Living Standards Survey 1997-1998

Vietnam, 1997 - 1998

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Reference ID

VNM_1997_VLSS_v01_M

Producer(s)

General Statistical Office (GSO)

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

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20. have to offer assets as collateral for this loan (s14aq20)

Data file: SCR14A3

Overview

Valid: 4525

Invalid: 1

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 2

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 36

End: 36

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Did the household member have to offer assets as collateral for this loan?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	yes	1270	28.1%
2	no	3255	71.9%

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

Identify whether the borrowing has collateral or not. Collateral can be very diverse,
for large loans collateral can be a house, durable goods… Some loan agreements can be made
verbally, as the loan matures and if the borrower is not able to pay it back, the lender has the right
to confiscate rice, cattle, plants in the garden or rice in the field.

Question post text

if the answer code is 2, skip to question 22

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