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

Iraq, 2024
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IRQ_2024_FINDEX_v02_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/rtck-8n05
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Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit
Collection(s)
Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Database Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Oct 01, 2025
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Preferred mode of government communication (con17)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateIraq

Overview

Valid: 945
Invalid: 55
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 37
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
If the government needed to communicate important news to the population, such as a message about an extreme weather event or health information, would you prefer to receive it by SMS or text message or by a phone call with a recorded voice?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 By SMS or text message 408
43.2%
2 By a phone call with a recorded voice 181
19.2%
3 Neither 45
4.8%
4 Both/Either one 241
25.5%
8 Don't know 68
7.2%
9 Refused 2
0.2%
Sysmiss 55
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
Con1 = "yes"

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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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