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

Dominican Republic, 2024

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Reference ID

DOM_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Created on

Jan 05, 2026

Last modified

Jan 05, 2026

Read a text message (con14)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateDominican Republic

Overview

Valid: 882

Invalid: 118

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Have you ever read a text message on a mobile phone? This can include an SMS or text message or a message on a messaging app like WhatsApp.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	768	87.1%
2	No	110	12.5%
8	Don't know	0	0%
9	Refused	4	0.5%
Sysmiss		118

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"

Others

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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