2020 FinScope Survey
Fourth Edition
Zambia, 2020
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Reference ID
ZMB-ZSA-FINSCOPE-2020-V1.0
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Zambia Statistics Agency
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2020 Finscope
data 7 July
2022_anonymised
C.4.3. Where did you get most of the money from to buy/build the house? (C4_3)
Data file: 2020 Finscope data 7 July 2022_anonymised
Overview
Valid:
3907
Invalid:
8874
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 17
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mortgage from building society | 8 |
0.2%
|
| 2 | Loan from bank | 35 |
0.9%
|
| 3 | Loan from microfinance institution (MFI) such as Finca or EF | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 4 | Loan from a microlender such as Bayport | 6 |
0.2%
|
| 5 | Loan from a savings and credit cooperative (SACCO) | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | Loan from government housing scheme | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 7 | Borrowed from savings group | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 8 | Borrowed from someone in your community who lends money to o | 4 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Borrowed from family/friends | 22 |
0.6%
|
| 10 | Own savings | 1464 |
37.5%
|
| 11 | Money from a Chilimba | 3 |
0.1%
|
| 12 | Investment income from dividends, bonds, collective investme | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | Money from a village bank | 5 |
0.1%
|
| 14 | Inherited some money | 78 |
2%
|
| 15 | Pension lump sum/terminal benefits payment | 65 |
1.7%
|
| 16 | Using cash when had cash | 1057 |
27.1%
|
| 17 | Other, specify | 1150 |
29.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 8874 |
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.