Living Standards Survey 1997-1998

Viet Nam, 1997 - 1998

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VNM_1997_VLSS_v01_M

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General Statistical Office (GSO)

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

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26. In what form ... have to pay back this loan (s14aq26)

Data file: SCR14A4

Overview

Valid: 4526

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 3

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 18

End: 18

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 3

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In what form do you or members of your household have to pay back this loan?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	regularly	1462	32.3%
2	not regularly	1320	29.2%
3	pay back principal and interest at the end of the contract	1744	38.5%

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

Asks about methods of payment in the form of installment payments with the sum
and date as agreed before. For example: a loan requiring paying back 1/10 of the principal each
month. Or if each loan payment should be paid 20% quarterly; the rest will be paid in the fourth
quarter. Instalment payments is based on regular payments. This question records the agreed
form of payment between lender and borrower.

Question post text

if the answer code is 2 or 3, skip to question 29

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