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

Bangladesh, 2024

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Reference ID

BGD_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

Reason for no mobile phone: family or community disapproval (con2e)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateBangladesh

Overview

Valid: 208

Invalid: 792

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

We would like to understand why you do not own a mobile phone. Are any of the following reasons why you do not have a mobile phone? Please answer yes or no: People in your family or community do not approve of you using a mobile phone

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	35	16.8%
2	No	171	82.2%
8	Don't know	1	0.5%
9	Refused	1	0.5%
Sysmiss		792

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 = "no/dk/r"

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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