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

Sierra Leone, 2024
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Reference ID
SLE_2024_FINDEX_v02_M
Producer(s)
Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit
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Created on
Jan 05, 2026
Last modified
Jan 05, 2026

Received financial support from the government (fin37)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateSierra Leone

Overview

Valid: 1001
Invalid: 0
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, received any financial support from the government? This money could include payments for educational or medical expenses, unemployment benefits or subsidy payments. Please do NOT include wages or any payments related to work.
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Yes 118
11.8%
2 No 877
87.6%
3 Don't know 5
0.5%
4 Refused 1
0.1%
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.

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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