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

Malaysia, 2024

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Reference ID

MYS_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

Mobile phone use frequency (con12)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateMalaysia

Overview

Valid: 934

Invalid: 66

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 22

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How frequently do you use a mobile phone? Daily, weekly, monthly, or less than once a month?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Daily	867	92.8%
2	Weekly	41	4.4%
3	Monthly	16	1.7%
4	Less than once a month	4	0.4%
7	Never	1	0.1%
8	Don't know	4	0.4%
9	Refused	1	0.1%
Sysmiss		66

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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