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

Lebanon, 2024

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Reference ID

LBN_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

Metadata

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Jan 05, 2026

Last modified

Jan 05, 2026

Preferred mode of government communication (con17)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateLebanon

Overview

Valid: 956

Invalid: 54

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	542	56.7%
2	By a phone call with a recorded voice	191	20%
3	Neither	42	4.4%
4	Both/Either one	176	18.4%
8	Don't know	3	0.3%
9	Refused	2	0.2%
Sysmiss		54

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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