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2020 FinScope Survey
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Zambia, 2020
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  • 2020 Finscope
    data 7 July
    2022_anonymised

G.3_S. Specify the main reason why you have not borrowed money. (G3_S)

Data file: 2020 Finscope data 7 July 2022_anonymised

Overview

Valid: 702
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Width: 150
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
"Am just dependant, so i cant borrow". 1
0.1%
AGED 1
0.1%
Because the person is dificult the company 1
0.1%
Borrowed 2
0.3%
Business has been slow 1
0.1%
Business has gone down 1
0.1%
Cant borrow money, l rely on my children to give m 1
0.1%
DID NOT BORROW 3
0.4%
DO NOT BORROW BECAUSE I SAVVE WITH BUILDING SOCIET 1
0.1%
DO NOT HAVE MONEY TO PAY BACk 1
0.1%
DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY BACK 1
0.1%
DOESNT WORK AND IS SCARED OF BEING SENT TO JAIL IF 1
0.1%
DON'T HAVE WERE TO BORROW FROM 1
0.1%
Did not borrow 1
0.1%
Did not Borrow 1
0.1%
Didnot borrow 1
0.1%
Do not have an income, so she said she cant borrow 1
0.1%
Do not have any source of income. 1
0.1%
Does not borrow 1
0.1%
Dont have a phone 1
0.1%
Dont have a prroper income 1
0.1%
Dont have money to pay back 2
0.3%
Dont like borrowing 1
0.1%
FAMILY 2
0.3%
Git Goods in Advace worth K50 1
0.1%
HAD ENOUGH TO BUY THINGS AT HOME 1
0.1%
Had something to sustain myself 1
0.1%
Hate borrowing 2
0.3%
Have a loan with bayport 1
0.1%
He doesnt like borriwing money 1
0.1%
I ALSO LEND 1
0.1%
I Already Have 1
0.1%
I DON'T HAVE WERE TO BORROW 1
0.1%
I DONT LIKE BORROWING 1
0.1%
I am still young and don't have money to pay bavk 1
0.1%
I borrowed 3
0.4%
I do not borrow 1
0.1%
I do not have money to pay 1
0.1%
I do not have money to pay back 1
0.1%
I don' borroe 1
0.1%
I don't have money to pay back 1
0.1%
I don't like borrowing 1
0.1%
I dont borrow 1
0.1%
I hate borrowing 2
0.3%
I'm being kept 1
0.1%
I'm still at school and depend on the parents 1
0.1%
IT IS DIFFICULT YO PAY BACK 1
0.1%
Im a pupil 1
0.1%
Im a student 1
0.1%
In still young 1
0.1%
MY DAUGTER GIVES ME WHAT.I NEED 1
0.1%
My Dota provides for me 1
0.1%
My Income is too little 1
0.1%
My husband give all that is needed 1
0.1%
NEVER BORROWED 2
0.3%
NO MONEY TO PAY BACK 1
0.1%
NO MONEY TO SAVE 1
0.1%
NO ONE 1
0.1%
NO ONE CAN GIVE ME EVEN IF I TRIED TO BORROW 1
0.1%
NO SPECIFIC REASON 2
0.3%
NONE 3
0.4%
NOT APPLICABLE 1
0.1%
No I dint borrow 1
0.1%
No Income 2
0.3%
No income 1
0.1%
No need 2
0.3%
No one to help 1
0.1%
No proper income 1
0.1%
No source of income and too old to work 1
0.1%
No where to borrow 1
0.1%
Not Employed 1
0.1%
Not applicable 1
0.1%
Nothing 1
0.1%
One has credits 1
0.1%
Parents provides for me 1
0.1%
RESPINDENT BORROWED KU SHOP 1
0.1%
RESPONDENT CURRENTLY OWES MONEY 1
0.1%
RESPONDENT DIDNT BORROW 1
0.1%
RESPONDENT HAS BEEN IN GOOD HEALTH 1
0.1%
RESPONDENT HAS NO CAPACITY TO BORROW 1
0.1%
RESPONDENT IS IN NO CAPACITY TO BORROW 1
0.1%
SHE IS OLD AND DEPENDS ON THE SON AND THE DAUGHTER 1
0.1%
Scared of Jail 1
0.1%
Scared of credit 1
0.1%
Scared to borrow 1
0.1%
She doesnt want to be in pressure 1
0.1%
Shes not working 1
