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WLD_2024_FINDEX_v02_M
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Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit
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Jan 05, 2026
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Jan 05, 2026

Experienced a natural disaster or severe weather event (fin24c)

Data file: findex_microdata_2025_labelled_update112425

Overview

Valid: 102954
Invalid: 41136
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 4
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 12
Range: 1 - 4
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
In the PAST THREE YEARS, have you personally experienced a natural disaster or severe weather event, such as [insert local examples of natural disasters]?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Yes 24335
23.6%
2 No 78206
76%
3 Don't know 329
0.3%
4 Refused 84
0.1%
Sysmiss 41136
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.

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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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