Namibia Financial Inclusion Survey
2017
Namibia, 2017
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2017 NFIS MAIN
DATASET
Q104. Reasons for borrowing money (Q104_O1)
Data file: 2017 NFIS MAIN DATASET
Overview
Valid:
676
Invalid:
1187
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
12
Range:
1 - 17
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Q104 For which reasons have you borrowed money or taken out a loan?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Food | 250 |
37%
|
| 2 | Bills e.g. rent, electricity | 22 |
3.3%
|
| 3 | Medical spending | 31 |
4.6%
|
| 4 | Give to another family member | 26 |
3.8%
|
| 5 | To extend/renovate/repair a house | 13 |
1.9%
|
| 6 | Child’s education | 31 |
4.6%
|
| 7 | Clothes | 57 |
8.4%
|
| 8 | Funeral expenses | 30 |
4.4%
|
| 9 | Start or invest in your own business | 10 |
1.5%
|
| 10 | Own education | 9 |
1.3%
|
| 11 | To buy a motor vehicle | 7 |
1%
|
| 12 | For transport fees | 26 |
3.8%
|
| 13 | To build a house | 14 |
2.1%
|
| 14 | To buy a house | 2 |
0.3%
|
| 15 | Weddings | 4 |
0.6%
|
| 16 | Other | 121 |
17.9%
|
| 17 | Do not know | 23 |
3.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 1187 |
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.