0.1%
Still at School 1
0.1%
Still at school 1
0.1%
THE RESPONDENT BORROWS MONEY. 1
0.1%
The husband sends her money 1
0.1%
The respondent does not believe in borrowing 1
0.1%
The source of income is inconsitent. 1
0.1%
The source of income is seasonal. 1
0.1%
USE OF SAVINGS 1
0.1%
USE SAVINGS 1
0.1%
WANT A BREATHER FROM PREVIOUS LOANS 1
0.1%
We dont borrow here 1
0.1%
abel to meet the need 1
0.1%
afraid to borrow 1
0.1%
afriad to be jailed 1
0.1%
afriad to to be jailed 1
0.1%
aged 1
0.1%
all is done by my parents 1
0.1%
already have a loan 1
0.1%
am a school boy 1
0.1%
am a sick person 1
0.1%
am afraid to borrow 1
0.1%
am allowed by parents 1
0.1%
am been kept 1
0.1%
am just kept by my mother so i cant borrow a 1
0.1%
am just scared of borrowing money 1
0.1%
am not working 1
0.1%
am old 1
0.1%
am scared 1
0.1%
am scared of paying back in casei dont have 1
0.1%
am stil a school going pupil 1
0.1%
am stil at school 2
0.3%
am still a dependant 1
0.1%
am still in school 1
0.1%
am too old 1
0.1%
because am just a dependant 1
0.1%
because i have 1
0.1%
because i have money 2
0.3%
because i have no money to pay 1
0.1%
because life is just a bit fine 1
0.1%
because of the illness cant borrow money 1
0.1%
because she saves 1
0.1%
been kept 1
0.1%
borowed 1
0.1%
borrow sometimes 1
0.1%
borrowed 3
0.4%
borrowed but paid back 4
0.6%
borrowed but paid back in full 1
0.1%
borrowed to buy solar panel 1
0.1%
borrowing delays someone from achieve certain goal 1
0.1%
borrowing is a draw back 1
0.1%
borrowing is not good 2
0.3%
borrowing is the bad idea 1
0.1%
borrows money regularly 1
0.1%
business is hard 1
0.1%
can afford 1
0.1%
can bring mis-understanding 1
0.1%
can not manage 1
0.1%
can only borrow once i find a problem 1
0.1%
can't manage to pay back 1
0.1%
cant afford 1
0.1%
cant borrow 1
0.1%
cant borrow because i habe no income 1
0.1%
cant manage to pay back and avoid problems 1
0.1%
cant pay back 3
0.4%
cant pay back no source of money 1
0.1%
cash is scarce 1
0.1%
cleared all the debts 1
0.1%
currently owing someone 1
0.1%
depends on parentsn only 1
0.1%
did no borrow 1
0.1%
did not borrow 1
0.1%
did not borrow 22
3.1%
did not borrow any moneis 1
0.1%
did not borrow money 2
0.3%
did not have any pressure to borrow the money 1
0.1%
did not have the chance 1
0.1%
did not have the need 1
0.1%
did not need to borrow 2
0.3%
did not want 1
0.1%
did not want to borrow 1
0.1%
did want 1
0.1%
didn't borrow 1
0.1%
didn't find any big problem 1
0.1%
didnot borrow 1
0.1%
didnt borrow 4
0.6%
didnt borrow money 1
0.1%
didnt need it 1
0.1%
didnt want 1
0.1%
difficult to return the money you borrowed 1
0.1%
do not believe in borrowing 1
0.1%
do not borrow 3
0.4%
do not have access 1
0.1%
do not have an income 1
0.1%
do not have any money to pay back 1
0.1%
do not have money 1
0.1%
do not have money to pay back 1
0.1%
do not have way to pay it back 1
0.1%
do not like borrowing 2
0.3%
do not like pressure 1
0.1%
do not like the idea of borrowing 1
0.1%
do not need to borrow, he is a dependant 1
0.1%
do not want problems 1
0.1%
do not want to 1
0.1%
do picec works and farming 1
0.1%
does mot have money to pl ay back 1
0.1%
does not borrow 1
0.1%
does not have a problem that require borrowing 1
