks are not reliable 29
1.5%
15 Banks do not offer the services I need 3
0.2%
16 Bank staff/agents are unfriendly; they make me feel unwelcomed 3
0.2%
17 I can't afford the minimum balance 22
1.1%
18 Bank hours are not convenient for me 11
0.6%
19 I never thought about using a bank 63
3.2%
20 I do not trust banks/that my money is safe in a bank 31
1.6%
21 I would rather have my money close to me 43
2.2%
22 I use mobile money 41
2.1%
23 I don't have time to go to the bank 34
1.7%
24 I use somebody else's account 14
0.7%
25 My husband, family, in-laws do not approve of me having a bank account 1
0.1%
26 I will not be able to go to a bank on my own 16
0.8%
27 It?s not approved by my religion 0
0%
28 Other 89
4.5%
29 DK/Refused 18
0.9%
Sysmiss 1015
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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