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

China, 2024

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Reference ID

CHN_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

Used a mobile phone or the internet to buy something online (fin26b)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateChina

Overview

Valid: 3816

Invalid: 204

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the past 12 months, have you, personally used a mobile phone or computer to buy something online that was delivered to you?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	3062	80.2%
2	No	752	19.7%
3	Don't know	0	0%
4	Refused	2	0.1%
Sysmiss		204

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

Fin1, Fin2, or Fin13 = "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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