0.1%
does not like borrowing money at all 1
0.1%
doesnt borrow 1
0.1%
doesnt need to because she can afford 1
0.1%
doesnt need to borrow 1
0.1%
doing a piecework to earn money than borrowing 1
0.1%
don't find a problem that can allow me to borrow 1
0.1%
don't have any need for it 1
0.1%
don't have such institutions in the community 1
0.1%
don't like borrowing money 2
0.3%
don't like paying for things i have already used 1
0.1%
don't like the idea of borrowing 1
0.1%
don't like the idea of borrowing money 1
0.1%
don't pay expenses 1
0.1%
dont have money to pay 1
0.1%
dont work 1
0.1%
dont borrow 2
0.3%
dont get income 1
0.1%
dont have a plan to borrorw 1
0.1%
dont have an income 1
0.1%
dont have an income to pay back 1
0.1%
dont have any means of paying back 1
0.1%
dont have any reason to borrow 1
0.1%
dont have enough money to pay back 2
0.3%
dont have income to pay 1
0.1%
dont have money o pay back 1
0.1%
dont have money pay back 1
0.1%
dont have money to pay 1
0.1%
dont have money to pay back 15
2.1%
dont have money to payback 1
0.1%
dont have people who give loans 1
0.1%
dont have the capacity to pay back 1
0.1%
dont have where to borrow 1
0.1%
dont have where to find money to pay back 1
0.1%
dont have where to find the money to pay back 1
0.1%
dont like borrowing 1
0.1%
dont like bowrrowing money 1
0.1%
dont need extra cash 1
0.1%
dont want 10
1.4%
dont want to be bothered 1
0.1%
dont work 3
0.4%
due to illness 1
0.1%
due to not enough funds 1
0.1%
enough savings 1
0.1%
everything is taken care of by the bread winner 1
0.1%
expenses are paid for 1
0.1%
expenses were less 1
0.1%
family caters for me 1
0.1%
fear 3
0.4%
fear borrowing 1
0.1%
fear of being jailed 1
0.1%
fear of being jailed in case of failure to payback 1
0.1%
fear of being sent to jail when fails to pay back 1
0.1%
fear of embaracement 1
0.1%
fear of failing to pay back 1
0.1%
fear of failing to pay back the money in case 1
0.1%
fear of not managing to pay back 1
0.1%
fear of paying back 1
0.1%
fear of trouble 1
0.1%
fear to borrow 1
0.1%
fears credits 1
0.1%
for expanding business 1
0.1%
for food 1
0.1%
given 1
0.1%
had enough money 1
0.1%
had enough to assist 1
0.1%
had know acces to find a lenfing institution 1
0.1%
had money 2
0.3%
had my own savings 1
0.1%
had no expenses that needed money 1
0.1%
had no reason for borrowing 1
0.1%
had no use for money 1
0.1%
had something to feed on 1
0.1%
had the money 1
0.1%
has borrowed money 2
0.3%
has sufficent income 1
0.1%
hate borrowing 1
0.1%
have borrowed 2
0.3%
have borrowed money to any one 1
0.1%
have credited money from someone else 1
0.1%
have enough 1
0.1%
have no expenses that needs borrowing 1
0.1%
have no expeses to pay that would need extra money 1
0.1%
have no means of paying back 1
0.1%
have no reason for borrowing 1
0.1%
have not borrowed 1
0.1%
have nowhere to find the money to pay back 1
0.1%
have things to do to get money 1
0.1%
he does rely on his parents 1
0.1%
he does use the money he saved 1
0.1%
he doesnt want to lose respect 1
0.1%
help my family 1
0.1%
i fear 1
0.1%
i am a dependant 2
0.3%
i avoid problems or comfusions. 1
0.1%
i borrowed 1
0.1%
i borrowed and paid back 2
0.3%
i borrowed goods which was paid for 1
