The Global Findex Database 2025: Connectivity and Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

Albania, Algeria, Argentina...and 137 more, 2024

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Reference ID

WLD_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/bk9n-8r43

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

Collection(s)

Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Database

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Oct 01, 2025

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Dec 12, 2025

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Reason for no smartphone: family or community disapproval (con31e)

Data file: findex_microdata_2025_labelled_update112425

Overview

Valid: 19717

Invalid: 124373

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Please tell me whether each of the following are reasons why you do NOT OWN a smartphone: People in your family or community do not approve of you using a smartphone

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	1971	10%
2	No	17451	88.5%
8	Don't know	232	1.2%
9	Refused	63	0.3%
Sysmiss		124373

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

Con9 = "A basic text phone/dk/r"

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Notes

Note: "no/dk/r" indicates the response categories: no, dk="don't know" and r="refused" Words in brackets [] indicate local or economy-specific terminology.

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