Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Database 2017

Malawi, 2017

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Reference ID

MWI_2017_FINDEX_v02_M

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

Metadata

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Dec 05, 2019

Last modified

Dec 05, 2019

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Saved in past 12 months: using an account at a financial institution (fin17a)

Data file: micro_mwi

Overview

Valid: 1000

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 51

End: 51

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

SAVINGS SECTION

In the PAST 12 MONTHS, have you, personally, saved or set aside any money by __________?
- Using an account at a bank or another type of formal financial institution (This can include using another person’s account)

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	yes	88	8.8%
2	no	900	90%
3	(dk)	0	0%
4	(ref)	12	1.2%

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

(ASK ALL)
(Read FIN17A-FIN17B)

Question post text

(If respondent has saved money for business purposes, for old age, or by using a financial account or an informal savings group/club [code 1 to ANY in FIN15, FIN16, FIN17A, OR FIN17B, Skip to Read before FIN19;
Otherwise, Continue)

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