0.1%
i can't get money because i don't have money to pa 1
0.1%
i cant pay 1
0.1%
i did borrow and paid back 1
0.1%
i did not borrow money 2
0.3%
i did not have money to pay back 1
0.1%
i did not want to 1
0.1%
i didnt not borrow 1
0.1%
i do fear 1
0.1%
i do have money to pay back 1
0.1%
i do not borrow 1
0.1%
i do not have money pay back 2
0.3%
i do not have money to pay 1
0.1%
i do not have money to pay back 10
1.4%
i do not have money to save 1
0.1%
i do not like borrowing 2
0.3%
i don't 1
0.1%
i don't need to borrow 1
0.1%
i don't want 1
0.1%
i dont borrow 1
0.1%
i dont have NRC and banks are far 1
0.1%
i dont have a job to pay back the money 1
0.1%
i dont have any reason for borrowing money 1
0.1%
i dont have enough money to pay back 1
0.1%
i dont have income 1
0.1%
i dont have money to pay back 6
0.9%
i dont have money toay back 1
0.1%
i dont have the meams to pay back 1
0.1%
i dont have the money to pay back 1
0.1%
i dont have were i can borrow from 1
0.1%
i dont have where to get the money from to pay 1
0.1%
i dont like borrowing 2
0.3%
i dont need it 1
0.1%
i dont want to have a credit 1
0.1%
i dont wanted to 1
0.1%
i dont work a student 1
0.1%
i dont work am still at work 1
0.1%
i dot want to borrow 1
0.1%
i fear debt 1
0.1%
i fear they can take me to police 1
0.1%
i fear to borrow 2
0.3%
i fear to know 1
0.1%
i get from my little savings 1
0.1%
i had no probelm to borrow money 1
0.1%
i hate violence 2
0.3%
i have not borrowed money 1
0.1%
i have it 1
0.1%
i have my own money 1
0.1%
i have no means of paying back 1
0.1%
i have no money pay back 1
0.1%
i have no money to pay back 6
0.9%
i have not borrowed 1
0.1%
i have not borrowed any money 1
0.1%
i have not borrwed money to any were 1
0.1%
i have nowhere to find the money to pay back 1
0.1%
i hve not borrowed mone to any one 1
0.1%
i just dont want 1
0.1%
i manage from what i get 1
0.1%
i never wanted to 5
0.7%
i not have money to save 1
0.1%
i paid back 1
0.1%
i use savings 1
0.1%
i wanted to buy shoes 1
0.1%
i was able to manage my financies 1
0.1%
i will not be able to pay back 1
0.1%
i would nit be able to pay back 1
0.1%
iI MAY DISTROY MY FUTURE GOALS 1
0.1%
iam scared of owing someone 1
0.1%
im a dependant 1
0.1%
im a pupil so no one can borrow me money 1
0.1%
im young still at school 1
0.1%
it brings problems 1
0.1%
it is incoviencing 1
0.1%
it's not a good thing to borrow 1
0.1%
its against my belief to borrow money 1
0.1%
its difficult to pay back 1
0.1%
its hard to pay back 2
0.3%
its pressure 1
0.1%
ive borrowed 1
0.1%
just avoided borrowing 1
0.1%
just didnt borrow 1
0.1%
just do not like 1
0.1%
just do not like borrowing 1
0.1%
just dont borrow 1
0.1%
just dont want 1
0.1%
know where to borrow money 1
0.1%
l avoid to do so 1
0.1%
l borrow money 1
0.1%
l can't borrow 1
0.1%
l don't do it 1
0.1%
l don't like borrowing 1
0.1%
l don't like it 1
0.1%
l dont know where to borrow 1
0.1%
l fear credits 1
0.1%
l have a credit 1
0.1%
l have no earning 1
0.1%
l have no money to pay back 1
0.1%
lam still a pupil 1
0.1%
manage with what l have 1
0.1%
manages to meet daily needs 1
0.1%
managing with what l have 1
0.1%
mentally sick 1
0.1%
mom does everything for me 1
0.1%
