FinScope 2024, Financial Inclusion in Rwanda
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RWA-NISR-FINSCOPE-2024-v01
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H5. What did you borrow the most money for? (h5)
Data file: Microdata
Overview
Valid:
8074
Invalid:
5920
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 98
Format:
Numeric
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Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medical expenses/medical emergencies | 562 |
7%
|
| 2 | An emergency other than medical or unexpected expenses | 706 |
8.7%
|
| 3 | Funeral expenses | 25 |
0.3%
|
| 4 | Education expenses (e.g., tuition, student loans) | 956 |
11.8%
|
| 5 | Living expenses when you did not have money | 1270 |
15.7%
|
| 6 | Farming expenses such as seeds, fertiliser | 857 |
10.6%
|
| 7 | Buying livestock | 578 |
7.2%
|
| 8 | For business/investment/ Starting or expanding a business | 760 |
9.4%
|
| 9 | Buying farming equipment/implements | 246 |
3%
|
| 10 | Paying off other debt | 124 |
1.5%
|
| 11 | Buying land/dwelling/ Home purchase or mortgage | 361 |
4.5%
|
| 12 | Building | 317 |
3.9%
|
| 13 | Improving/extending the house | 333 |
4.1%
|
| 14 | Wedding or major event expenses | 60 |
0.7%
|
| 98 | Other specify | 919 |
11.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 5920 |
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.