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

Gabon, 2024

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Reference ID

GAB_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/581s-ew89

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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Reason for no smartphone: data plan is too expensive (con31b)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateGabon

Overview

Valid: 227

Invalid: 773

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Please tell me whether each of the following are reasons why you do NOT OWN a smartphone: Buying a mobile data plan is too expensive

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	72	31.7%
2	No	153	67.4%
8	Don't know	2	0.9%
9	Refused	0	0%
Sysmiss		773

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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