money to pay back can warry me 1
0.1%
my children send for me 1
0.1%
my husband earns enough so we can afford 1
0.1%
my parents buy everything for me 1
0.1%
my parents get me what i need 1
0.1%
my parents provide 1
0.1%
never borrow 1
0.1%
never borrowed 10
1.4%
never borrowed money 1
0.1%
never had need 1
0.1%
never wanted to borrow 1
0.1%
no didnt 1
0.1%
no enoough money to return 1
0.1%
no enough funds to pay back 1
0.1%
no enough money to pay back 2
0.3%
no enough to pay back 1
0.1%
no income 3
0.4%
no money 2
0.3%
no money to pay back 16
2.3%
no money to save 1
0.1%
no moneyntonpay back 1
0.1%
no need 3
0.4%
no need for money 1
0.1%
no need of borrowing 1
0.1%
no need to borrow 2
0.3%
no one to borrow from 1
0.1%
no reason 4
0.6%
no reasons 1
0.1%
no setuation that as forced me to borrow money 1
0.1%
no source 1
0.1%
no specific reason 3
0.4%
no were to borrow from in the community 1
0.1%
nomarlly buys cash 1
0.1%
none 13
1.9%
not applicable 14
2%
not borrowed 1
0.1%
not doing anything so cant borrow 1
0.1%
not enough money 1
0.1%
not interested 1
0.1%
not interested in borrowing 1
0.1%
not now 2
0.3%
not work 1
0.1%
not working 2
0.3%
not yet finished on ohtet debts 1
0.1%
nothing 16
2.3%
nothing hapend for me to borrow 1
0.1%
nowhere to borrow 1
0.1%
nowhere to borrow from 1
0.1%
old age 1
0.1%
one of the household takes carely of me 1
0.1%
only borrow when i dont have enough 1
0.1%
paid back 1
0.1%
parents provides everything I need 1
0.1%
people here dont borrow out there money or things 1
0.1%
poor 1
0.1%
pressure in payment 1
0.1%
presures of payments 1
0.1%
pupil 3
0.4%
refused to answer 2
0.3%
rely on my children 1
0.1%
respondant works hard in order not to borrow money 1
0.1%
respondent did not borrow money 1
0.1%
sale my livestock when need be 1
0.1%
saved up 1
0.1%
scared 4
0.6%
scared of being jailed 1
0.1%
scared of borrowing 3
0.4%
scared of costs of borrowing 1
0.1%
scared of debt 1
0.1%
scared of failing to pay 1
0.1%
scared of getting arrested 1
0.1%
scared of not paying on time 1
0.1%
scared to borrow 1
0.1%
scared to borrow money 1
0.1%
scared to borrow money from people 1
0.1%
scared to borrowed 1
0.1%
scared to go police 1
0.1%
scared to go to jail 1
0.1%
scared to loose property 1
0.1%
scared to pay back 1
0.1%
sells things to cover up for the things needed 1
0.1%
she is afraid to be insulted once fail to pay it 1
0.1%
so that i don't stress 1
0.1%
sometimes people dont help 1
0.1%
still a pupil no need of it 1
0.1%
still a young student 1
0.1%
still young and schooling he has no access 1
0.1%
still young no one can lend me money 1
0.1%
still young to borrow 1
0.1%
stundent 1
0.1%
the interest is too high 1
0.1%
there is no one who lends(only kaloba ) 1
0.1%
there is no progression in life when one has debts 1
0.1%
to avoid being in problems 1
0.1%
to buy a phone 1
0.1%
to cover my unexpected expenses 1
0.1%
too old , can not pay back 1
0.1%
too old to borrow 1
0.1%
too young 1
0.1%
tooo young to start borrowing 1
0.1%
unemployed 1
0.1%
use savings 1
0.1%
we just belive in working in the farms 1
0.1%
when i have a problem i sell cattle 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.
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